Building LINKS: a multimodal evaluation of a single simulation-based interprofessional workshop for undergraduate healthcare students

The workshop combined co-designed clinical scenarios and interprofessional debriefing to promote teamwork skills. A quasi-experimental pre–post design was used, employing both self-assessment with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) survey and observer-rated assessment of team performance based on video-recorded scenarios.

Forty-three students participated, forming 14 interprofessional teams. Results showed statistically significant improvements in self-perceived interprofessional competencies across both IPEC domains (interaction and values) and in overall scores, with convergence observed between professional groups post-intervention. Objective assessment of teams’ performance revealed statistically significant gains in situation awareness, interaction/cooperation, and communication, with a positive trend in leadership that did not reach significance.