Table 2 The components of educational intervention

Educational objective

The objective of intervention was to improve interprofessional professionalism behaviors of participants in different domains: altruism, excellence, respect, communication

Educational strategy

Interprofessional education

Teaching and learning methods

Interactive learning

Case based learning

Interprofessional small group discussion

Educational content

Concepts: The educational content was developed based on reports Interprofessional Education Collaborative, Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative, IPA and contextualized guidelines of professional behavior (1–4)

Educational cases: The cases addressed the challenges of inappropriate communication and accepting each other’s opinions (4 cases), individualistic and disrespectful relationships (3 cases), the challenges of excellence and interprofessional learning at work (4 cases) and weakness of altruism and empathy (3 cases)

Assessment

Assessment of interprofessional professionalism behavior of participants by the observational evaluation