Table 5b. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r) between JeffSATIC-J score and length of courses related to teamworking or clinical practice (B) JeffSATIC-J score of sixth-year students
  Institution Courses related to teamwork Clinical practice
First-fourth year Fifth year Sixth year after clinical clerkship First-sixth year First-fourth year Fifth-sixth year
UPE MPE IPE M/IPE Total UPE MPE IPE IPE UPE MPE IPE M/IPE Total Observation Clerkship total Community
(hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (hrs) (weeks) (weeks)
Length of courses GU 0 4.25 1.75 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.25 1.75 6 6 0 62 10‐14
KyuU 0 9‐22 7‐23 16-45 16-45 3.3 0 0 0 3.3 9‐22 7‐23 16-45 19.3-48.3 0 59 1‐ 5
KaU 15 0 22.5 22.5 37.5 0 0 0 0 15 0 22.5 22.5 37.5 37 59 1‐12
SU 0 0 28.5 28.5 28.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.5 28.5 28.5 0 50 1‐ 9
KiU 0 22.5 0 22.5 22.5 0 0.5 10.4 0 0 22.5 10.4 33.4 33.4 106 45 0‐ 6
KMU 3 0 20 20 23 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 20 23 40 52 2
JMU 1.2 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 5.8 1.2 0 5.8 5.8 7 0 74 7‐15
Overall Total r .20 .02 -.64 -.80* -.80* .00 -.20 -.20 .61 .19 .02 -.87** -.80* -.76* -.35 .88**
Working relationship r .06 -.08 -.21 -.53 -.53 .41 -.41 -.41 .61 .37 -.08 -.39 -.53 -.40 -.67* .78*
Accountability r .20 .02 -.64 -.80* -.80* .00 -.20 -.20 .61 .19 .02 -.87** -.80* -.76* -.35 .88**
Female Total r .24 -.22 -.21 -.53 -.53 .20 -.41 -.41 .61 .41 -.22 -.39 -.53 -.40 -.57 .78*
Working relationship r .18 -.12 .19 -.18 -.18 .61 -.61 -.61 .20 .67 -.12 -.20 -.18 -.13 -.61 .67
Accountability r .06 .02 -.56 -.80* -.80* .00 -.20 -.20 .61 .07 .02 -.77* -.80* -.76* -.49 .85**
Male Total r .16 -.02 -.51 -.80* -.80* .20 -.41 -.41 .61 .26 -.02 -.87** -.80* -.76* -.49 .96***
Working relationship r -.12 .02 -.28 -.67 -.67 .41 -.41 -.41 .61 .19 .02 -.53 -.67 -.58 -.77* .83*
Accountability r .33 -.16 -.51 -.80* -.80* .00 -.41 -.41 .61 .30 -.16 -.87** -.80* -.76* -.39 .96***

JeffSATIC-J: Japanese version of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration; GU: Gifu University School of Medicine; KyuU: Kyushu University School of Medicine; KaU: Kagoshima University School of Medicine; SU: Showa University School of Medicine; KiU: Kitasato University School of Medicine; KMU: Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine; JMU: Jichi Medical University School of Medicine; UPE: education for medical students only (uniprofessional), in which medical students learn without any other health professions students; MPE: multiprofessional education without mutual interaction between students of different professions; IPE: multiprofessional education with mutual interaction between students of different professions, which students learn from and about each other; M/IPE: MPE and IPE. r: Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. *p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p< .001

Int J Med Educ. 2022; 13:274-286; doi: 10.5116/ijme.633f.e97a