Suitability of the RIPLS and IEPS for Discriminating Attitude Differences towards Interprofessional Education among Students of Healthcare Profession

Table 2

Mean scores and significant differences of the RIPLS and IEPS by student gender.

		Mean	SD		Cohen’s
Juniors
RIPLS
Male	124	77.6	6.32	, df = 372,	NA
Female	250	76.4	6.58
IEPS
Male	124	85.6	7.52	, df = 372,	NA
Female	250	83.5	7.37
Seniors
RIPLS
Male	138	74.8	6.28	, df = 433,	NA
Female	297	73.4	6.34
IEPS
Male	138	81.9	7.67	, df = 433,	0.28
Female	297	83.4	7.48

Statistically significant at 0.05 level. RIPLS: readiness for interprofessional learning scale; IEPS: interdisciplinary education perception scale; : degrees of freedom; NA: not applicable.