Table 2.

Qualitative data post-IPE for the intervention and control groups; awareness of roles, expertise and responsibilities; nursing and medical students concerns about IPE; curriculum topics

Qualitative data post-IPE	Intervention group		Control group
	Nursing students	Medical students	Medical students
Role (of the ‘other’) No significant difference pre-IPE and post-IPE groups for all	Doctor: Same as pre-IPE group. However, much more appreciation of working with doctors Example comment: ‘To support each other (to) benefit patient’	Nurse: Same as pre-IPE group. However, much more appreciation on the other nursing roles Example comment: ‘Patient care and monitoring, executing management plan, liaising with the doctors and other healthcare professionals’	Nurse: No significant difference pre-IPE and post-IPE groups
Expertise No significant difference pre-IPE and post-IPE groups for all	Doctor: However, more emphasis on doctors having much more in-depth knowledge of anatomy, physiology and treatments	Nurse: However, more emphasis on nurses’ having more knowledge of the patient and what is key to their welfare	Nurse: No significant difference pre-IPE and post-IPE groups
Concerns about IPE	Concerns: Most expressed they now had no concerns post-IPE A few students expressed ongoing concerns about difference in knowledge base Example comments: ‘Not anymore (concerns)’ ‘Knowledge difference’	Concerns: Overall less concerns than pre-IPE group Some still believed that students were starting at a different level of knowledge, so different focuses were needed for each group Example comments: ‘Some differences in type of knowledge made it difficult to work together at points’ ‘It feels like a bit of a waste of time, we have very different teaching usually with very different focuses’	Similar results to medical students from the intervention group
Curriculum topics	No significant change between pre-IPE and post-IPE groups.	No significant change between pre-IPE and post-IPE groups.	Communication Ethics Falls Assessment and management of the acutely unwell patient

IPE, interprofessional education.