Self-reflective learning improves interprofessional education (IPE).

Promoting ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of IPE via an online app. This shall allow contextual recording of students’ heart rate during and after pivotal moments of their training, thus improving mindfulness of stressful events (MSE).

To make health care students mindful of the effect of their anxiety about learning, patient safety and performance.

Thirty-two undergraduate students contextually recorded their heart rate with a pulse-oximeter before and after each learning moment: discussion of a clinical case during ward rounds (ClinDis), attending patients as an interprofessional team (BedPat) and self-reflective practice at the end of each day of training (SelfRef). Results were recorded on a dedicated app linked to an online survey. Meta-analysis with Tau squared (t2), Cochrane's Q and I2 provided the results.

Meta-analysis (Fig. 1) of IPE events was significant at P = 0.003, with t2 = 16.515, Q (5d.f.) = 17.913, and I2 = 72.088%. The bedside care had the higher statistically significant heterogeneity in the before-after event with t2 = 53.275, P = 0.001, Q (5d.f.) = 10.803 and I2 = 90.74% due to an increase in heart rate after patient care (BedPatAft).

EMA reinforces self-reflection in IPE by making students mindful of the impact of educational emotions on team performance and patients’ quality of care.

Fig. 1

Results for contextual heart rate during interprofessional education.

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.