Pelvic Floor Health Class – Accompanying research on the interdisciplinary course “Pelvic Floor Health from an Interprofessional Perspective”

Everyday working life in the healthcare sector requires effective collaboration between different professional groups in many areas. Knowledge of the area of responsibility, competence and professional legal framework of the respective neighbouring professional groups is crucial for this. In order to do justice to this interprofessional approach in the training of future professionals, an interprofessional course on pelvic floor health around birth was included in the curricula of the bachelor's degree programmes in Midwifery and Physiotherapy at Hochschule Campus Wien, as midwives and physiotherapists have an overlap of clients and responsibilities in their professional practice. This represents an innovative approach to promoting interprofessional collaboration in the healthcare sector. In addition to deepening the respective professional competences, the course promotes and develops openness for interprofessional interactions and specific social competences, such as communication and teamwork skills.

The aim of the project is to evaluate the newly designed interprofessional course by students from both professional groups. The focus is on recording the general evaluation of the course, questions on interprofessionality and the students' assessment of possible future interprofessional courses. The aim is to expand the potential for interdisciplinary, future-orientated training and to make sensible use of the benefits.