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Abstract Background: Pediatric rehabilitation is a team-mission that plays an important role in providing comprehensive services by healthcare professionals with diverse academic and professional backgrounds to provide a high-level quality care for children. The inter-professional education (IPE) is an important foundation for inter-professional collaboration (IPC) of the healthcare system. It positively affects patients and healthcare personnel, especially children and their families. Purposes of the study: To assess and compare the development of interprofessional team collaboration between pediatric physical therapists (PTs), nurses and pediatricians and to assess particular attributes of these professionals that relate to their attitudes towards IPC. Material and Methods: 182 subjects of medical staff workers of both genders from governmental hospitals participated in this study. They were selected based on specific criteria and were invited to complete: a) a personal information sheet, b) Assessment of Inter-professional Team Collaboration Scale II (AITCS-II), and c) an adapted version of Attitudes toward Inter-professional Health Care Teams Scale (ATHCTS). Data were collected and analyzed using one-way-MANOVA for quantitative analysis and an unpaired t-test for descriptive data. Results: Comparison of overall scores of both AITCS-II and ATHCTS between physical therapists, nurses and pediatricians indicated non-significant differences. Non-Significant effects were found regarding gender and working periods as a team member (in years) among all professional categories (P>0.05). Comparison between different clinical experience categories AITCS-II were statistically significant (P < 0.05), however the corresponding values of ATHCTS revealed non-significant differences (P>0.05). Conclusion: There is an evident degree of IPC between pediatric PTs, nurses and pediatricians. Participants’ attitudes were positive toward inter-professional health care teams. However, further IPE programs can lay better foundation for achieving IPC in order to guarantee higher quality health service and better patient outcomes. |