Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Date

2025

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Counselor Education and Supervision

Committee Chair

Melanie Burgess

Committee Member

Frances Ellmo

Committee Member

Taneshia Greenidge

Committee Member

Yonghong Jade Xu

Abstract

There is a growing focus on interprofessional education and competencies in the healthcare field. Interprofessional education and collaboration have been shown to play a critical role in mitigating challenges that health systems and health workers face around the globe. Despite the growing interest in interprofessional education and interprofessional collaboration in healthcare settings, counselors are often absent from the research focused on interprofessional competencies. This study examined the perceived interprofessional competencies of professional counselors and counselors-in-training using the IPEC Competency Self-Assessment Tool. Descriptive statistics, an independent samples t-test, and a one-way ANOVA were used to examine the perceived interprofessional competencies and understand the differences in the perceived competencies between groups. Results of this study show that professional counselors display higher levels of perceived interprofessional competencies than counselors-in-training and that both groups were found to have higher perceived competencies related to interprofessional values when compared to interprofessional interaction. These results offer recommendations and implications for counselor educators, counseling graduate students, and professional counselors.

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