Correlation between Moral Sensitivity of Physicians and Interprofessional Collaboration

Interprofessional collaboration and moral sensitivity are effective variables for improving care and services to patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between physicians' moral sensitivity and interprofessional collaboration at educational hospitals affiliated with Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences in 2023.                                                                                                                       

The subjects of this correlational study included 130 physicians randomly selected by simple random sampling method. Data were collected with Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (Lotzen et al. 1994) and Interprofessional Collaboration Questionnaire (Jefferson, 2001) and analyzed with different parameters and tests such as Pearson correlation test and linear regression.
 

Findings showed that all physicians had high moral sensitivity and low interprofessional collaboration. There was also no significant correlation between physicians' moral sensitivity score and interprofessional collaboration (p=0.725).  

Since moral sensitivity and interprofessional collaboration are important factors in service quality of physicians, proper educational programs are suggested for improving them in medical centers.