Healthcare Teamwork
Interprofessional Practice and Education
- 328 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Both comprehensive and accessible, this is an ideal resource for anyone who plans to teach or practice integrated, cost-effective healthcare in the 21st century. Currently, there is no coordinated system for training health-profession students to address the needs of patients with complex illnesses, nor is there a coordinated system for effectively delivering care to these patients. This book explores both sides of the problem, bringing interprofessional practice and education together to show how they are complementary—and how they can be integrated to provide better care. In many respects, this book is a personal account of the authors' experience with interprofessional teamwork and education over the past 40 years. It discusses what works and what doesn't and includes interviews, examples, and case studies that illustrate the perspectives of healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers. This second edition illuminates ways in which today's business model has changed interprofessional healthcare team practice and education, and it examines the needs of patients relative to healthcare teams and practitioner education. An entire chapter is devoted to the patient's position as both teacher and learner in relation to the team. The theoretical foundations of practice and education are highlighted, but the book also shares models that can be used for the practical development of programs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Foreword to the First Edition
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Health Care and Teamwork in a Business-Driven Environment
- 3. Healthcare Teams and Business Teams: A Mix of Assumptions and Values
- 4. Communication in an Interprofessional Team Environment: Narratives, Myths, Metaphors, and Mental Images
- 5. Key Elements in Team Development and Maintenance
- 6. Leadership and Power on Interprofessional Healthcare Teams
- 7. Conflict and Problem Solving on Interprofessional Healthcare Teams
- 8. The Patient as Teacher and Learner
- 9. Values and Ethical Issues in Interprofessional Practice: A New Dimension of Teamwork
- 10. Theory in Interprofessional Education: There Is Nothing So Practical as a Good Theory
- 11. Developing and Maintaining Interprofessional Education: The Devil Is in the Details
- 12. Final Thoughts and Reflections
- Appendix 1: Resources for Interprofessional Practice and Education
- Appendix 2: Case Studies and Exercises for Interprofessional Education
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors