Category Archives: Book Review

Book Review: Teams That Work: The Seven Drivers of Team Effectiveness

Teams That Work: The Seven Drivers of Team Effectiveness By Scott Tannenbaum and Eduardo Salas 1st Edition, New York, Oxford University Press, 2021 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190056964.001.0001 257 pages, Hardcover £22.99, ISBN 9780190056964 Reviewed by Dr Andreas Xyrichis, King’s College London   I have been waiting for a book like this since I first got interested in… Read More »

Book Review: Motivational Interviewing for Health Care Professionals: A Sensible Approach

Motivational Interviewing for Health Care Professionals: A Sensible Approach (2nd Edition). Berger, Bruce A. and Villaume, William A. Washington, DC: American Pharmacists Association, 2019. 280 pages, $42.11 CAD ISBN: 978-1582123219 Review by Danielle Charron, MC, RPsych, Concordia University of Edmonton    In Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals: A Sensible Approach (2nd Edition), authors Bruce Berger… Read More »

Book Review: Rehabilitation Ethics for Interprofessional Practice

Review by Carly Wetzl, Concordia University of Edmonton   Title: Rehabilitation Ethics for Interprofessional Practice Author(s) or Editor(s): Laura Lee Swisher and Charlotte Brasic Royeen Place of publication and publishers: Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning Date: 2020 Number of pages: 265 Price: $84.95 USD ISBN number: 9781449673376 (paperback) Rehabilitation Ethics for Interprofessional Practice is… Read More »

Book Review: The multidisciplinary intervention of people with diverse needs: A training guide for teachers, students, and professionals

The multidisciplinary intervention of people with diverse needs: A training guide for teachers, students, and professionals Author(s) or Editor(s) name; Samuel Honorio, Marco Batista, Helena Mesquita, Jaime Ribeiro Place of publication and publisher; Singapore, Bentham Science Publishers Pte. Ltd Date; 2020 Number of pages; 178 Price, in either UK Sterling or US Dollars, or other… Read More »

Book Review: Building a Patient – Centered Interprofessional Education Program

Building a Patient – Centered Interprofessional Education Program Edited by Steven D. Waldman and Stephanie Bowlin Hershey PA, IGI Global 2020 371 pages ISBN: 9781799830665 Review by Joslin Blench, Department of Psychology, Concordia University of Edmonton Building a Patient – Centered Interprofessional Education Program is a practical reference source of academic articles focusing on the… Read More »

Book Review: The Crazy Game: How I Survived In The Crease And Beyond

  Title: The Crazy Game: How I Survived In The Crease And Beyond Authors: Clint Malarchuk & Dan Robson Published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Date: 2014 Number of pages: 256 Price: 19.99 CAD ISBN: 978-1-44343-247-4 Review by: Micah J. A. Pura, Bsc, Graduate Student Department of Applied Psychology Concordia University of Edmonton The… Read More »

Book Review: Becoming Interdisciplinary: An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies

Review by Allison Ronda Augsburg, Tanya. Becoming Interdisciplinary: An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies 3rd ed. Dubuque: Kendall, 2016. ISBN 9781465290144 Tanya Augsburg has taken on the difficult task of writing a foundational interdisciplinary studies textbook. She is also pushing students to look at themselves and their personal interests to help them decide on their academic… Read More »

Book Review: Introduction to International Health Theory: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Review by Justin Mak Title: Introduction to International Health Theory: An Interdisciplinary Perspective; 2nd Edition  Author name: Raywat Deonandan  Place of publication and publisher: Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Date: 2017 Number of pages: 96 Price: $54.60 USD ISBN: 978-1-5249-3759-1   Introduction to International Health Theory: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2nd Ed.) is an undergraduate utilitarian foundational… Read More »

Book Review: Professional and Practice-based Learning: Interprofessional Simulation in Health Care: Materiality, Embodiment, Interaction

Professional and Practice-based Learning: Interprofessional Simulation in Health Care: Materiality, Embodiment, Interaction; Volume 26 Editor(s): Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren, Hans Rystedt Li Felländer-Tsai, Sofia Nyström. Place of publication and Publisher: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, Springer Nature Switzerland. Date: 2019 Number of Pages: 211 ISBN number: 978-3-030-19541-0 or ebook: 978-3-030-19542-7 Review by: Emily Ray, Student, University… Read More »

Book Review: Interprofessional Care and Mental Health: A Discursive Exploration of Team Meeting Practices

Interprofessional Care and Mental Health: A Discursive Exploration of Team Meeting Practices Edited by Cordet Smart & Timothy Auburn Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 371 pages 145 CAD (eBook), 180 CAD (hardcover) ISBN: 978-3-319-98227-4 Review by: Kristina Stein, BA, Concordia University of Edmonton   Interprofessional Care and Mental Health: A Discursive Exploration of Team Meeting… Read More »