Lessons Learned from the Development of an Annual Multi-Institutional Interprofessional Service Learning Health Expo Raymond Higbea (1), Jodie Elder (2); Katie Branch (1) (1) Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA (2) Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Introduction To ensure that tomorrow’s healthcare professionals are prepared for and empowered to make future practice integration changes, today’s healthcare students must not only be witnesses… Read More »

Teamwork is an important topic in health care organizations today. While there are many theoretical books that explore the issues of teamwork in a health care setting, the practical application of theory into practice continues to be increasingly complex. Teamwork is integral to providing quality patient care that is both efficient in minimizing costs and resources, and effective in decreasing errors and injuries. This book discusses the topic of teamwork and its nature in… Read More »

In this book, Thistlethwaite and colleagues report on the development and validation of iTOFT – the Individual Teamwork Observation and Feedback Tool. This is the culmination of a two-year international project (2012-2014) led by a team of researchers from five Australian, one UK and one Canadian university.   The report is structured in 10 Chapters,… Read More »

Reinforcing the title of this book, Collaborations across Health Research and Medical Care was written with 17 contributors. Each contributor fluently depicts their experience within different aspects of collaboration in research and medical care, while also delivering specified theories and examples pertaining to their focus. The information highlights social organization and content of collaboration through… Read More »

 Introduction The Baldwin Award is made in recognition of DeWitt ‘Bud’ Baldwin Jr.’s lifelong and distinguished contribution to interprofessional care. It was first awarded in 2009 for the best article of the 2008 volume of the Journal of Interprofessional Care. Each year since, a panel of judges recruited from the Journal’s editorial board assesses all… Read More »

This book outlines the research findings of a three-year project. It effectively draws the reader into wanting to know more, causes the readers to reflect on their own practice, and clearly identifies which actions need to be taken by the readers to improve their practice. This book is written in such a way to achieve… Read More »

Benard Moss is an Emeritus Professor from the Social Work Education and Spirituality department at Staffordshire University. The goal of the textbook is to enhance essential communication skills for students and team members to promote best practice. The textbook is aimed at social workers but reference to probation officers, doctors, nurses, paramedics, teachers, police officers, youth workers, advice workers, and faith community leaders is also included. Moss engages his readers with a… Read More »

This book aims to provide students, educators and clinicians alike the latest advances in international leadership in interprofessional education, practice and collaboration. Fifteen chapters, written by a variety of authors from different healthcare professions and nine countries combine to produce a very practical guide for readers of all types.   Leadership theories are defined and connections are made to collaborative practice. The book highlights the importance of appropriate leadership styles for successful interprofessional collaboration, which results in higher quality patient care… Read More »

“Developing Multiprofessional Health Educators of the Future” was a radical new conference that brought together healthcare workers from across the range of professional backgrounds, levels of experience and educational modalities. It considered multiple good practice initiatives for healthcare educators, trainees and students.   The conference was planned jointly between the London and the South East Local Education and TrainingBoards (LETB) and was held on 7 July 2015 at the Kia… Read More »

While evidence-based practice (EBP) has become an essential component of training in a wide range of healthcare professions, a textbook for beginning practitioners was largely missing. Howlett, Rogo, and Shelton authored Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals: An Interprofessional Approach to engage student audiences from rehabilitation, medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and public health programs. The text… Read More »