Healthcare Teamwork: Interprofessional Practice and Education, 2nd Edition

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.Healthcare Teamwork: Interprofessional Practice and Education 2nd Edition is written by Theresa J.K. Drinka; Phillip G. Clark and published by Praeger. ISBNs for Healthcare Teamwork: Interprofessional Practice and Education are 9781440835100, 1440835101 and the print ISBNs are 9781440835094, 1440835098.