Health Care Teamwork: Interdisciplinary Practice and Teaching (Paperback)

by Theresa J. K. Drinka (Author), Phillip G. Clark (Author) "An interdisciplinary health care team (IHCT)-consisting of a nurse, physician, nurse practitioner, and social worker-is operating a primary care clinic in the inner core of..." (more)
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“It is thrilling to realize that graduate students in the health care professions who take my interdisciplinary teamwork course will now have an outstanding and comprehensive resource for learning about and practicing effective teamwork. Drinka and Clark's book is very readable and thought-provoking....Most importantly, strategies for resolving...are presented with clarity and creativity, providing readers with opportunities for didactic and experiential learning.”–Patricia A. Miller, OTR, EdD Assistant Professor in Clinical Occupational Therapy and Clinical Public Health Columbia University

“This work documents the accumulated wisdom of the authors, it is clearly the product of wide and reflective experience.... Overall this is a fine book that will serve as a guide for students and professionals.... Thoughtful study of this one will enhance the practice of health care teamwork thereby improving the care of patients with complex needs.”–A.S. Macpherson, MD Professor Emeritus McMaster University

“This book offers a handy compendium on interdisciplinary teamwork.... Developing and sustaining an interdisciplinary team is hard work; it is no task for the uncommitted. This is a book about how to do it not whether to do it. It is a book for believers.”–Robert L. Kane, MD Minnesota Chair in Long-term Care and Aging University of Minnesota School of Public Health

“Drinka and Clark provide a framework for interdisciplinary teamwork that meets the challenges of our contemporary health care arena. This is an important new resource for those who must step up to the challenges of today's environment and recognize the importance of effective team interaction in service delivery.”–Diana L. Kongevick, MPA Executive Director Public Employees Benefits Cooperative of North Texas

“At last a book that provides a theory for interdisciplinary health care teams. A thoughtful and provocative analysis of what teams are, how they work and how they can work better. This book will be invaluable to anyone who wants to learn about teams or to teach others about teams. It is full of useful real-world examples of how health care teams operate. I recommend it for all health care students and professionals who are expected to know how to be a team member without ever having been trained.”–Kathy Hyer, DrPA Co-Principal Investigator Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Program Resource Center Faculty University of South Florida

“It is extremely exciting to note the new work of Theresa Drinka and Phil Clark in their textbook, entitled Healthcare Teamwork: Interdisciplinary Practice and Teaching. Teams have changed drastically over the last decades, and this new book adds substantially to our understanding of what needs to be accomplished, and what should be considered when planning for interdisciplinary health care teams training and practice. The text is brought alive with interesting vignettes, excellent tables and graphics, and the authors use their substantial knowledge of the subject to bring us the latest content needed for understanding interdisciplinary practice and teaching. This text should be required reading for all undergraduates who will ultimately become clinicians in order to prepare them for the real world of practice.”–Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor of Nursing New York University

“Everything you want to know about health care teams and how they work (or fail to work) is provided in this handbook. The emphasis on teaching of teamwork skills is particularly welcome.”–Rosalie A. Kane Professor, School of Public Health Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work University of Minnesota

“The material covers the state of the art of interdisciplinary health care teamwork. I especially liked the case study approach. The models which are at the core of the material serve as learning tools to which readers can return as questions arise in their development experience.”–John Toner, EdD Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry Columbia University

Product Description
While health care struggles with financing and quality care, educators, clinicians, administrators, and policy makers ignore an untapped resource. Well functioning interdisciplinary health care teams differ from current views of teams. An understanding of this hidden resource, as developed by Drinka and Clark, can help America's health care system.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Auburn House Paperback (September 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 086569298X
• ISBN-13: 978-0865692985
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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