The effect of an educational programme on attitudes of nurses and medical residents towards the benefits of positive communication and collaboration
AIMS: This article is a report of a study to determine the effect of an educational programme and to follow up weekly meetings on nurses and medical resident's attitudes towards positive communication and collaboration.
Effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on communication and collaboration among physicians and nurses
BACKGROUND: Improving communication and collaboration among doctors and nurses can improve satisfaction among participants and improve patients' satisfaction and quality of care.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of a multidisciplinary intervention on communication and collaboration among doctors and nurses on an acute inpatient medical unit.
How much teamwork exists between nurses and junior doctors in the intensive care unit?
AIMS: The aim of this study was to measure the degree of similarity of attitudes on collaboration between nurses and junior doctors (known as residents in the United States) in the ICU.
BACKGROUND: Existing research shows that nurses and physicians view the amount of teamwork they experience in the ICU differently though the attitudes of junior doctors and critical care nurses on collaboration remain unknown.
Measuring attitudes related to interdisciplinary training: Revisiting the Heinemann, Schmitt and Farrell 'attitudes toward health care teams' scale
Summary Findings from an exploratory factor analysis on the 21 item 'attitudes towards health care teams' (Heinemann et al. , 1999) are reported. Using data collected as part of an innovative educational program on geriatric team training program in the United States we report an exploratory factor analyses for 913 student trainees. The geriatric interdisciplinary team training (GITT) program funded by a United States philanthropic foundation, The John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City, requires medicine, nursing, and social work students to learn about geriatric teams.
A pre-post test evaluation of the impact of the PELICAN MDT-TME Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members
BACKGROUND: The PELICAN Multidisciplinary Team Total Mesorectal Excision (MDT-TME) Development Programme aimed to improve clinical outcomes for rectal cancer by educating colorectal cancer teams in precision surgery and related aspects of multidisciplinary care. The Programme reached almost all colorectal cancer teams across England. We took the opportunity to assess the impact of participating in this novel team-based Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members.
The Macy Interprofessional Collaborative Project, the University of Washington
Through multiyear grants awarded by the Macy and Hearst Foundations, the Macy Interprofessional Collaborative is in year two of developing a simulation-based, team training program. The program's overall goal is to improve the delivery of safe, high quality care by increasing interprofessional team communication. The training will be validated and incorporated into existing, credit-based curricula in health sciences schools and will include both a faculty development component and an exportable web-based toolkit for adaptation of the training at other health science institutions.
Current trends in interprofessional education of health sciences students: A literature review
There is a pressing need to redesign health professions education and integrate an interprofessional and systems approach into training. At the core of interprofessional education (IPE) are creating training synergies across healthcare professions and equipping learners with the collaborative skills required for today's complex healthcare environment. Educators are increasingly experimenting with new IPE models, but best practices for translating IPE into interprofessional practice and team-based care are not well defined.
The Gap Between Academia and Practice: Reflections From a Nurse Researcher
In this editorial, the author asserts that, although the current model of academic nursing is unlikely to change in the short-term, it is paramount that those in the field of academic nursing embrace the responsibility to be informed about health care reform and the different models of care (i.e., accountable care organizations, medical homes) and ensure that nursing students at all degree levels have opportunities to learn and engage with these initiatives through IPE and collaborative practice experiences.
The Use of Symbol, Myth, Model and Ritual in Interdisciplinary Professional Education
This paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Interdisciplinary Health Team Care Conference, which took place September 10-12, 1987 at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. It is reproduced here with the permission of the authors.
Models of Assessment of Religious and Spiritual Needs in Health Care
This paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Health Team Care Conference, which took place September 28-30, 1983 in Rochester, New York. It is reproduced here with the permission of the authors.
This paper explores the models used by different mental health care professionals in an ecumenical setting which provides a context and an idiom for religious concerns of the client.
This paper seeks to explore the following questions: