Measuring Teamwork in Healthcare Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments
Objective: To identify, review, and evaluate survey instruments used to assess teamwork, a process critical to delivering quality care, so as to facilitate high quality research on this topic.
Data sources: The ISI Web of Knowledge database, which includes articles from MEDLINE, Social Science Citation Index, and Science Citation Index.
Pediatric Nutrition and Health: An Interprofessional Approach
The role of dentists, nurses, nutritionists and other health professionals in managing pediatric nutrition and systemic and oral health
Presented by the NYU College of Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Alumni Association.
In partnership with the New York Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and with the support of the NYU College of Nursing Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Initiative.
Topics include:
Team Leadership (Education to Practice Tool Kit)
This is an Education to Practice Tool Kit item that focuses on key attributes of health care team leaders. The focus of this piece is identifying leadership as a competency among team members, rather than as a role to be assigned to a specific health care team member. Subject areas include: shared leadership, roles and responsibilities of team leaders, and strategies of effective leadership.
Group Work and High-Performing Teams (Education to Practice Tool Kit)
This is an Education to Practice Tool Kit item, that focuses on identifying key strategies to foster high-performing teams, and stregthen cohesiveness in an interprofessional health care team. Subject areas include: balancing task and process, managing team dynamics, and factors that affect cohesion.
This item is one of many in a series that can be accessed by registering for the Education to Practice Tool Kit at http://education2practice.org/toolkit.
Nursing Knowledge 2014: Big Data and Science for Transforming Health Care (Slide Presentations)
The 2014 Nursing Knowledge: Big Data & Science for Transforming Health Care Conference brought together more than 70 stakeholders from nursing practice, education, information technology, professional nursing, and informatics and standards organizations. The goal: Advance a national plan for capturing nursing information for big data research aimed at identifying effective care interventions and improving patient outcomes.
Nursing Knowledge 2014: Big Data and Science for Transforming Health Care (Conference Abstracts)
The 2014 Nursing Knowledge: Big Data & Science for Transforming Health Care Conference brought together more than 70 stakeholders from nursing practice, education, information technology, professional nursing, and informatics and standards organizations. The goal: Advance a national plan for capturing nursing information for big data research aimed at identifying effective care interventions and improving patient outcomes.
Nursing Knowledge 2013: National Action Plan for Big Data & Nursing
This plan was developed at the first Nursing Knowledge: Big Data Research for Transforming Health Care conference, held August 2013 at the University of Minnesota. More information about that event is available here.
Nursing Knowledge 2014: Big Data and Science for Transforming Health Care (Conference Proceedings)
The 2014 Nursing Knowledge: Big Data & Science for Transforming Health Care Conference brought together more than 70 stakeholders from nursing practice, education, information technology, professional nursing, and informatics and standards organizations. The goal: Advance a national plan for capturing nursing information for big data research aimed at identifying effective care interventions and improving patient outcomes.
Exploring interprofessional education in the family medicine clerkship: a CERA study
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The need for interprofessional education (IPE) to improve teamwork skills has been recognized by several national organizations. The purpose of this study was to investigate IPE integration in family medicine clerkships and factors associated with IPE's success.
METHODS:
A Comparison of Attitudes and Perceptions towards Interprofessional Learning of Students Before and After an Undergraduate Introductory Interprofessional Education Experience
There is increasing acknowledgement that interprofessional education (IPE) holds promise for preparing health professionals as collaborative-ready practitioners. The effects of IPE on learning outcomes are critical in determining the value of such programs. Attitudes are recognized as a significant element in developing behaviors. This study was designed to determine attitudes and perceptions of students toward collaborative learning in an interprofessional context.