The Interprofessional Health Care Team: Leadership and Development 3rd Edition

The Interprofessional Health Care Team:  Leadership and Development, Third Edition is designed to help future  health professionals realize their capacity for leadership and develop  the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are requisite to becoming a  positive agent of change and growth in themselves and in others at the  organizations within which they work. It describes possibilities and  options, theories, exercises, rich references, and stimulating questions  that will inspire both novices and experts to think differently about  their roles and styles as leaders or members of a team. The authors  provide many tools to empower readers and facilitate the fostering of  productive teamwork. It is an inspiring book with easily operational  principles. It is written for many audiences and to achieve many goals  all centered on best practices to attain quality care, particularly  during this time of reinventing and transforming health care.In response  to increasingly complex healthcare challenges, models for  interprofessional practice and education have received global acceptance  as prerequisites for improving population health, improving per capita  costs and improving the health care experience. This book is comprised  of three primary modules or parts: Teamwork and Group Development,  Relationship Centered Leadership and Building & Sustaining  Collaborative Interdisciplinary Teams. Each module is divided into  chapters which introduce theoretical concepts and provide case studies  and active teaching/learning experiences that are appropriate for  in-class, on-line, or personal, reflective learning environments.