This book forms part of a series entitled Promoting
Partnership for Health publishedin association with the UK
Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE).
The series explores partnership for health from policy, practice
and educational perspectives. Whilst strongly advocating the
imperative driving collaboration in healthcare, it adopts a
pragmatic approach. Far from accepting established ideas and
approaches, the series alerts readers to the pitfalls and ways to
avoid them.

DESCRIPTION

Interprofessional Teamwork for Health and Social Care is
an invaluable guide for clinicians, academics, managers and
policymakers who need to understand, implement and evaluate
interprofessional teamwork. It will give them a fuller
understanding of how teams function, of the issues relating to the
evaluation of teamwork, and of approaches to creating and
implementing interventions (e.g. team training, quality improvement
initiatives) within health and social care settings. It will also
raise awareness of the wide range of theories that can inform
interprofessional teamwork.

The book is divided into nine chapters. The first 'sets the
scene' by outlining some common issues which underpin
interprofessional teamwork, while the second discusses current
teamwork developments around the globe. Chapter 3 explores a range
of team concepts, and Chapter 4 offers a new framework for
understanding interprofessional teamwork. The next three chapters
discuss how a range of range of social science theories,
interventions and evaluation approaches can be employed to advance
this field. Chapter 8 presents a synthesis of research into teams
the authors have undertaken in Canada, South Africa and the UK,
while the final chapter draws together key threads and offers ideas
for future of teamwork. The book also provides a range of resources
for designing, implementing and evaluating interprofessional
teamwork activities.