Bibliography of Interprofessional Resources
Book Chapters
Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality
Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, 2003
Chapter 3: The Core Competencies Needed for Health Care Professionals
(work in interdisciplinary teams is one of the core competencies)
Journal Articles
Can Health Care Teams Improve Primary Care Practice?
Kevin Grumbach, MD; Thomas Bodenheimer, MD
JAMA. 2004;291:1246-1251.
ABSTRACT: In health care settings, individuals from different disciplines come together to care for patients. Although these groups of health care personnel are generally called teams, they need to earn true team status by demonstrating teamwork. Developing health care teams requires attention to 2 central questions: who is on the team and how do team members work together? This article chiefly focuses on the second question. Cohesive health care teams have 5 key characteristics: clear goals with measurable outcomes, clinical and administrative systems, division of labor, training of all team members, and effective communication. Two organizations are described that demonstrate these components: a private primary care practice in Bangor, Me, and Kaiser Permanente's Georgia region primary care sites. Research on patient care teams suggests that teams with greater cohesiveness are associated with better clinical outcome measures and higher patient satisfaction. In addition, medical settings in which physicians and nonphysician professionals work together as teams can demonstrate improved patient outcomes. A number of barriers to team formation exist, chiefly related to the challenges of human relationships and personalities. Taking small steps toward team development may improve the work environment in primary care practices. (Article available on campus or off campus using UW Library Systems' proxy service)
Journals
Issues in Interdisciplinary Care
Preview URL: http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/j0257.html
ISSN: 1531-5150
UW-Madison availability: Currently unavailable at UW-Madison
About the Journal:
The journal covers the following ten disciplines: dentistry, medicine, nursing,
optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, psychology,
social work, and veterinary medicine.
Issues in Interdisciplinary Care is the premier outlet for interdisciplinary empirical, theoretical, policy and practice-based knowledge. Each peer-reviewed issue will provide a myriad of perspectives designed to enhance the practice of all types of health care professional - from practitioners to scholars, policy-makers to researchers.
Journal of Interprofessional Care
Publisher URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13561820.html
ISSN: 1356-1820
UW-Madison availability: Online via Academic Search, 1999 - present (most current
12 months may not be available)
About the Journal:
The Journal of Interprofessional Care promotes collaboration within
and between education, practice and research in health and social care. It
provides a channel to communicate ways in which interprofessional education
can cultivate collaboration in practice which can, in turn, improve the quality
of care for individuals families and communities. It treats research as both
a collaborative field in its own right and as a means to evaluate interprofessional
education and practice.
Books
Author: Drinka, Theresa J. K.
Title: Health care teamwork : interdisciplinary practice and teaching /
Theresa J.K. Drinka and Phillip G. Clark ; foreword by DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr.
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 2000.
Location: Social Work Library
Call Number: R729.5 H4 D75 2000
Search Terminology:
MEDLINE/ HealthSTAR: 'Teaching' with the 'Methods' subheading,
'interdisciplinary' as a textword
CINAHL: 'Education, Interdisciplinary' and 'Teaching Methods'
ERIC: 'Interdisciplinary-Approach' and 'medical-education
