Leading Research and Evaluation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice

Dawn Forman is an adjunct professor at Curtin University, Australia, and The University of Technology, New Zealand, as well as a visiting professor at the University of Derby and Chichester University, both in the UK. Dawn was a university executive and Dean of Faculty for thirteen years, and has extensive experience as an independent consultant. Her research specializes in leadership development, executive coaching and Interprofessional education, and she has published over 90 peer reviewed publications and 8 books in these areas. Marion Jones is a registered nurse, Dean of Postgraduate Studies at AUT and a director of the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice in New Zealand.  A significant focus of her academic career has been the development of postgraduate study.  For ten years she was Associate Dean Postgraduate to the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences. Her area of research is interprofessional practice and education, postgraduate supervision and perioperative nursing and she has written more than 30 journal articles and 5 books on these topics. Jill Thistlethwaite is a general practitioner and health professional education consultant in Sydney, Australia, with an adjunct appointment at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Trained as a physician at University College London, UK, she worked as a general practitioner for ten years before moving into academia. Her main interests are interprofessional education, communication skills and professionalism. Jill has written and edited 10 books and published over 90 peer reviewed papers. 

Introduction (Dawn Forman).- Part I Research in general: implementation and challenges.- Chapter 1 Best practice in leading research and evaluation for Interprofessional education and collaborative practice (Dawn Forman and Jill Thistlethwaite).- Chapter 2 The formation and development of the National Centre for Interprofessional Practice and Education (Barbara Brandt and Jill E Thistlethwaite).- Chapter 3 Reviewing pre-qualifying interprofessional education in the United Kingdom from recommendations to implementation (Hugh Barr and Marion Helme ).- Part II Examples of research projects in the field.- Chapter 4 Steps to trans-disciplinary collaborative practice, the way towards building communities of practice in early child health care – A case from Colombia (Francisco Lamus-Lemus and Rosa Margarita Duran-Sabogal).- Chapter 5 Implementing interprofessional and citizenship education in a regional university: carvingpaths, crossing boundaries in complex adaptive systems (Hassan Soubhi, Sandra Coulombe, Dominique Labbée, Liliane Asseraf-Pasin, Sharon Hatcher, Ariane Girard and Stéphane Allaire).- Chapter 6 Going 4D: Embedding the 4 dimensional framework for curriculum design (Gemma Sinead Ryan, Kate Cuthbert, Tanya Dryden, Denise Baker and Dawn Forman).- Part III Evaluation in general: implementation and challenges.- Chapter 7 Implementing and evaluating interprofessional education and collaborative practice initiatives (Matthew J. Oates and Megan Davidson).- Chapter 8 Building evaluation into the development of interprofessional education initiatives (Susan Pullon, Ben Darlow and Eileen McKinlay).- Part IV  Examples of evaluation in the field.- Chapter 9 Transition from uniprofessional towards interprofessional education: the Malaysian experience of a pragmatic model (Seng-Fah Tong, Nabishah Mohamad, Chai-Eng Tan, Benny Efendie, Kanaga Kumari Chelliah and John HV Gilbert).- Chapter 10 Leadership and Evaluation Issues in IPE in Sabah, Malaysia (Wendy Shoesmith, Waidah Sawata, Ahmad Faris Bin Abdullah and Sue Fyfe).- Chapter 11 Establishing and evaluating interprofessional student-led wellness assessment services focused on the elderly (Kreshnik Hoti, Jeff Hughes and Dawn Forman).- Chapter 12 Distinctive leadership styles in a collaborative strategy for mental health care delivery in Pakistan (Muhammad Tahir Khalily).- Chapter 13 Using a Community of Practice to increase leadership capacity in non-traditional settings for interprofessional student learning (Monica Moran and Carole Steketee).- Chapter 14 Interprofessional healthcare team challenge: A New Zealand perspective (Brenda Flood, Daniel O'Brien and Marion Jones).- Chapter 15 International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): Catalyst for interprofessional education andcollaborative practice (Stefanus Snyman, Maria van Zyl, Jana Müller and Maryke Geldenhuys) .- Chapter 16 Partnering with patients in IPE in Canada and in the USA: challenges and strategies (Isabelle Brault, Marie-Claude Vanier, Vincent Dumez, Angela Towle, William Godolphin, Amy L. Pittenger, Jeannine Conway, Joseph R. VonBank and Lauren Collins).- Chapter 17 Research and evaluation: the present and the future (Jill Thistlethwaite).

“The book explores a variety of research and evaluation methods, as well as different frameworks that can be used for implementing interprofessional education and collaborative practices in health care settings. The book is aimed towards an audience who push the boundaries in health outcomes and care by using interprofessional practices.” (Journal of Interprofessional Care, jicareblog.org, September, 2017)