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Displaying records 21 through 30 (30 total).

Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry. 2013. Interprofessional education: Tenth annual report to the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and to Congress. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, 27 pp.

Annotation: This report presents background and recommendations for an educational strategy to train health professionals in collaborative, team-based care to enhance client's experience of care (quality, access, and reliability), improve the population's health, and reduce the per capita cost of care. Topics include collaborative interprofessional education and training, assessment and evaluation, institutional leadership for interprofessional education, integration of oral health services and general health services, and policy development.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (888) 275-4772 Secondary Telephone: (877) 464-4772 Fax: (301) 443-1246 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Collaboration, Dentistry, Federal initiatives, Interdisciplinary approach, Medicine, Multidisciplinary teams, Patient care teams, Professional education, Teamwork, Training

Health Resources and Services Administration. 2010-2011. Quality improvement and risk management training: Quality improvement planning learning series. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, multiple items.

Annotation: This series of three training sessions provides information on how to design and implement a successful quality improvement (QI) program. The sessions address maximizing the effectiveness of QI plans, designing a successful QI plan through teambuilding, and tips for implementing a QI program.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (888) 275-4772 Secondary Telephone: (877) 464-4772 Fax: (301) 443-1246 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Program development, Program improvement, Program planning, Quality assurance, Teamwork, Training

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2010. TeamSTEPPS® dental module. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 1 v.

Annotation: This module consists of four videos showing how professionals who perform oral surgery and general dentistry can use teamwork, leadership, mutual support, communication, and situation monitoring skills in their practices. The module is part of TeamSTEPPS®, an evidence-based system aimed at optimizing client outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1104 Secondary Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Communication skills, Dentistry, Health care systems, Teamwork, Training materials

Queens University, Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice. 2009. Collaborative practice assessment tool (CPAT)©. Kingston, Ontario, Canada: Queens University, Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 6 pp.

Annotation: This tool includes 57 questions that are rated on a seven-point scale to assess strengths and weaknesses in collaborative practice. The purpose of the tool is to identify areas for educational and/or quality-improvement interventions. The tool addresses mission, meaningful purpose and goals, general relationships, team leadership, general responsibilities and autonomy, communication and information exchange, community linkages and coordination of care, decision-making and conflict management, and patient involvement. The tool also provides a form that respondents can use to identify what the team does well related to collaborative practice, identify collaboration challenges, and define areas where help is needed to improve collaborative practice.

Contact: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, 1800-155 Carlton Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 4YI, Telephone: (204) 926-7000 Fax: (204) 926-7007 Web Site: http://www.wrha.mb.ca Available from the website.

Keywords: Barriers, Collaboration, Communication skills, Conflict resolution, Coordination, Decision making skills, Leadership, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Relationships, Teamwork

American Public Human Services Association. 2003. Improving access and the quality of health care for adolescents: Summary of national and regional meetings. [Washington, DC]: American Public Human Services Association, 28 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the major themes that emerged from national and regional meetings convened in relation to an adolescent health initiative spearheaded by the American Public Human Services Association, with funding from the Center for Health Services Financing and Managed Care at the Health Services and Resources Administration. The report also highlights promising practices described at the meetings and identifies some topics on which meeting participants agree that future work needs to be done to improve health care for America's adolescents. The following topics are addressed: (1) the role of managed care systems, (2) training and teamwork, (3) mental health, (4) HIV and AIDS, (5) access to services, (6) confidentiality, and (7) knowing how we're doing. The report also includes a conclusion. Two appendices include a list of faculty members and individual meeting information.

Contact: National Association of State Medicaid Directors, 444 North Capitol Street, Suite 524, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 403-8620 Fax: (202) 289-6555 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://medicaiddirectors.org Available from the website.

Keywords: AIDS, Access to health care, Adolescent health, Confidentiality, HIV, Initiatives, Managed care organizations, Mental health, Teamwork, Training

Merrill D. 2003. Six simple steps to building a medical and early intervention transitional coalition. San Luis Obispo, CA: Pediatric Services,

Annotation: This document discusses working with neonatal medical care providers in identifying, screening, and tracking infants at risk developmentally. It outlines eligibility factors for infants, identifies the players in forming a coalition to create and implement a transitional process from the neonatal intensive care unit, connecting the coalition players and assist in the discussion of roles and questions, building an effective team, developing a written procedure, and assessing methods and efficiency throughout the transition.

Contact: Pediatric Services, 524 Kentucky Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, Telephone: (805) 772-6014 Fax: (805) 772-8246 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.pediatricservices.com Available from the website.

Keywords: , Case management, Developmental screening, Early intervention, Neonatal intensive care, Neonatal screening, Newborn infants, Teamwork, Transition planning

Grant R. 1995. Interdisciplinary collaborative teams in primary care: A model curriculum and resource guide. San Francisco, CA: Pew Health Professions Commission and California Primary Care Consortium, 126 pp.

Annotation: This manual guides educators in the creation of individualized courses on interdisciplinary collaboration in the primary care setting. It includes learning objectives, background information, annotated reference articles, and student learning exercises. The author provides case studies and examples of how this curriculum can be used in different training settings.

Contact: University of California, San Francisco, Healthforce Center for Research and Leadership Development, 3333 California Street, Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94143, Telephone: (415) 476-8181 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://healthforce.ucsf.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Collaboration, Curricula, Education, Health occupations, Interdisciplinary approach, Manuals, Primary care, Teamwork, Training

Covey SR. 1989. The seven habits of highly effective people: Restoring the character ethic. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 360 pp.

Annotation: This book offers an approach to professional, business, and personal relationships based on the character building effects of seven principles and habits of behavior and thought. The underlying principles address theses topics: personal vision, personal leadership, personal management, interpersonal leadership, empathic communication, creative cooperation, of balanced self renewal. The habits are: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win/win, seek first to understand, then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw. Two appendices offer information on perception of others, and time management for a business day.

Contact: Simon and Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas , New York, NY 10020, Telephone: (212) 698-7000 Contact Phone: (800) 223-2336 Web Site: http://www.simonsays.com/ $24.00. Document Number: ISBN 0-671-66398-4.

Keywords: Character, Personality development, Problem solving, Social values, Teamwork, Time management

Lillo R, Morris E, Palmer-Willis H, Sprague-Dunn,S. 1982. Developmental evaluation clinics activities and guidelines. Denver, CO: Colorado State Health Department, 181 pp.

Annotation: This manual addresses five major functions or aspects of the developmental evaluation process. The five sections provide a general description of developmental evaluation clinics and information on how this manual may be used to facilitate clinic operations; address team development and how professionals of diverse backgrounds can work together to accomplish the goals of a clinic; focus on specific steps in the developmental evaluation process; address the issue of self evaluation by clinics and suggests criteria by which clinics may be evaluated; and discuss the legal issues which must be considered by clinics. Supplements are included in many chapters to provide additional information or sample forms for clinics to consider. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child development, Clinics, Evaluation, Legal issues, Manuals, Self evaluation, Teamwork

Tennessee State University, Department of Home Economics and U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Maternal and Child Health Service. 1970. Proceedings of the first national conference—Home economists in maternal and child health programs. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State University, Department of Home Economics; Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Maternal and Child Health Service, 165 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings of the first National Conference for Home Economists in Maternal and Child Health, held at Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, on November 16-19, 1970, include a conference program, greetings, and transcripts from conference presentations. The purpose of the conference was to provide an opportunity for home economists working in the Maternal and Infant Care Projects or Children and Youth Projects to come together with a focus on their roles as members of health teams serving mothers and children. The proceedings include two appendices: (1) reference list of speakers and planning committee and (2) list of conference participants.

Keywords: Child health, Conference proceedings, Family economics, Maternal health, Patient care teams, State MCH programs, Teamwork

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