Collaborative Practice in Critical Care Settings

This practical and evidence-based workbook offers a series of assessment, implementation and evaluation activities for professionals working in critical care contexts. Designed to improve the quality of care delivery, it looks both at collaboration between professionals and between patients and/or family members.

Collaborative Practice in Critical Care Settings:

• identifies the issues relating to the "current state" of collaboration in critical care through a series of assessment activities;
• provides a series of interventional activities which can address shortfalls of collaboration previously identified; and
• offers advice on generating evidence for the effects of any interventions implemented.

The activities presented in this book are based on extensive empirical research, ensuring this book takes into account the everyday work environment of professionals in critical care units. It is suitable for practitioners and educators, as well as patient safety leads and managers.

Scott Reeves is professor in Interprofessional Research at the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston and St George’s, University of London, UK, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Interprofessional Care.

Janet Alexanian is a senior research associate at St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada. She received her doctorate in anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, in 2009.

Deborah Kendall-Gallagher is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio School of Nursing, USA.

Todd Dorman is a critical care physician. He is the Senior Associate Dean for Education Coordination and the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA.

Simon Kitto is a professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education and Director of Research in the Office of Continuing Professional Development at the University of Ottawa, Canada.