International Practice Development in Health and Social Care

International Practice Development in Health and Social Care

The second edition of International Practice Development in Health and Social Care remains the definitive resource for all those responsible for facilitating innovation and change in health and social care practice at every level. Fully revised and updated throughout, this new edition preserves its focus on developing person-centred, safe and effective evidence-based care that reflects the most recent health service modernisation agendas, clinical governance strategies, and quality improvement initiatives worldwide.

Designed to empower multi-professional healthcare teams to transform both the culture and context of care, this invaluable guide:

• Offers an accessible, interactive approach to a variety of complementary improvement approaches that integrate learning, development, improvement, knowledge translation and inquiry
• Delivers practical practice development (PD) strategies guided by values of compassion, safety, efficacy, and person-centredness
• Provides recommendations for prioritising wellbeing in the workplace, enabling team effectiveness, and fostering collaboration and inclusion across health and social care systems
• Includes numerous real-world examples that connect theory with practice and illustrate field-tested PD methods
• Features contributions from Australia, Scandinavia, the UK, Germany, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, underscoring the text’s international focus

International Practice Development in Health and Social Care is essential reading for multi-professional healthcare practitioners including nurses, midwives, allied healthcare and medical practitioners, clinical educators, PD coordinators, health and social care leaders, managers and commissioners, and students and trainees from all the healthcare professions.

Professor Kim Manley CBE is Emeritus Professor at Canterbury Christ Church University, Professor in Practice Development and Co-Director of the ImpACT Research Group at University East Anglia for Practice and System Transformation. Formerly Co-Director and Professor, Practice Development, Research and Innovation, at the England Centre for Practice Development, Canterbury Christ Church University, and Joint Clinical Chair, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Kim is an active member of the International Practice Development Collaborative.

Professor Valerie Wilson holds a joint appointment as Professor of Nursing Research at Illawarra & Shoalhaven Local Health District and the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. The focus of her role is on ‘working with’ clinicians to develop person centred approaches to care, that are both evidence based and take into account the needs of patients and their families.

Professor Christine Øye is a Professor of Health and Care Services Research at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway. Her research interests include facilitating workplace learning using action research in various health and social care settings.