Building Bridges: Establishing a Foundation for Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on teaching interprofessional collaboration in healthcare to students entering their respective health profession's program. This book will help students achieve success not only in their educational program, but as they experience various healthcare settings through internships and employment. This resource is targeted for students in healthcare professions.
This OER book has interactive content is built into each chapter that is available only in the online format. If using a PDF copy or EPUB version of this book, you will be directed to a hyperlink to access the interactive content. At the end of each chapter is a vocabulary list of associated terms related to the chapter’s content. The interactive reinforcement activities may require you to click, drag and drop, and/or watch videos.
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:
Homework
Discussion
Interprofessional team projects
Course supplement
Resource for homework
Course textbook
Technical Requirements:
Internet access
Major web browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Goals of texbook are to address the 4 core competencies for interprofessional collaboration: Values and ethics; Roles and responsibilities; Communication; Teams and teamwork
After completion of the OER textbook, the user will
Describe the 4 Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competencies.
Summarize the importance of maintaining high values and ethics in healthcare settings.
Assess the components of IPEC’s values and ethics competency.
Analyze how ethical challenges may arise in healthcare settings.
Differentiate the responsibilities and roles of healthcare professionals.
Assess the components of IPEC’s Roles and Responsibilities competency.
Discuss how health professionals collaborate to improve patients’ health outcomes.
Identify barriers to communication in healthcare.
Assess the components of IPEC’s Communication competency.
Evaluate interprofessional and patient/family communication in healthcare.
Differentiate the types of teams that can work in healthcare.
Assess the components of IPEC’s teams and teamwork competency.
Analyze different teamwork strategies that can be used to improve team performance in healthcare.
Target Student Population:
College Lower Division
College Upper Division
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic computer skills.
Some understanding of a health professional role to complete the activities in the textbook.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The content is accurate, valid, and reliable.
Concepts and content are highly relevant and valid.
The material is extensive for the subject and depicts reality.
The book teaches important concepts, like TeamSTEPPS.
It is up to date.
This book on collaboration is complete and is a part of all healthcare.
The book does teach difficult material, and an interactive case study is at the end to build confidence.
A strength of this text is to support students achieve success not only in their educational program, but as they experience various healthcare settings through internships and employment.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
This book uses learning objectives, and introduction, and definition of terms, and a link for more learning in each chapter.
The material facilitates learning by adding YouTube media.
Concepts are clearly presented. This material is concise and not overwhelming for students.
There are a variety of ways to support the content, such as pictures, charts, vocabulary list, text, and summary of key takeaways.
There are links to other helpful resources.
Examples are provided.
The material is introduced, explained, and learning is assessed with interactive questions and scenario activities.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
The textbook is accessible, visually appealing and easy to navigate.
Headings and text are selectable.
Videos include closed captioning.
Images include descriptions of what are in the image.
Image credits are included in Appendix A.
Links to videos, references, etc. are found in working order.
Feedback is provided at the end in the case scenario.
It includes additional external links to clarify concepts.
The presentation of each concept is clear without distractions.
New terms are defined and explained.
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