Interprofessional Teamwork for Health and Social Care

About the Author

Scott Reeves, PhD, MSc is Director of Research at the Centrefor Faculty Development and a Scientist at the Li Ka ShingKnowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital. He is also a Scientistin the Wilson Centre and an Associate Professor in the Faculty ofMedicine, University of Toronto. He is a social scientist who hasbeen undertaking health professions education and health servicesresearch for nearly fifteen years. His main research interests areexploring and evaluating the processes and outcomes related tointerprofessional education and practice by use of ethnographic,mixed methods and systematic review. He was recently appointed asEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Interprofessional Care. Merrick Zwarenstein, MB, BCh, MSc is a physician and ahealth services researcher. He is the Inaugural Chair of the Centre for Health ServicesSciences at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto. He is alsoa Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute and at theInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and an AssociateProfessor in the Department of Health Policy Management andEvaluation at the University of Toronto. Sherry Espin, RN, PhD, MEd is a Registered Nurse and anAssociate Professor in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing,Ryerson University, Toronto. She previously held several positionsin perioperative clinical practice and education. She currentlyteaches in the post diploma and graduate programs at RyersonUniversity, with an emphasis on qualitative research,interprofessional education and collaboration, current issues andnursing practice courses. Simon Lewin, MBChB, PhD, MSc trained as a physician andnow works as a social scientist and health service researcher. Heholds research positions in the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for theHealth Services and in the Health Systems Research Unit of MedicalResearch Council of South Africa, where his work is focused largelyon mixed method implementation research in low- and middle-incomecountries. He is also an editor for the Cochrane Consumers andCommunication Review Group and the Cochrane Effective Practice andOrganisation of Care Review Group.