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International Practice Development in Health and Social Care

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International Practice Development in Health and Social Care is a comprehensive guide dedicated to fostering innovation and improvement in health and social care globally. The second edition emphasises person-centred, safe, and effective evidence-based care, aligned with the latest health service modernisation, clinical governance, and quality improvement initiatives.

This book equips multi-professional healthcare teams with accessible, practical strategies to transform care culture and context through integrated learning, development, and improvement methods rooted in compassion, safety, efficacy, and person-centredness. Featuring real-world examples and international perspectives from Australia, Scandinavia, the UK, Germany, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, it bridges theory and practice effectively.
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Ideal for nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, medical practitioners, clinical educators, practice development coordinators, health and social care leaders and managers, commissioners, and students across the healthcare professions seeking to enhance person-centred, quality care.

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Preceded by International practice development in nursing and healthcare / edited by Kim Manley, Brendan McCormack, Val Wilson. 1st edition. 2008.

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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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119698357

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 May 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Kim Manley
  • Edited by Valerie J. Wilson
  • Edited by Christine Oye

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 544g

Pages: 304

About the Author

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 β€˜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.

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