Foundations of Interprofessional Health Education: An Ecological Theory

Description

This book is designed to introduce a theory of ecological psychology into interprofessional health education. The foundations are affordances (features in the environment that afford the opportunity to be recognized and utilized), the life-world (what the meaningful environment contains for the trainee), and behavioral-settings (person-made affordances that are permissive, supportive, or resistive to specific behaviors). Expanding the life-world is the main mechanism of learning in health care. Becoming aware of intentional and unintentional features of the behavioral setting is how we structure the curricular environment to achieve this life-world expansion. The book is structured into four domains: The Natural Domain, The Mental Domain, The Social Domain, and Non-Linearity. The final application section lays out a structure for designing, implementing, and evaluating the educational program in a professional healthcare setting. This book is ideal for clinician managers of interprofessional healthcare clinics, and for the teachers and trainees from each discipline (e.g., medicine, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, social work, etc.). Preface Contents About the Author List of Figures List of Tables List of Examples Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Part I: The Natural Domain 1.1 IP Problem: Premature Closure Chapter 2: Affordances References Chapter 3: The Classical Model References Chapter 4: Critical Realism References Chapter 5: Realist Affordances References Part II: The Mental Domain 1.1 IP Problem: Hidden Affordances Chapter 6: The Lifeworld Intrinsic Expansion Mediated Expansion References Chapter 7: Sense of Being The “Self” Identity References Chapter 8: Emotion References Chapter 9: “Knowing” the World References Chapter 10: Intrinsic Expansion of the Lifeworld References Chapter 11: Mediated Expansion of the Lifeworld References Chapter 12: Inner Wisdom Depth Psychology Mindfulness Meditation Native American Spirituality Summary References Part III: The Social Domain 1.1 IP Problem: Tacit Social Affordances Chapter 13: Behavioral Settings References Chapter 14: Language: Ritual and Stories Rituals Stories References Chapter 15: Semiotics Wiley’s Combination of Peirce and Mead Biosemiotics References Chapter 16: Revisiting Identity Role Identity Social Identity Person Identity References Chapter 17: Boundaries and Bridges Boundaries Bridges References Part IV: Nonlinearity 1.1 IP Problem: “Either/Or” Thinking Chapter 18: Complex Adaptive Systems Self-Creation Emergence Stratification References Chapter 19: Complementarity References Chapter 20: Dynamics Coordination Dynamics Adaptive Cycle Theory References Part V: Application Chapter 21: Design/Implementation References Chapter 22: Maintenance General Concepts Teams Task Forces Crews References Chapter 23: Evaluation Planning the Evaluation Choosing the Level of Interest Choosing the Method Choosing the Purpose Carrying Out an Evaluation Program Descriptive Studies Exploratory Studies Performative Studies Predictive Studies Planning an Integrated Multi-study Program Summary References Chapter 24: Conclusions References Glossary Index