Identification of administrative issues associated with communication in selected university based interprofessional development programs /
The purpose of this study was to describe the organizational
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to describe the organizational cultures of two university-based interprofessional development sites. The overall description includes presentations of case studies, as well as focused identification and analysis of the organizational outcomes of the projects; the barriers to interprofessional education and collaboration; the attributes that facilitate interprofessional programming; and the development and analysis of an intersystemic communication model. These descriptive products were developed from the literature bases in educational administration, teacher education, social work education, public health, interprofessional collaboration, system sciences, communication, sociology, and organizational psychology. The interprofessional collaboration agenda is inherently interdisciplinary, it extends across levels of government, and it integrates what is now a fragmented education, health, and human services system. The notion of systemic reform that is part of the interprofessional collaboration mission requires better understandings of system relations, organizational culture, and communication. In this study a qualitative constructivist approach to inquiry was used. The researcher visited the university based programs and their partners in the field. During site visits data was collected through interviews, observations, collection of documents, and study of artifacts. The data was unitized and stored in a computer database. The inquiry methods used followed those outlined by Erlandson et. al. (1993) and Spradley (1979). The findings of the study include descriptions of the attributes associated with the interprofessional development programs studied and the communication structures developed and used by the programs. In addition, the management techniques used to manage communication within the interprofessional education programs and among stakeholders were discussed. Finally, questions about design and management of collaborative activities in institutions of higher education were addressed along with the implications of interprofessional education and services integration for professional development and pre-service education activities for educational administrators and faculty. |
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| Item Description: | Includes 1 computer disk. Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Administration". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 188 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disk. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Format: | System requirements: IBM PC. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |