An introduction to teamwork: Findings from an evaluation of an interprofessional education experience for 1,000 first-year health science students

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Cameron, Andrea ^g   Rennie, Sandy ^f   Diprospero, Lisa ^a,b   Langlois, Sylvia ^b   Wagner, Susan ^b   Potvin, Marc ^a   Dematteo, Dale ^c   Leblanc, Vicki ^b,d   Reeves, Scott ^b,c,d,e  

^a The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; TRUST;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; TRUST;

EID: 67650460211     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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