Promoting Interdisciplinary Practice

Practice Spotlight: Interdisciplinary HIV Outpatient Clinic.

Developing a comprehensive interdisciplinary senior healthcare practice.

The PeaceHealth Senior Health and Wellness Center (SHWC) provides primary care coordinated by geriatricians and an interdisciplinary office practice team that addresses the multiple needs of geriatric patients. The SHWC is a hospital outpatient clinic operated as a component of an integrated health system and is focused on the care of frail elders with multiple interacting chronic conditions an...

Promoting the coordination of computer-mediated interdisciplinary collaboration

Efficient net-based (computer-mediated) interdisciplinary collaboration of partners with complementary expertise is shown to depend strongly on the quality of the coordination activities. Confronted with psychiatric case studies dyads of advanced medical and psychology students were asked to jointly formulate a diagnosis and a therapy plan making use of their complementary expertise. A first ex...

Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research

Interdisciplinary researchers and educators, as community members, creators of knowledge, and environmental activists and practitioners, have a responsibility to build a bridge between community practice, academic scholarship, and professional contributions aimed at establishing environmental sustainability. In this paper, I focus on an undervalued area of environmental politics, practices, and...

Managing aggression in the emergency department: promoting an interdisciplinary approach.

Incidents of aggression are frequent occurrences in hospitals, particularly the emergency department. Aggression creates instability in the environment, impacts on patient care outcomes and leads to increased levels of stress in staff. Regular exposure to aggression in the workplace can have detrimental effects on health professionals' ongoing quality of life. The emergency department is a gate...