03428nam 22006014a 450 991081080830332120240430170303.01-282-11707-697866121170771-4443-0953-6(CKB)1000000000719881(EBL)428209(OCoLC)437111807(SSID)ssj0000358097(PQKBManifestationID)11925401(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358097(PQKBWorkID)10378418(PQKB)10918277(MiAaPQ)EBC428209(Au-PeEL)EBL428209(CaPaEBR)ebr10346218(CaONFJC)MIL211707(EXLCZ)99100000000071988120080319d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCommunities of practice in health and social care /edited by Andrée le May1st ed.Oxford ;Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell Pub.20091 online resource (144 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-6830-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-127) and index.Introducing communities of practice / Andrée le May -- The EXTRA community of practice: incubating change / Nina Stipich, Jane Coutts, and Mireille Brosseau -- The interior health nurse practitioner community of practice : facilitating NP integration in a regional health authority / Linda Sawchenko -- Developing dermatology outpatient services through a community of practice / Judith Lathlean and Michelle Myall -- Practice made perfect : discovering the roles of a community of general practice / John Gabbay and Andrée le May -- Learning nursing in the workplace community / Mary Gobbi -- Communities of practice and learning health practice in developing countries / Alex le May -- Generating patient capital : the contribution of story telling in communities of practice designed to develop older people's services / Andrée le May -- What works, what counts, and what matters? Communities of practice as a locus for contributing to resource allocation decisions / Helen Roberts, Alan Shiell, and Madeleine Stevens -- Where does this get us and where will we go from here? / Andrée le May.Communities of Practice in Health and Social Care highlights how communities of practice (CoPs) can make service development and quality improvement in health and social care easier to initiate and more sustainable.Using a series of case studies from the UK and Australia the book demonstrates how the theory of CoPs is implemented in the delivery of health and social care and highlights the associated potential, complexities, advantages and disadvantages.Communities of Practice in Health and Social Care equips practitioners, managers, educators and practice mentors with the knowCommunities of practiceMedicinePracticeSocial serviceCommunities of practice.MedicinePractice.Social service.362.12068Le May Andrée907778MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810808303321Communities of practice in health and social care4051338UNINA