The Allied Health Professions
The Allied Health Professions

Author: Susan Nancarrow

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2021-03-10

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 144734538X

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The allied health professions have gained legitimacy through the pursuit of research evidence and the standardisation of practice. Yet there remains very little analysis or understanding of these professions. Adopting theory from the sociology of health professions, this unique text explores the sociological, economic, political and philosophical pressures that have shaped the professions. Drawing on case studies and examples from occupations including optometrists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists to emerging vocations, including pedorthists and allied health assistants, this book offers an innovative comparison of allied health professions in Australia and Britain. By telling the story of their past, this original book prepares the allied health professions for a new and different future.

Clinical Education for the Health Professions
Clinical Education for the Health Professions

Author: Debra Nestel

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-07-19

Total Pages: 1757

ISBN-13: 981153344X

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This book compiles state-of-the art and science of health professions education into an international resource showcasing expertise in many and varied topics. It aligns profession-specific contributions with inter-professional offerings, and prompts readers to think deeply about their educational practices. The book explores the contemporary context of health professions education, its philosophical and theoretical underpinnings, whole of curriculum considerations, and its support of learning in clinical settings. In specific topics, it offers approaches to assessment, evidence-based educational methods, governance, quality improvement, scholarship and leadership in health professions education, and some forecasting of trends and practices. This book is an invaluable resource for students, educators, academics and anyone interested in health professions education.

Health Professions Education
Health Professions Education

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-07-01

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 030913319X

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The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.

Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals
Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals

Author: Linda Finlay

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-06-14

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0470033762

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This practical text addresses a gap in the literature by mapping the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. It offers guidance to allied health professionals – increasingly involved in research as the emphasis grows on evidence-based practice – on how to engage in meaningful, good quality qualitative research. To help researchers take on this challenge, the book: highlights some of the choices involved in carrying out qualitative research offers a wide range of practical examples to show how different ways of doing qualitative research can be managed critically examines a variety of qualitative research methodologies of particular interest to allied health professionals clarifies the links between epistemology, methodology and method. The book is structured in three parts. Part I sensitises readers to the complex issues which challenge qualitative researchers at the planning stage of their projects. In Part II, the challenge of using different methodologies is critically explored by fifteen authors, who describe their individual research experiences. Part III examines the choices researchers make when they evaluate and present research.

Case Studies in Allied Health Ethics
Case Studies in Allied Health Ethics

Author: Robert M. Veatch

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Distinguished ethics professors Veatch and Flack have teamed up to offer this remarkable collection of case studies based on the actual experiences of practicing allied health personnel in various fields.

Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives
Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives

Author: Knifton, Lee

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0335244890

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This book will provide readers with an overview of the core knowledge and issues in public mental health, and a guide for students and practitioners on the evidence and tools available to help them develop Public Mental Health programs that work in practice.

Play in Early Childhood
Play in Early Childhood

Author: Mary Sheridan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-12-16

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1136837493

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Based on the pioneering work of Mary D. Sheridan, Play in Early Childhood is a classic introductory text to play and development – key topics for all those who work with young children. Updated for a contemporary audience and fully evidence-based, it explains how children’s play develops and how they develop as they play. With over eighty illustrations and observations of play from birth to six years, this new edition presents classical and contemporary literature, making clear links between play and all areas of children’s development. It includes activities to consolidate thinking and suggestions for further reading throughout. Play in Early Childhood considers: the development, value and characteristics of play issues relating to culture, adversity and gender play from recreational, therapeutic and educational perspectives the role of parents/caregivers and professionals in supporting play Suitable for those new to the area or for more experienced workers wanting a quick reference guide, this easy-to-follow book meets the needs of students and professionals from a wide range of health, education and social care backgrounds, including early years professionals, playworkers, children’s nurses, speech and language therapists and social workers.

Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology

Author: Delva Shamley

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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"Pathophysiology is a vast and rapidly changing subject in every Medical and Allied Health Professional student's programme. This book carefully selects and captures the key components in each of the subjects presented. Each chapter provides fundamental descriptions of diseases followed by current knowledge on the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving the disease processes." "Pathophysiology is an essential text aimed at advancing students' basic physiology knowledge and applying the clinical context. Undergraduates, postgraduates and practicing clinicians alike will find this book invaluable, particularly as it includes enhanced chapters on muscle, nerve and pathophysiological effects of movement, immobility and ageing."--BOOK JACKET.

Allied Health Services
Allied Health Services

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1989-02-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0309038960

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With estimates of their numbers ranging from one million to almost four million people, allied health care personnel make up a large part of the health care work force. Yet, they are among the least studied elements of our health care system. This book describes the forces that drive the demand for and the supply of allied health practitionersâ€"forces that include demographic change, health care financing policies, and career choices available to women. Exploring such areas as credentialing systems and the employment market, the study offers a broad range of recommendations for action in both the public and private sectors, so that enough trained people will be in the right place at the right time.