Educating Professionals

Doel, Mark & Steven M. Shardlow; Doel, Mark & Steven M. Shardlow

ISBN 10: 0754648109 / ISBN 13: 9780754648109

Published by Ashgate, Burlington, VT, 2009

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Laminated pictorial boards, as new. ; 1.02 x 9.21 x 6.22 Inches; 322 pages. Seller Inventory # 37923

Bibliographic Details

Title: Educating Professionals

Publisher: Ashgate, Burlington, VT

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis:

How do health and social care professionals learn their practice? What can the professions learn from each other? This book offers a comprehensive and practical account of recent changes in practice education in the UK - looking at both the way in which it is organized and the way in which it is conceptualized. Using case examples, the authors focus on the experiences of students' learning in practice settings: how this is organized, what methods are used to help students learn their trade and how their abilities are assessed. The book offers separate chapters on nine professions, all by authors well-established in writing about practice-based learning in their field. They explore areas of similarity and difference in expertise and outlook between professions. Two introductory chapters draw out the general concepts that translate between professions, including the idea of reflective practice, and the significance of the community as a setting; and a concluding chapter discusses interprofessional learning within practice settings.

Review:

'Once again Mark Doel and Steven Shardlow are leading the way - this time in advancing interprofessional education for students in health and social care professions. Through their collaboration and careful assembly of contributors, they offer a timely, important and much-needed text to inform and guide work-based learning that transcends professional boundaries.' Gayla Rogers, University of Calgary, Canada 'Educating Professionals is a book of its time. In producing a text that is truly interprofessional in content and structure the editors have provided a volume that will be a vital resource to educators and practitioners. It is both a source of information and a multi-perspective analysis of the complexities and challenges of preparing professionals for working together. From the editorial through the individual chapters there are illustrations of the goals shared by the individual authors. The accounts graphically illustrate why interprofessional working is a vital project for communities served by these professionals. This book makes an important contribution to that project.' Joan Orme, University of Glasgow, UK 'This book is ideal for lecturers and practice educators, but especially useful to those who have a remit for placement learning across a range of professions.' 4/5 Nursing Standard 'The hope expressed by the editors at the outset to the book was that readers would enjoy and learn from reading it. This wish is realised and for those interested in practice education, ways of constructing learning experiences and theories of learning, this book is a welcome addition.' British Journal of Social Work