Leading Research and Evaluation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
Expanding upon Leadership Development for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice and Leadership and Collaboration, the third installment to this original and innovative collection of books considers a variety of research models and th
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LEADING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Leading Research and Evaluation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
Dawn Forman • Marion Jones • Jill Thistlethwaite Editors
Leading Research and Evaluation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
Editors Dawn Forman Curtin University Australia
Jill Thistlethwaite University of Technology Sydney Australia
Marion Jones Auckland University of Technology New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-137-53742-3 ISBN 978-1-137-53744-7 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-53744-7
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Foreword
In many senses, interprofessional education (IPE), interprofessional practice (IPP) and interprofessional care (IPC) represent what Rittel and Webber (1973) have called a ‘wicked problem’. Wicked problems are ‘difficult or impossible to solve. Their solutions depend on incomplete, contradictory and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognise. And they are confounded by complex interdependencies between actors and agents.’ (p. 155). If ever there were a wicked problem, research and evaluation in, and of, IPE is surely one. What could be more complex than relationships between governments, post-secondary institutions, the health care industry and the professions? As interprofessional education advances and new expectations are placed on health professional education, this wicked problem will require the attention of leaders in health care, post-secondary education, professional organisations and p
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