{"product_id":"communities-of-practice-in-health-and-social-care-paperback-softback-9781405168304","title":"Communities of Practice in Health and Social Care (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405168304","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommunities of Practice in Health and Social Care\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrée le May (Edited by), Etienne Wenger (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405168304, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17.3 x 0.9 cm, 0.263 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunities of Practice in Health and Social Care\u003c\/i\u003e highlights how communities of practice (CoPs) can make service development and quality improvement in health and social care easier to initiate and more sustainable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a series of case studies from the UK and Canada 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunities of Practice in Health and Social Car\u003c\/i\u003ee equips practitioners, managers, educators and practice mentors with the knowledge and skills to facilitate the development and maintenance of Communities of Practice and highlights how the effects of Communities of Practice might be made explicit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003ci\u003eEtienne Wenger\u003c\/i\u003e vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Introducing Communities of Practice 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Introducing Communities of Practice 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrée le May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Getting Started 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The EXTRA Community of Practice: Incubating Change 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNina Stipich, Jane Coutts and Mireille Brosseau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Interior Health Nurse Practitioner Community of Practice: Facilitating NP Integration in\u003cb\u003e a \u003c\/b\u003eRegional Health Authority 28\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Sawchenko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Developing Dermatology Outpatient Services through a Community of Practice 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Lathlean and Michelle Myall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Generating Professional and Patient Capital 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Practice Made Perfect: Discovering the Roles of a Community of General Practice 49\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Gabbay and Andrée le May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Learning Nursing in the Workplace Community: The Generation of Professional Capital 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Gobbi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Communities of Practice and Learning Health Practice in Developing Countries 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlex le May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Generating Patient Capital: The Contribution of Storytelling in Communities of Practice Designed to Develop Older People’s Services 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrée le May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 So What? 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 What Works, What Counts and What Matters? 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