Collaboration Across the
Disciplines in Health Care Brenda Freshman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Health
Care Administration Program, California State University, Long
Beach, California, Louis Rubino, PhD, Professor and Program Director
- Health Administration Program, California State University -
Northridge, Yolanda (Linda) Reid Chassiakos, MD, FAAP, Clinical
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine,
UCLA, Director, Klotz Student Health Center, California State
University, Northridge
Hardcover, 311 pages
ISBN: 0763755583
978-0763755584
Jones & Bartlett
February 2009 (click the button below for the very best available price)
Collaboration Across the Disciplines
in Health Care brings together seasoned professionals from the
disciplines of medicine, nursing, public health, health services and
administration, and other areas, who present their diverse
perspectives on collaboration across the spectrum of the healthcare
fields. Using a learning-centered approach, this timely resource
helps the reader develop communication skills and prepares them to
work inter-professionally with those who have different perspectives
and thought processes. Some of the chapter headings include:
The Healthcare Team Members: Who Are
They and What Do They Do?
The Healthcare Interdisciplinary
Context: A Focus on the "Microsystem" Context
Leadership Development in the
Interdisciplinary Context
Fostering Interdisciplinary
Collaboration in Healthcare Organizations
Doctors Are From Mars, Patients Are
From Venus
Interprofessional Collaboration: A
Nursing Perspective
Is Physician Collaboration an
Oxymoron? Understanding and Enhancing Physician Engagement in
Healthcare Teams
Management and Administration of
Collaborative Models
Complementary, Alternative, and
Integrative Healthcare Perspectives
Behavioral Health
Ancillary Services: Health
Professions Education, Nutrition, and Dietetics
Medicine and the Law: The Legal
Perspective
Collaboration in Ambulatory Care:
Integrating the Practitioners of Medicine Into the Practice of
Medicine
Collaboration in Healthcare
Marketing and Business Development
The Forest and the Trees: An
Organizational Psychologist’s Perspective on Collaborating
Across the Disciplines in Health Care
Perfect for senior-level undergraduate
and graduate courses in health services administration, allied
health, and nursing, this current and engaging text offers
experiential activities to facilitate learning.
Each chapter is contributed by an
expert from a particular discipline to give the reader an
‘insider’ perspective.
Presents current, engaging, and
practical examples of collaborative strategies and tactics.
Cases in each chapter based on the
chapter learning objectives with case questions can be used in
student learning assessments.
Simulations and other experiential
learning exercises in each chapter provide a practice ‘lab’ for
developing collaborative competencies.
Offers a complete package of online
teaching aids to facilitate instruction.
Brenda Freshman, PhD, is an Assistant
Professor at California State University Long Beach, in the Health
Administration Program. She teaches organizational behavior,
management and human resources courses to undergraduate and graduate
students. Dr. Freshman’s current research focus is on best practices
for developing collaboration skills in health care managers, leaders
and teams. Dr. Freshman holds a BS in Psychology (UCLA), a MA in
Applied Psychology (University of Santa Monica), a MS in
Organizational Psychology (California School of Professional
Psychology), and a Doctorate in Organizational Psychology
(California School of Professional Psychology). Her research and
practice interests concentrate on team formation and collaboration
across the disciplines in Health Care. Specifically she focuses on
how thoughts and emotions influence behavior, productivity and
quality of life. She has been producing and delivering workshops on
self-development and leadership skills since 1993.
Louis Rubino, PhD, FACHE, is currently Professor and Program
Director for Health Administration at California State University,
Northridge (CSUN). Dr. Rubino is also the Chair of CSUN’s University
Health Services Oversight Committee, and is an elected Faculty
Senator. He is also a Board member of the national professional
organization, Association for University Programs in Health
Administration (AUPHA). In the community, he serves as a governing
board member at St. Francis Medical Center and is Chair of their
Quality and Patient Safety Subcommittee. Prior to entering academia,
Dr. Rubino had a 20-year management career as a hospital
administrator and health system executive. He has published
nationally and internationally and has authored chapters in
textbooks. His research area is comparative health administration
between China and the United States. Dr. Rubino received his
Master’s in Health Care Management from California State University,
Los Angeles, and his Master’s of Public Administration and Doctorate
in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
He is board certified in healthcare management as an American
College of Healthcare Executives Fellow (FACHE).
Yolanda (Linda) S. Reid Chassiakos, MD, FAAP, is a graduate of the
Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. She
completed her residency in Pediatrics at Georgetown University, and
served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy and the Assistant
Head of the Ambulatory Branch of the Pediatric Department at the
Naval Hospital Bethesda, as well as an Assistant Professor of
Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences. She then served as the Director
of the Preventive Services Initiative for the Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion at the Department of Health and
Human Services in Washington, DC; and a medical editor and
correspondent for the CBS affiliate in Washington. Dr. Chassiakos
served as a medical editor for Lifetime Medical Television
Continuing Education programs, and then joined UCLA and subsequently
became Chair of the Medical Staff of its Ashe Health and Wellness
Center. Dr. Chassiakos is a Fellow of the American Academy of
Pediatrics and a founding member and former chair of its Media
Resource Team, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at
the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. She is currently the
Director of the Klotz Student Health Center at California State
University Northridge, a full-service ambulatory care center with
over 60,000 patient visits per year.
