This book is designed to introduce a theory of ecological psychology into interprofessional health education. The foundations are affordances (features in the environment that afford the opportunity to be recognized and utilized), the life-world (what the meaningful environment contains for the trainee), and behavioral-settings (person-made affordances that are permissive, supportive, or resistive to specific behaviors). Expanding the life-world is the main mechanism of learning in health care. Becoming aware of intentional and unintentional features of the behavioral setting is how we structure the curricular environment to achieve this life-world expansion. The book is structured into four domains: The Natural Domain, The Mental Domain, The Social Domain, and Non-Linearity. The final application section lays out a structure for designing, implementing, and evaluating the educational program in a professional healthcare setting. This book is ideal for clinician managers of interprofessional healthcare clinics, and for the teachers and trainees from each discipline (e.g., medicine, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, social work, etc.).
Author(s): C. Scott Smith
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 144
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Examples
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: The Natural Domain
1.1 IP Problem: Premature Closure
Chapter 2: Affordances
References
Chapter 3: The Classical Model
References
Chapter 4: Critical Realism
References
Chapter 5: Realist Affordances
References
Part II: The Mental Domain
1.1 IP Problem: Hidden Affordances
Chapter 6: The Lifeworld
Intrinsic Expansion
Mediated Expansion
References
Chapter 7: Sense of Being
The “Self”
Identity
References
Chapter 8: Emotion
References
Chapter 9: “Knowing” the World
References
Chapter 10: Intrinsic Expansion of the Lifeworld
References
Chapter 11: Mediated Expansion of the Lifeworld
References
Chapter 12: Inner Wisdom
Depth Psychology
Mindfulness Meditation
Native American Spirituality
Summary
References
Part III: The Social Domain
1.1 IP Problem: Tacit Social Affordances
Chapter 13: Behavioral Settings
References
Chapter 14: Language: Ritual and Stories
Rituals
Stories
References
Chapter 15: Semiotics
Wiley’s Combination of Peirce and Mead
Biosemiotics
References
Chapter 16: Revisiting Identity
Role Identity
Social Identity
Person Identity
References
Chapter 17: Boundaries and Bridges
Boundaries
Bridges
References
Part IV: Nonlinearity
1.1 IP Problem: “Either/Or” Thinking
Chapter 18: Complex Adaptive Systems
Self-Creation
Emergence
Stratification
References
Chapter 19: Complementarity
References
Chapter 20: Dynamics
Coordination Dynamics
Adaptive Cycle Theory
References
Part V: Application
Chapter 21: Design/Implementation
References
Chapter 22: Maintenance
General Concepts
Teams
Task Forces
Crews
References
Chapter 23: Evaluation
Planning the Evaluation
Choosing the Level of Interest
Choosing the Method
Choosing the Purpose
Carrying Out an Evaluation Program
Descriptive Studies
Exploratory Studies
Performative Studies
Predictive Studies
Planning an Integrated Multi-study Program
Summary
References
Chapter 24: Conclusions
References
Glossary
Index
