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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Theses/Dissertations

2018

Collaboration

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What Is Patient’S Experience Of Team-Based Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: A Concurrent Mixed Methods Study In Two Federally Qualified Health Centers (Fqhcs) In Rural Appalachia, Katherine Hope Morgan Dec 2018

What Is Patient’S Experience Of Team-Based Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: A Concurrent Mixed Methods Study In Two Federally Qualified Health Centers (Fqhcs) In Rural Appalachia, Katherine Hope Morgan

Doctoral Dissertations

The prevalence and severity of chronic health conditions are on the rise worldwide. Persons living with chronic and complex conditions face serious sequelae, which may benefit from new approaches to prevention and treatment. This study explored how persons living with chronic conditions in a medically unserved area experienced team-based interprofessional collaborative practice (TBICP). Using a concurrent mixed methods approach, patients’ experiences were captured through a survey and semi-structured interviews. Survey and interview data were analyzed separately through descriptive statistics and open, thematic coding, respectively. Surveys revealed high scores in patient-centered care (PCC) and a prevalence of positive answers to open-ended …


Understanding The Role Of Power In Interdisciplinary, Undergraduate, Student Teams: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Andrea Lucia Arce-Trigatti May 2018

Understanding The Role Of Power In Interdisciplinary, Undergraduate, Student Teams: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Andrea Lucia Arce-Trigatti

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is a cultural studies project that aims to understand how power manifests and influences knowledge construction between students working in an undergraduate, interdisciplinary, collaborative learning environment. Power – which holds the potential to empower and/or silence students - is intrinsic in social interaction and therefore inherent in collaboration. Exploring how power influences new knowledge construction in undergraduate, collaborative learning environments has the potential to uncover what type of interactions are valued and integrated or marginalized and excluded as part of these communicative exchanges.The purpose of this dissertation is thus not only to improve student learning within collaborative contexts, …