Developing highly functioning teams of health professionals is crucial to ensuring a “collaborative practice ready” health workforce that is better prepared to respond to local health needs. It is proventhat team development and collaborative practice strengthens health systems and improves health outcomes. This session includes four presentations that assess this topic within the wider context of health systems and multi-professional working.

Educating for collaborative practice: a literature interpretation generating reflective questions

Prof. Judith (Nicky) Hudson and Anne Croker, University of Adelaide, Australia

Development teams for innovative nursing care

Prof. Terese Bondas, Nord University, Norway

Cost-effective method of enhancing long-term knowledge retention for high fidelity simulation

Dr. Valeriy Kozmenko, USD Sanford School of Medicine, United States

The Impact of Simulation on Paediatric Nursing Students’ Knowledge, Self-efficacy, Satisfaction, and Confidence

Dr. Hala Saied, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Saudi Arabia