Small group learning materials

Team Building

• Interprofessional Team Work From the UK Social Work Learning and Teaching Support Network
• Maxims for effective teamwork from Dalhousie University
• What encourages multidisciplinary teamworking? From Multidisciplinary Teamworking: Beyond the Barriers? A Review of the Issues, Scottish Council for Research in Education
• Facilitating Team Work: Team Roles from a series by Dr. David Ryan
• Facilitating Team Work: Stages of Team Development from a series by Dr. David Ryan
• Communication Skills From the Bristol Royal Infirmary Society
• The Virtual Health Care Team Interdisciplinary Geriatric Case Studies from the University of Missouri, Columbia
• Competencies of a Health Care Team from the University of Minnesota.
• Guide to Collaborative Team Practice Ontario Ministry of Health, July 2005. In particular, see pages 6-9 for tips about building and maintaining effective teams.
• Patient Decision Aids Developed by the University of Ottawa to help "to help patients and their health practitioners make 'tough' healthcare decisions."
• A Culture of Teamwork From the Bristol Royal Infirmary Society
• Team Work in Health Care powerpoint presentation from a series by Dr. David Ryan

Teaching and facilitating small groups

• The Faculty of Medicine Centre for Faculty Development at the University of Toronto has compiled a bibliography of materials about small group teaching. From the Library page, scroll to the "Small Group Learning" section.
• The Free Management Library open resource collection includes Resources for facilitators.
• Keele University's Support for the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching includes A Guide to Maximizing Learning in Small Groups compiled by Igor Kusyszyn.
• The New Generation Project is a joint initiative of a number of Universities and health care facilities in England. As part of their interprofessional curriculum, they have compiled a collection of resources about facilitiation and group work.
• Rice, David (2003) Facilitating Learning in Small Groups. The Higher Education Academy.
• University of Colarado Small Group Learning: A checklist for teachers Adapted from Westberg, Jane and Jason, Hilliard. Fostering Learning in Small Groups: A Practical Guide. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1996.
• Oxford University Small Group Teaching By David Jaques.
• The Jaques material includes suggestions for Encouraging interaction and Asking questions.
• The University of Waterloo has put together a collection of PDF files for instructors related to Group Work as part of their Teaching Resource Office.
• The University of Waterloo collection includes information about Team work skills and suggestions of what to do When things go wrong.