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Project EFECT: a case study of collaboration and cooperation. Education for Effective Collaborative Training
1School of Nursing, Shepard-Tew University of Central Florida, Daytona Beach, USA.
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|January 3, 2001
Abstract:
Many service professionals have little opportunity during their educational experience to collaborate directly with others outside of their discipline or to have real-life experiences in teamwork and cooperation. Project EFECT provided laboratory experiences in area schools for students from 4 different disciplines to practice working together while delivering much needed services to at-risk school children.
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