
The Director's Weekly Read
The Director’s Weekly Read is a bi-weekly post sharing articles personally curated by the Center’s Director, Dr. Barret Michalec. The Director’s Weekly Read showcases novel concepts in the interprofessional practice and education field to spark curiosity and new directions.

This week's DWR highlights the excellent work by an excellent team identifying institutional characteristics associated with successful implementation of high-quality Interprofessional Education (IPE). Joseph A. Zorek and Kelly Ragucci served as leads on this publication along with CAIPER Center Director, Barret Michalec, and other names you'll find familiar!

We're kicking off the Fall 2022 season of the Director's Weekly Read!
Leave it to Sociologist and ASU CAIPER Center Director, Barret Michalec, PhD, to spotlight the big picture this college football season. This DWR explores persistent patterns of racial inequality among coaches.

The Director's Weekly Read is all about bringing you novel scholarship and "making the familiar strange." This week's feature article discusses the impact of perceptions of racialized names, even among potential pets!

This week's Director's Weekly Read explores the notion of collective collapse in teams. Center Director, Dr. Barret Michalec, shares a cool study he came across while doing research for emotional contagion. In the IPE world, we often explore what makes good teams tick, but we also need to explore what could make them go "boom!"/p>

Although CAIPER is all about connecting and engaging through social media - it never hurts to take a break. This week's Director’s Weekly Read showcases the value in even just taking a week off.

This week's article examines the "special sauce(s)" of high-functioning teams and team leaders in healthcare delivery. Join us for this Director's Weekly Read as we dive into the notion of immediate trust and leadership in urgent situations.

For this week's Director's Weekly Read, join Center Director, Dr. Barret Michalec and the UnDeniably Well podcast team from the University of Delaware's Employee Health & Wellbeing. It's actually more of a DW"L" (Director's Weekly Listen).
Give a listen to this great episode, “Connection is a Two-Way Street,” on fostering connectivity and belongingness at work.

Did you know?... CAIPER’s I-TEAM By Design taps into the innate capacity of Emotional Contagion- so for this week's Director’s Weekly Read, we're sharing an exciting recent review of Emotional Contagion in NONHUMANS! Check out the latest article, “Emotional contagion in nonhuman animals: A review.”

For this Director's Weekly Read, we honor the late Dr. Dewitt "Bud" Baldwin, a true Pioneer in the field of interprofessionalism. This work is a great approach to moving the science forward by exploring where we've been.

In this season of thankfulness, let's explore what gratitude can entail. Check out this fantastic paper by Alex M. Wood, Jeffrey J. Froh & Adam W.A. Geraghty for this Director's Weekly Read.