Education • Collaborative practice • Healthcare leadership

Better healthcare collaboration starts with intentional design.

Healthcare professionals are expected to work together across professions, departments, and settings. Collaborate for Health provides education, practical resources, speaking, and consultation to help people understand collaboration and create the conditions that support it.

Tina Patel Gunaldo, PhD, DPT, MHS

A shared challenge

Healthcare talks about collaboration.It rarely designs systems that make it possible.

Choose where to begin

Find the support that fits your role.

Start with the learning, resources, or professional support most relevant to you.

For department leaders

Lead beyond your department.

Leading a project that depends on other departments? Find practical ways to involve the right contributors and coordinate work toward a shared outcome.

Explore leadership services

For educators

Prepare learners for collaborative practice.

Explore teaching resources, courses, and opportunities grounded in interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

Explore educator resources

For health professionals

Strengthen collaboration in everyday care.

Develop a clearer understanding of team models, collaborative behaviors, and how shared work is supported.

Explore professional courses

For students and AHEC Scholars

Build your foundation in interprofessional collaboration.

Learn about healthcare team types, professional roles, and the behaviors that support collaborative practice.

Explore student learning

For organizations and conferences

Bring collaboration expertise to your audience.

Explore keynotes, workshops, professional development, and consultation for your organization or event.

Explore speaking

We are better together, andBETTER is intentionally designed.

MEET TINA PATEL GUNALDO

Evidence, education, and practical experience.

I am Tina Patel Gunaldo, PhD, DPT, MHS, a physical therapist, educator, researcher, author, and healthcare leader. I help healthcare professionals and organizations move from learning about collaboration to intentionally designing how people work together.

15+ yearsin interprofessional education and collaborative practice
40+peer-reviewed publications
150+national and international presentations
Textbook authorinterprofessional education and collaborative practice

Experience shared by colleagues

What healthcare professionals say about working with Tina.

Perspectives on presentations, interprofessional education, workshops, mentorship, and research guidance.

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