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The first edition of International Practice Development in Nursing and Health identified for the first time the principles of PD, distilled from its methodology, methods and key concepts over twenty years.

One of the founding principles of PD first formalised in a realist synthesis of PD methods (McCormack et al. 2007) was ways of working that embrace collaboration, inclusion and participation – termed the ‘CIP’ principle. Whilst previous PD books have enabled multiple authors to work together across countries, this is the first time that the editors have intentionally and explicitly employed the CIP principles to writing chapters, where authors from eight countries across both hemispheres have been invited to co‐create their chapters collaboratively using these principles.

The role of editors over and above the usual focus has been one of facilitation, enabling content to flow and be refashioned through mutual learning, appreciation, critical companionship, connecting through virtual forums and support in enhancing writing skills. For example, two lead authors, senior practitioners, had never written or contributed to a chapter before (in common with many other contributors), but with peer and editor support an effective writing team for each chapter was established, mirroring the support and challenges of the practice world.

PD is about health and social care practice and it is a privilege for the editors to work with so many gifted frontline staff across different settings, most of whom are practitioners, supporting practitioners or are in clinical academic roles as embedded researchers (see Chapter 7).

All contributors have therefore worked to a shared purpose and values but applied these in various chapters to different levels of health and social care and different client groups across life’s spectrum, from birth until older age and end of life.

The person’s/citizen’s voice, in keeping with the values of PD, is strengthened in this edition, so the first chapters following this introduction focus on what matters to people and what involves people working together, co‐creation between those who experience and those who provide care to meet people’s needs as they themselves see them.