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Introduction
Objectives
- Describe the mulitdisciplinary and interdisciplinary team approaches
and differentiate them from other health care models.
- Identify the members of the team and describe their competencies and
range of expertise.
- Identify conditions under which it is appropriate to include each of
the consultative disciplinies in the care of patients with HIV.
- Understand and recognize the phases of team development
- Recognize individual styles of communication and leadership and how
diverse styles contribute to team function.
- Discuss the collaborative skills of the team that benefit patient care.
- Recognize barriers that affect communication exchange among providers,
patients, their families, and communities.
- Recognize sources and types of conflict in teamwork.
- Identify strategies for managing conflict in teams
Healthcare teams allows for the expansion of healthcare expertise beyond
the single or solo provider or practitioner. Healthcare teams have the ability
to go beyond the knowledge of one practitioner or the resources available
to one practitioner. Team healthcare delivery improves communication and
networking, which areessential for comprehensive and effective treatment
planning and patient care. In addition healthcare team planning and teaming
reduces the sense of provider isolation in rural areas that is common in
many dental practices.
The focus of a healthcare team is the patient and this is what makes these
teams different from teams found in other businesses. Whether your team
works in a private dental office, a community health center, or a special
patient clinic in a hospital they all have common characteristics.
The following are some basic elements that are essential to building an effective health care team.
- Purpose
- Goals
- Roles - individual member roles, accountability for specific outcomes
- Relationships - Good relationship are important to health care teams and ultimately these relationships focus on patient outcomes. The patient and members of the team rely on the knowledge and experience of each team member and
- Activities and functions
- Coordination and leadership