After reading through the article, Ten Principles of Good Interdisciplinary Team Work, I felt like I was given a better understanding of how a proper interdisciplinary team works together as a unit in order to execute quality care to people in different types of settings on a daily basis. The conclusion that I was able to come to, was that in order to have a successful IDT in the workplace, it is important to have a diverse group of people come together with a common goal in mind. With the world of healthcare constantly changing, and patient care increasing in complexity, having a group of people come together with different backgrounds, knowledge and opinions can brings ideas and solutions to the table that would greatly benefit the patient rather than if just one individual was focusing on how to solve the issue alone. With that being said, it is also important to have a leadership role in a …show more content…
successful IDT. One negative aspect of having many individuals come together that all have different opinions on things, is that chaos could occur easily. It is important to have a leadership role and mediator of sorts during the collaboration in order to make sure that the wellbeing of the patient is still the common goal and interest of the individuals. With an interest of going into the social work world as a career, the main goal would be primarily focusing on the wellbeing of patients who are in need of different types of emotional, economic or psychosocial support. This could include individual adults, families, as well as children and 2 adolescents. When working in this field, it is important to make quality decisions in order to benefit the patient, especially since they are struggling with so many other things and different types of suffering. When working towards an effective goal plan, collaborations with fellow social workers, nurses and physicians would most likely be a common occurrence. Depending on the state of the patient, pharmacists could become a part of a quality IDT and bring some added knowledge to the medical history of the patient at hand. Overall, the people involved would most likely work in the healthcare field, depending on the issues the patient presents, and would work together as a unified team to form a constructive plan to better the life of the patient. Activity #2: When going through the in-class activity regarding suffering, many different thoughts and feelings were going through my mind.
The most dominant type of suffering that I was feeling during that time was existential suffering. When hearing the diagnosis that I was terminally ill, and knowing the amount of time that I had left was very short, really put things into perspective. As we continued through the exercise and had to keep choosing things to eliminate from our lives as the disease progressed, it really opened my eyes to the reality of receiving a terminal diagnosis. I felt a lot of personal suffering, feeling hopeless and completely out of control with the situation at hand. I had no choice but to let go of things that I did not want to part with. The more items that were eliminated started to inflict social suffering in the activity. I had to remove things that I love to do, and love to do with others, however, the reality that with that type of disease you are unable to socialize regularly and lose people you love in the process was a difficult reality to
face. Overall, I appreciated being a part of this activity. I think it definitely helped me prepare for the 3 volunteer experience we will be doing this semester. It helped me grasp an understanding of the emotions involved in receiving life changing news like a terminal illness, and somewhat equipped me to be aware that people everywhere are suffering and that I should not judge or brush them off, but rather be there as a support system to those who are hurting. Activity #3: The final part of this assignment was without a doubt the most difficult part to complete. I decided to use the Conversation Project guideline to have the end of life conversation with a loved one to gain the experience and understand the emotions involved with that type of conversation. I decided to sit down with my mom and my aunt to discuss my final wishes. Prior to the discussion, I had a difficult time working through the outline and making the end of life decisions, afraid that I may change my mind once the time actually came. However, overall I realized that I want my family to be a huge part of my end of life wishes. I want them to do what will be easiest for them, and just want them to know that I love them more than anything and want them to be happy. I was scared, sad and worried while talking to my loved ones about my end of life wishes. I was so grateful for their support during this process, and comforted in knowing that they would respect my wishes. However, it did help me realize that death is a very real part of life, and that instead of having the ones I love around me being sad at the end of my life, I want them to celebrate all of the times that we share together on this earth, and make the most of every moment. Works Cited Page: 4 Nancarrow et al: Ten principles of good interdisciplinary team work. Human Resources for Health 2012. 11:19.
One of the disadvantages of a multidisciplinary team is that problems can be encountered when different professionals work together, there can be unclear goals, lack of direction and poor leadership (D...
The practice of using inter-professional teams in delivering care is not a new concept but current health policy requires professionals work within a multidisciplinary team Department of Health (2001) and entrenched in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) Code. The principle focus of this essay is to discuss the importance of inter-professional collaboration in delivering effective health care and what challenges and constraints exist. The integration of a case study will give an insight into inter-professional collaboration in practice.
Interprofessional collaboration has been shown to increase access to healthcare, improve outcomes for patients with chronic disease, reduce medical errors, reduce tension and conflict among caregivers, improve the use of clinical resources, and lower rates of staff turnover (Lemieux-Charles & McGuire, 2006). IPE is a means to promote collaboration between health care professions. In a study designed to assess the effectiveness of IPE interventions compared to separate, profession-specific education interventions, 4 of 6 studies found that IPE improved patient satisfaction, collaborative team behaviour, and decreased clinical error in emergency departments (Reeves et al., 2008).
The Integrated health care is an approach of interdisciplinary of collaboration and communication among health professionals. The characteristic is unique because of the sharing information which in the team members and related to patient care to establishment of treatment whether biological, psychological, and social needs. The interdisciplinary health care team includes a diverse and variety group of members (e.g., specialist, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and physical therapists), depending on the needs of the patient for the best treatment to the patient care.
Because interprofessional teams meet and discuss the goals of the patient, it improves the care of the patients by increasing the coordination of services. There is a more efficient use of time when all the team members are on the same page and want to meet the same goal. Additionally, interprofessional team care will highly benefit patients as professionals can gather the services or resources that apply to the patient for a better quality care. Social workers make a great addition to an interprofessional health care team because social workers can help patients feel empowered when it comes to decisions made as a
It is important that when establishing a healthcare team that there is an established “collaborative partnership” between all members of that team. In order to have an effective and sufficient care delivery, it is important to also keep in mind that incorporating new types of technology that fits into what the 21st century rewires is very important, and will be beneficial in the long-term. Having a strong leadership role is also a helpful factor in the nursing care delivery, because it helps keep a strong foundation. I also believe that having standards and goals that you want to achieve when it comes to providing the best care helps the individuals stay on track and provide the best care
A manager’s leadership style must influence staff and others to take them seriously. A manager sets the tempo for the employees’ work ethic. Effective leadership from healthcare managers is important to the modern healthcare reform (Kumar, 2013). Leadership engagement in healthcare explains how a problem could affect a healthcare organization. Managers that hold leadership roles must adopt a certain style that can be functional for his or her initial organization to be successful. Performance improvement can be a very serious aspect of leadership engagement (Croxton, 2011). Healthcare managers need to have people from all areas involved to work effectively. Without the consistency of getting all staff and physicians involved, the organization may suffer greatly.
Suffering is an individual's basic affective experience of pain or distress, often as a result of one’s physical, emotional or spiritual circumstance (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy 2006). Suffering can be classified as physical; for example pain caused by a dislocated knee, emotional; for example one’s grief over the death of a loved one, or spiritual; which is described as the state of being separated from the blissful nature of your divine self (soul). To suffer physically or emotionally is often unavoidable; however it can be argued that spiritual liberation...
Deliberate training programs designed to address some possible practice differences in order to inculcate interprofessional team work know how in members of the interprofessional healthcare team will help alleviate the potential confusion that may arise among the team members (Edith Cowan University IPAC program and Alberta Health Services )
The struggle of not being able to breathe properly, gasping for air while the fever inside was killing me little by little and my fragile self in the age of four did not know what was happening to me I was brain dead, more like clueless little kid almost having a near death experience of having a seizure that in the end it changed my life and the way I looked at it because God gave me another chance to actually prove to him that I can be someone in my life and grateful to be alive today knowing that I have family that actually loves me for who I am.
The complexity of the health care system provides a unique dilemma for leaders. Health care systems are multi-dimensional; composed of numerous specialties, professional areas, and multidisciplinary interests who often have conflicting goals. Great leadership needs to capitalize on the diversity within health care organizations, efficiently utilize resources when designing management processes, and encourage personnel in diverse health areas to work towards common goals (AL-Sawai, 2013). A number of leadership approaches can be adapted to the healthcare setting to optimize management in this unique and complex environment.
In a team-oriented setting, everyone contributes to how well the group succeeds overall. You work with fellow members of the group to complete the work that needs to be done. Having the right people in the correct roles is an important factor in measuring the success of a team, where you are united with the other members to complete the main goals. Every group is made up of definite strengths and weaknesses. Our team's 3-5 major strengths necessary to work accordingly consist of Informer, Summarizer, Orienter, Piggy-Backer, and Encourager. One of our strengths as a team is that we get input from everyone involved. Every member of our team is a leader in some way. Part of being a good leader is knowing how important it is to receive the best ideas from each member of their team. We attend group meetings where we discuss any challenges, issues, and problems. At these meetings, we often exchange ideas or brainstorm new ones with each other and come up with the best and most creative team solutions as potential answers to those perceived problems.
TEAMWORK The teamwork is usually defined as the process of working together in a group to achieve a common goal. These days, working in groups is inevitable. Whether it is a school assignment or working in a clinical setting, we have to work in groups to accomplish a task. We cannot expect to work in isolation all the time. As far as our team is concerned, they worked in an organised manner to accomplish the task within the deadline.
Working in teams provides an opportunity for individuals to come together and establish a rapport towards others within a group. Teamwork is classified as people with different strengths and skills who work together to achieve a common goal. When a team works well, specific objectives are fulfilled and satisfied. Teamwork plays a crucial role in implementing and fulfilling a common goal in a team project. Each member plays a role and takes on different responsibilities combined together. In different stages of teamwork, conflicts and arguments may occur for as members have different standpoints which need to be harmonized within the team. The key to having an effective teamwork is to explore each member's unique abilities to motivate them.
In order to gain some purpose while working in a group, I know it can be challenging task to do because every group member is required to agree and cooperate. I am privileged to become a part of a group and completed our task successfully. Our group consists of 5 members and we experienced the stages of group development along with which different roles being considered. Our group formed with the common interest of competing and representing ourselves as competent and knowledgeable. The storming phase involved a trial being held to determine the capabilities of each other and positions were found to be disputed due to which we voted on leader of team. In the norming stage, roles of every group member have been stated and identified with the