13-10-21 - Teamwork in Healthcare Flashcards
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What are 6 factors that drive the need for effective teamwork in healthcare?
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- Delivery of safe quality care
- Person-centred care
- Increase in long term conditions
- Rising costs of care
- Focus on care in rural communities
- Health policy
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What are 3 key elements of shared leadership?
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- Individual experience, knowledge and capacity is valued and is used by the team, to share the job of leadership through the team in response to each context and challenge being face
- Focus on the achievements of the group rather than the individual
- “Person in charge is one with skills, knowledge and ability required at a particular point in a patient’s journey
3
Q
What are examples of shared leadership in cancer treatment?
Why might Doctor as “head of the pack” be a bad thing?
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- Oncologist or radiologist leads different aspects of diagnosis
- Surgeon (after discussing with patient) leads procedure in operating theatre
- Specialist nurse leads care during recovery
- Traditional concept of leadership with doctor as ‘head of pack’ lead to negative impact of damaging social hierarchies on patient safety
4
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What are 6 common elements of effective teamwork in medicine?
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- Patient/service user centred
- Shared team identity
- Interdependence
- Effective communication
- Clear roles/tasks/goals
- Shared leadership
5
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What are 5 barriers to effective teamwork?
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- Conflict (inter/intra professional)
- Ineffective communication
- Negative organisational culture
- Stereotyping of roles
- Lack of understanding of roles and responsibilities
6
Q
What is interprofessional collaborative practise?
What is intraprofessional collaborative practise?
What are examples of each?
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- Interprofessional collaborative practise – between different professions e.g nurse in a primary or acute care setting working with doctor or other profession in primary or acute care setting
- Intraporfessional collaborative practise – interactions within the same professions e.g doctor in acute hospital setting working with general practitioner in a primary care setting
7
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What is interprofessional collaborative practise?
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• Members of different professions and or agencies work with each other, and patients/service users to provide integrated health/social care
8
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What are the 5 stages of team development (Tuckman 1965)
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