MDT Flashcards
What is Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) working?
Collaboration among professionals from various disciplines to achieve shared goals, such as improving patient care or redesigning healthcare pathways.
Why is MDT working important?
Due to changing healthcare needs, complex health and social care systems, ageing populations, increasing comorbidities, and staff shortages.
What are the characteristics of an effective MDT?
Effective communication, shared goals, and a commitment to teamwork.
What are the main benefits of MDT working for patients?
Enhanced support for individuals with long-term health conditions and improved health outcomes.
What are the benefits of MDT working for staff?
Increased job satisfaction, morale, retention rates, greater flexibility in work practices, and more efficient use of resources.
What role do pharmacists play in MDTs?
Enhancing patient safety, optimizing medication use, providing information on evidence-based medicine, and acting as experts in pharmacotherapy.
What are enablers of successful MDT working?
Effective communication, shared goals, and a commitment to teamwork.
What challenges does MDT working face?
Resistance to change, lack of trust, resource constraints, issues with technology and data sharing, and difficulty in embedding changes into practice.
What is the role of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in the MPharm program?
Allows students to learn collaboratively, enhancing teamwork and preparing future healthcare professionals for effective MDT working.
Why is collaborative working essential in healthcare?
It contributes to high-quality health and social care and supports the physical and mental wellbeing of healthcare professionals.
What is the vision for IPE at the University of Brighton?
To educate future health and social care professionals to provide transformative, patient-centered healthcare through collaboration.
Fill in the blank: MDT working involves collaboration among professionals from various _______.
[disciplines]
True or False: MDT working is not affected by staff shortages in healthcare.
False
