Teamwork In The Medical Field

From an early age we are instilled the importance of teamwork. The lessons may come from a soccer field, a classroom group project, or even a song on Sesame Street. Regardless of our future careers, we are all likely to experience some sort of teamwork requirement, even if it is as simple as getting along with your co-workers.

For as long as I can remember, I have always been interested in pursuing a career in the medical field. These interests were most likely brought to life from my desire to want to help people and learn more about the human body. The experiences I’ve had throughout my life have brought me closer to the belief that I can one day make a difference in the world through medicine. All though I am not completely decided on what I would like my future career to be, I have been able to narrow my options down to a few of the many choices available.

There are many members of the healthcare profession that can be present in the multidisciplinary team. It most commonly includes the nurse, a social worker, a dietician, discharge planner, and a physician. At Uniontown Hospital, multidisciplinary team meetings occur Monday to Friday in the mornings. Present on 3 West for the meetings are the primary nurse, charge nurse, social workers, a discharge planner, and case manager. The purpose of the multidisciplinary team meetings allow for all members to discuss what is happening with the patient and what can be done during and after hospitalization to make sure the patient gets all the support they need.

A 65 year old resident is admitted to a Skilled Long Term Care Facility for a hip fracture. The resident has a Wound Vac and open wound upon admission to the Nursing Facility. The resident is due to receive Physical therapy and rehabilitation and go home. The resident must also receive wound care once per shift from the wound nurse or floor nurse depending on the shift. The resident is an alcoholic and is married with four children. The resident comes from a low income housing area with multiple flights of stairs and the housing area does not have handicap accessible apartments. Resident has Medicaid and Medicare at the time of admission the resident has not had a 60 day well stay and cannot use his Medicare to pay for

The Ultrasound technician will facilitate the abdominal ultrasound to produce images of the organs for interpretation.

Other reasons for my interest in this specific field include the flexibility between various medical specialties, sole focus on patient care, and the balance that can be achieved between the career and one’s life. I am unsure about which specialty I want to pursue, however, I have been exploring the fields of oncology, pathology, internal medicine, and emergency medicine through various work, volunteer, and shadowing experiences. I have been active in various volunteer activities since my early years in high school. During high school, I devoted the majority of my time to our marching and concert bands as well as our Interact club. Interact is a high school level community service organization branching off of the parent organization, Rotary International.

In order to test my dedication to medicine, I worked as a Certified Nurse Assistance (CNA). My experience as a CNA left me with a desire for more medical experience. Around this time, I decided to join the service. I enlisted into the U.S Air Force as an aerospace medical technician. Joining the U.S Air Force provided more than just medical skills. The U.S Air Force core values also supplement my medical training. The core values are Integrity First, Service before Self, and Excellence in All We Do. Out of all my medical experiences, my position as an Aerospace Medical Technician has allowed me to be stimulated with insight within the medical field. This has given me opportunities to serve my fellow airmen and country in their moments of need. This also allows me to closely observe a working physician. As a military medic I was held to a high standard, this help me develop a level of maturity for medicine that I would not have gain otherwise. I even had the chance to sharpen skills with procedures such as tracheotomy, intubation and traumatic emergencies scenario. The Air Force Medical experience helped strengthen my love for

In healthcare, one of the elements is collaboration. According to Clements, Dault and Priest, (2017), it is important to identify collaboration as being both a process that affects work group and as an outcome. Collaboration can still take place whether or not health professionals consider themselves to be part of a team. When there is no collaboration, then having an effective work group would be impossible. Another element that is needed is cooperation. An effective work group would require the members to co-operate in order to meet the shared goal. Group members would sacrifice their independence and allow their activity to be managed by either the group leader or through shared decision making. This is where commitment and trust would

Being a member of a medical team has several advantages. First, it is a challenging job because it has a competitive environment. Therefore, I always have to thrive for the best which will lead to increase my medical skills. Also, there are strict rules and regulations which will make me more responsible. The second advantage is that it has a great room for developing research. Eventually, it will lead to cure diseases and finding new medications and helping humanity by saving lives. Finally, working in a medical profession will offer many guarantees such as having a good salary, health insurance, and job security. To sum up, I decided to join the medical major to be able to develop the current researchers and help the

A major concept that we have learned about in our nursing 182 class is Teamwork. In this concept analysis we will see the conceptualization of teamwork, and critical attributes, related concepts and various cases, and illegitimate uses of team work. Teamwork is essential in the nursing field and this analysis will show just how important it is.

I agree Ofonime, teamwork is played important role I health care system. Without a team, we can’t do our work. We are interrelated to each other. We together can perform our work with stander care according to ANA. ANA maintain and develop the stander of nursing practice. Which allows the nurses to do their performance according to ANA standards. ANA was established to improve the quality of nurses, standards of care, Code of Ethics and maintain the requirement for nursing licensure.

separated responsibilities to each of them to reach the same goal. The concept is that

All health professionals should be educated to deliver patient-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics (World Health Organization (2015).

What are the advantages and disadvantages of working in teams? By reference to relevant theory show how can the disadvantages be reduced or avoided.

Aristotle is credited with stating the whole is greater than the simple sum of its parts. This also represents the definition of synergy. Synergy is the unified working of the sum to create something greater than the individual components. For instance a car engine is comprised of an engine block, belts, hoses, spark plugs, and other miscellaneous components. Individually these components are not going to propel a vehicle however when put together and fed some fuel the components create the oomph needed to support transportation. In sports and business the cooperation and collaboration of people in organizations is no different. The people within these groups must be working in a unified manner toward a common set of goals and objectives. This common set of goals and objective provides the end point so that a team of people have the necessary oomph, to achieve outcomes that would otherwise be unattainable by a single individual.