The Importance Of Teamwork And Effective Communication

Courtenay, Nancarrow, and Dawson (2013) reviewed numerous articles that studied the effect of teamwork education (communication, cooperation, etc.) on the time and outcome of care. Courtenay et al. (2013) found that effective teamwork decreased the time necessary for critical treatments or surgery and also reduced the number of errors made. Courtenay et al. (2013) write that teams performed well when the responsibilities and role of each team member was known. Courtenay et al. (2013) also state that good teams shared an overall sense of mutual responsibility of the outcome of the patient.

As a scholar and leader in the area of medicine, it is imperative to understand how to work as a team to provide the best possible care to patients. “Educators are responding to complexities of today’s medical knowledge by developing educational programs based on current learning theories, such as enactivism, where learning takes place within teams that are actively engaged in clinical environments” (Davidson, Morgan, & Simons, 2012, p. 291). This results in more patients that can place their trust in physicians and nurses who know how to work together as a team.

In order for both teams to collaborate and successfully provide care to the patient, they must possess effective communication skills. For example, both teams should be active listeners. Listening actively reflects respect for what each person is thinking. With mutual respect, team members

Effective communication is one of the utmost characteristics of a high-quality health care model that responds to the existing needs of the general population. However, communication may sometimes be taken for granted and therefore fail to relay important information between health care providers within the interprofessional team. In today’s health care setting, communication is particularly challenging due to the limited time constrain in the workplace. In spite of the utilization of existing charts and documentation, errors are made. In this paper, a real life clinical scenario is discussed which involved a breakdown of

On many occasions, I have seen situations in which effective communication involving the professional healthcare team played a vital role in the positive outcome of patient care. On the other hand, there have been miscommunication between the healthcare team resulting in situations that could have been tragic to the patient.

If an officer cannot be accountable or responsible, he or she will lose the respect from other officers. Teamwork will be at jeopardy because no one will be able to trust this officer. If the officer was responding to a call, he or she might have difficulty finding a fill for backup. Even if an officer was accountable and responsible, teamwork is essential in this profession. There is no “lone-wolf” in this profession because law enforcement is a team effort. Everyone has to learn how to get along in order to protect the public above all else.

A patient will always benefit from the combined knowledge and expertise of several professionals working towards a common goal. This belief has played a key role in the biomedical model of healthcare (Yuill, Crinson and Duncan, 2010) slowly evolving to encompass more holistic models: including the biopsychosocial model (McInerney, S 2016). It is wrong to assume that a single health worker can solely manage the often complex needs of a patient. Since this is the case, effective cross-departmental communication is necessary to ensure the best possible care for a wide-range of service users. Communication, in many ways, seems to be the key to good patient care: it is used to obtain informed consent, it offers dignity and respect to patients and it can flag up possible concerns about a patient early

Teamwork in health care engages the practices of collaboration and improves communication which increases the traditional roles of health workers and to make decisions as a unit that works toward a common goal. The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation reports that teams function better when they are given clear instructions and implementation rules and actions. In addition, the importance of meetings and other communication tools to discuss patient results, share information, and debate suggestions to improve performance. Teamwork and collaboration are especially essential to the care of each patient in a distributed health system with many levels of health care workers. Multidisciplinary in health care profession in which doctors, nurses, health professionals from different specialties area must work together, communicate often, and share their resources to achieve the right outcome for each patient.

As the delivery of care has become more complex, the need to collaborate among professional nurses becomes a necessity to achieve the goals for the patients.

Open communication is essential part to a successful healthcare team that directly impacts patient’s lives. In the video “Just a Routine Operation, ” by Laedal Medical Human Factors in Patient Safety, physicians and nurses demonstrates how different human factors contribute to the overall outcome of the patient. Elaine, the patient in the video came into the hospital for a reconstruction surgery. However, during the surgery Elaine had a complication and because the lack of communication, assertiveness, self-awareness, decision-making, teamwork, and prioritization, Elaine did not survive the surgery. This situation shows how important these characteristics are when dealing with emergency care. Even the health care professional with the years

No healthcare provider can single handily do this simply because it involves the perspective of more than one professional. There is a link between quality and safety and collaborative nursing. Looking at different perspectives and listening to other healthcare professional’s opinions can greatly reduce the risk of medical errors. Poor quality of care could also be avoided with proper communication and collaboration between healthcare professionals. A common problem that is unavoidable is a shortage of health care workers. During a shortage of healthcare workers, many healthcare professionals have to be dependent on superior, successful interprofessional

. Effective communication is achieved when the transference of information is shared, understood, and put into action by another individual (Coley, 2015). The verbal communication is simply messages imparted when expressed as words. Collaboration is much desired and needed in order to improve patient care and health outcomes. The paper proposes strategies to improve communication, prevent misunderstandings and discontentment among the healthcare team, and promote better patient care.

This is a reflective essay based on a event which took place in a hospital setting. The aim of this essay is to explore how members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) worked together and communicate with each other to achieve the best patients outcome.

Consequently, I have learned from the physician that taking quick action is essential in treating our patients and saving their lives. Sometimes, few seconds could be the borderline between life and death. With quick action from all the team members, we could avoid causing harm to the patient. Furthermore, I’ve learned from the nurse how she cares about patients, changing fluids, and changing intravenous drugs. In contrast, you may find other teams blaming each other, trying to hold responsibility on each other. This is the first step toward providing bad health care service. Even so, when a mistake occurs, I’ve learned not to blame other team members because we are one team and we care about the same patient, and any mistake would be all the team members mistake. In fact, it was very interesting to listen to an experienced physician when he talks about drug treatment in his specialty. Specifically, I got more information and more answers to my questions regarding the course of treatment. When I started my rotation in the hospital, I was worried about how to perform my tasks accurately. I was wondering how to be the link between the patient and the physician. Through my rotation and interaction between my health care team, I have learned how to take quick action. As I have experienced in this situation, I could say, “Integrated health care team is equal to providing perfect healthcare

Realizing that a group can become a high performance team is important. Accomplishing this goal is invaluable, advantageous and profitable. Once able to operate from a group to the high performing team is a great step into preparation into the big business world. Leaders and members must also realize not only how to accomplish this but that some problems will and can arise from different demographic characteristics and cultural diversity. That is if one is in such a group, which the probability would be quite high.