Professional Teams, Interprofessional Education, and Collaborative Practice

Ch. 9 Week 4

Types of Disciplinary Teams

Interdisciplinary Teams

Multidisciplinary Teams

Transdisciplinary Teams

Interdisciplinary Teams

Composed of members from several disciplines working interdependently in the same setting

Coordinate and communicate more formally to contribute to an interdisciplinary plan of care

Multidisciplinary Teams

Composed of member from MORE than discipline so the team offers greater depth of services to patients

• team members work independently and interact formally

Transdisciplinary Teams

Engage in teaching and learning across disciplinary boundaries

Entrust, prepare and supervise the sharing of disciplinary functions while retaining ultimate responsibility for services provided

Types of Work Teams

Cross Functional Work Team → people with specific expertise and knowledge

Functional Work Teams → several vertical levels of organization who perform specific organizational functions

Self Directed Work Teams → high level of autonomy and responsibility

Groups vs. Teams

Groups → have regular contact and frequent interaction, work together to achieve a common goal

Teams → group of people focuses on completion of a shared goal, share authority and responsibility for self management, work toward common goal and shared rewards

High Performing Teams

Shared vision and goals

Shared leadership and accountability

Continuous learning and development

Communication

Healthy conflict

Adaptability

Personal Values of Members of High Functioning Teams

Honesty

Discipline

Creativity

Humility

Interprofessional Education

Occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with one another to enable effective collaboration and improve health
outcomes

Interprofessional Teams

• Members provide care to a common group of patient/clients

• Members develop common goals for patient/client outcomes
  and work toward those goals

• Appropriate roles and functions are assigned to each member,
  and each member understands the roles of the other members

• The team possesses a mechanism for sharing information

• The team possesses a mechanism to oversee the carrying-out of
  plans, to assess outcomes, and to make adjustments

Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)

• IPEC represents 21 national health professions associations
• Mission is to ensure new and current health professionals are proficient in the competencies essential for patient-centered care, community- and population- oriented, interprofessional, and collaborative practice

IPEC Core Competencies

Create coordinate effort across all health professions

Embed essential content in all curricula

Guide professional and institutional curricular development

Provide foundation for a learning continuum

Acknowledge evaluation and research work will strengthen scholarship in this area

Prompt dialogue to eval the “fit” between educationally identified core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice and practice needs or demands

Competency and Interprofessional Teams

Collaborative Competencies → needed to work with others

Common Competencies → shared by more than one discipline but not universally required

Individual Competencies → specific to each discipline

Interprofessional Competency Domains

Values/ethics for interprofessional practice

Roles/responsibilities

Interprofessional communication

Teams and teamwork

IPE Benefits

Educational Benefits
• Students have real-world experience and insight
• Staff from a range of professions provide input into program development
• Students learn about the work of other practitioners
Health Policy Benefits
• Improved workplace practices and productivity
• Improved patient outcomes
• Raised staff morale
• Improved patient safety
• Better access to health care

Collaborative Practice

Improves: access to and coordination of services, appropriate use of specialist resources, health outcomes, patient care and safety

Decreases: total patient complication, length of hospital stay, staff turnover

Mechanisms for Collaborative Practice

Institutional Support Mechanisms → governance models

Environmental Mechanisms → space design/facilities

Working Culture Mechanisms → communication strategies, shared decision makings