Library and Academic Services: Interprofessional Practice Guide: 4. Team Functioning

Team Functioning

COMPETENCY STATEMENT: Learners/ practitioners understand the principles of teamwork dynamics and group/team processes to enable effective interprofessional collaboration. (CIHC's National Interprofessional Competency Framework)

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Webpages

Build Collaborative Teams (CNA)
Effective communication within a primary care team depends on the ability of each person to clearly understand his or her role and the roles of others. Interprofessional collaboration should also ensure a ...

Reports & Publications

Assessing Health Care Team Performance: A Review of Tools and the Evidence Supporting Their Use
Healthcare practitioners and researchers alike are increasingly recognizing the role of teamwork in ensuring effective patient care and safety, as reflected by the increased...
Nursing in a Team Environment (CRNM) [PDF]
The following documents aim to promote understanding of the concept of scope of practice, how scopes of practice differ among the three nursing professions and the factors to consider when making decisions about the appropriate nurse for the job.
Schmutz, J. B., Meier, L. L., & Manser, T. (2019). How effective is teamwork really? The relationship between teamwork and performance in healthcare teams: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 9(9
To investigate the relationship between teamwork and clinical performance and potential moderating variables of this relationship. Systematic review and meta-analysis. PubMed was searched in June 2018 without a limit on the date of publication...
Nancarrow, S. A., Booth, A., Ariss, S., Smith, T., Enderby, P., & Roots, A. (2013). Ten principles of good interdisciplinary team work. Human Resources for Health, 11(1), 19–19.
Interdisciplinary team work is increasingly prevalent, supported by policies and practices that bring care closer to the patient and challenge traditional ...
Advancing Collaborative Care Teams [PDF]
This guide is designed for use by interprofessional teams or facilitators working with interprofessional teams. This guide provides a standardized, ...

Library Resources

Collaborative Caring by Suzanne Gordon (Editor); David Feldman (Editor); Michael Leonard (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014
Teamwork is essential to improving the quality of patient care and reducing medical errors and injuries. But how does teamwork really function? And...
Creating the Health Care Team of the Future by Sioban Nelson; Maria Tassone
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2014
One way to significantly improve the delivery of health care is to teach the health professionals who provide care to work together, to communicate with...
The Interprofessional Health Care Team by Weiss, Donna ; Tilin, Felice ; Morgan, Marlene J.
Location: RA 971 .W457 2018 (Also available in Print)
Publication Date: 2016
The Interprofessional Health Care Team: Leadership and Development, Second Edition explores theoretical concepts of leadership in an...
Understanding Teamwork in Health Care by Gordon Mosser; James W. Begun
Location: RA 971 .M638 2014 (Located at NDC)
This important guide focuses on the core skills necessary to effectively implement teamwork in a complex hospital or primary care setting. The book's mission is to make often-overlooked perspectives...

Videos & Media

Collaboration in Health Care: The Journey of an Accidental Expert? | Joy Doll | TEDxCreightonU

Interprofessional education is a team-based approach to care drawing upon the shared knowledge of health care professionals to deliver better patient care. Creighton alumna Joy Doll is at the helm of innovative clinical care at Creighton as the executive director of the Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research. Creighton is one of the first in the nation to provide interprofessional education—a team-based approach to care drawing upon the shared knowledge of health care professionals to deliver better patient care.

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