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The Interdisciplinary Team
Pre-Health Professional Development (HLTH 3300)
The University of Texas at Dallas
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The Interdisciplinary Team
● It is an unrealistic form of training in the US. ● In the US, Healthcare students are trained separately, unlike those who train in Asia and Europe a. In Asia & Europe, a group of healthcare students from all schools go together on rounds and they are taught by a different health professional ● Not everyone has the same point of view, which inevitably leads to workplace disagreements ● IE&T= Interdisciplinary Education and Training= this is practiced in other countries 1. *Helps to understand others’ point of view a. This helps students learn to communicate with other health professionals. In the US, little communication between health professionals is another big problem. 2. Helps to learn how to communicate with other health professionals 3. Learn how to develop more efficient treatment plans 4. You’re *exposed to different types of critical thinking/problem-solving a. There are different facets and different perspectives that can help the patient get more holistic care 5. You *gain respect for other health professionals a. This is another problem in the US because there are preconceived notions of different health professionals, so they imagine what others do/don’t do and thus inappropriate referrals occur due to pressured situations. 6. *Learn others’ scope of practice a. The US has problems with referring patients, because they don’t know who to refer to afterwards and thus the patient is frustrated and is more difficult to handle. 7. Learn who “to go to” for specific info 8. You have better integration of care 9. You can be more flexible in treatment ● For the health care place, IE&T can cause: ○ Reduction of medical errors ○ Reduction of cost ○ Better patient outcomes for facility ○ Recruitment of patients ○ Enhanced reputation of facility ○ Elimination of turfism ○ Less waiting time for patients ● Residents evaluated on competency of dierent fields on real people; patient education
Characteristics of good functioning healthcare team(from EU research):
- They support each other (correctly relay ideas to each other, respect others ideas, and oer constructive criticism)
- Share common set of values (everyone puts the patient first)→ patient centered care
- Team members contributions are valued
- Having appropriate measures in place to foster communication between facility (team members) {the facility doesn’t allow time/space to do this}
- Team utilizes feedback (from patients and each other to improve quality of care → some people are quick about documentation
- Utilizes collaborative communication to promote decision-making (responsibility is spread out, rather than concentrated into one person; everyone must contribute thoughts)
- Administration - provides adequate team stang to provide the patient the care needed (doesn’t reflect well on facility if the opposite happens)
- Administration hires healthcare professionals who will work as part of a team (prevents unnecessary conflicts and atmosphere doesn’t feel adversarial)
- Respect for other health professionals and their knowledge base
- Part 1. Recognition of individual’s contributions Part 2. Administration facilitates professional development ● Dierence between career & job is the title; how much work is needed to perform tasks and can you move up? Level of education/skills needed is important too.
The Interdisciplinary Team
Course: Pre-Health Professional Development (HLTH 3300)
University: The University of Texas at Dallas
