The Orthopedic Faculty Clinic Shared Governance Committee developed an outdoor picnic/staff meeting area using $500 in donations from providers. This new space allows their 20 daily staff members to meet and eat comfortably, as the indoor lunchroom only accommodates six people. Working together on this and other projects, the diverse committee of nurses, technicians, clerks, and others discovered the benefits of collaboration. They now have high morale, loyalty to the team, and a logo to represent their work improving patient and staff safety and experience at the clinic.

2. The purpose of this correspondence is toshare the OrthopedicFacultyClinicSharedGovernance
Committee members’ experience workingasateam andencourage otherUNMH staff viathe Monitor
to developtheirSharedGovernance Committees.
The team workproductivelyandsuccessfully inacquiringresourcesto develop anoutdoorpicnic/staff
meetingarea. Withprovider’sdonationsof $500.00 the OFCShared Governance Committeemembers
developed apleasantoutdoorstaff meeting/luncharea.The OrthopedicFacultyCliniclunchroomistoo
small to accommodate the staff torun effectivemeetings togenerate usefulmembercontributions and
too small toaccommodate staff duringlunch. Consequently,priortothe new outdoorarea,staff would
have to siton the ground while eatingoutside,oreatintheircars, or eat earlyor laterinthe day, or not
eat. The OFC lunchroom onlyaccommodatessix people andwe have on an average of 20 staff
members daily.
While workingonthisprojectwe have discoveredasa teamthat thisas well asotherSGC project
optimizesthe groupvalue anduse of all members’diverse skillsand experiences inacollaborative
environment. Becomingskilledatdoingmore withothersmaybe the single mostimportantthing we
can do to increase ourvalue--regardlessof yourlevel of authority.
The group consistedof Nurses,RadiologyTechnologists,OrthopedicTechnicians,Clerks,community
volunteers,andproviders. We concluded of thisprojectwithacelebration. There were 35people that
attendedthe celebration.
Presently,the membersfeel highmoralewithinthe team,
loyaltytothe team,and an identitythatmaybe representedby
a logoor name. We have alsodesign ourown and made
available the logo“We Care”to all interestOFCSGCmembers.
Additional SGCprojectsincludedaluminumtabdonationstothe
RonaldMcDonaldHouse of Charities.
We have designeda“FallingStar”signage whichisthe discreetwayto
alertstaff and identifypatientsathighriskforfalling.The signage is
designedforuse onthe outerof the patient’sroom. Itwill be attached
ontothe examinationdoorbyVelcro. Thisisto complimentthe UHNM
HumptyDumptyinitiative.
Replacingthe loose brickentrance walkwayintothe clinicwith cementto
preventfalls. We have successfullyconvinced administration toinstall
security camerasto improve patientandstaff safety. These are a few
activitieswe have performedandaccomplished.

3. Reflectionof TeamProject
The Orthopedic FacultyClinicSharedGovernance Committee members were indeeddetermined to
thinkconceptuallyandfoundthisprojectchallenging,enjoyableand,mostimportantly,asignificant
stepinfurtheringourcreativityandteamworkskills,andhope thisisreflectedvisuallythrough all our
work via pictures. The projectdurationwasoverseveral monthsonthe weekends byOFCstaff
volunteers. All the equipmentwasdonated andthe listincludes: tables,grill,benches,canopy,
umbrella,mistingsystem,toname a few. The total cost of projectincludinglaborwas$5600.00 of
which$500 was providedbydonationfrom various supportiveOFCproviders. The volunteergroup
consistedof 35 people comprisingfamilyandOFCstaff. We discoveredthatthe teammembers
expediteanddemandedalotfromeachother.In sodoing, we foundthis facilitatedcooperationand
improve employeemorale. We have alsodiscoveredthisapproach createdaclimate thatincreasesjob
satisfaction.
The motivatingfactorof the OFCSGC team verymuchreliesonitsworkdesign. We discoveredahigher
degree of effortisachievedfrom ourteamonlyif the task we performisfoundto be challenging,hasa
majorimpact onthe organization andorits customers,isownedbythe teamand opensdiscussion that
givesoutregularfeedbackonthe team member’s performance. We acceptedall challengesasateam
and our objective isstrongerthaneverandthat is to take ourteam approachand offerthe best
orthopediccare and services forourcommunity.
We like tothankthe providersfortheirdonations,DoctorMercer, Doctor Miller, DoctorBenson,and
Doctor Benallyforyoursupportand monitorydonation.
The OFC SharedGovernance Committeemembers include AnnBrooks,Lynette Gonzales,AliciaGarcia,
Gaye Calvert,Stephanie Chino,Yvette Atencio,J.T.Woods,andRose Ortiz.