“A team is a group with a specific task or tasks, the accomplishment of which requires the interdependent and collaborative efforts of its members” (Wise, Beckhard, Rubin, & Kyte, 1974, p. 73). Grumbach and Bodenheimer (2004, p. 1249) identified five key elements of team building and explained that a cohesive, organized team must have “clear goals with measurable outcomes, clinical and administrative systems, division of labor, training, and communication.” Teamwork brings together diverse knowledge and skills and can result in professional collaboration and cost-effective quality service.
Despite evidence that teams may enhance patient care, working on an interdisciplinary health care team can be challenging. For example, a member may be threatened by the notion of giving up some of his or her professional autonomy to the group effort, or there may be a lack of confidence and trust in the opinions and decisions of individuals from other disciplines. It requires skill and flexibility to coordinate and collaborate with multiple professionals who possess different backgrounds and areas of expertise toward a common goal: improving the delivery of services to patients.
To prepare for this Assignment
, select a discipline of medical social work of interest to you. Then, read the assigned case study and think about how a team would care for or provide service to the identified client.
Case study:
Claire is a 60-year-old Caucasian female. She has been married to her husband for 35 years and has two grown children. She has been admitted to the hospital for a double mastectomy due to her recent breast cancer diagnosis. Claire and her family remain unclear about her prognosis.
By Day 7
In a 4.5 page paper:
Summarize the patient population (age, gender, ethnicity or race, medical condition or diagnosis) that the case study features.
Describe the discipline of medical social work that you chose.
Explain the primary roles and responsibilities of a social worker in the discipline that you chose.
Devise an interdisciplinary team in the discipline you chose for the patient in the assigned case study.
Define the roles of other members of the interdisciplinary health care team in that discipline.
Explain how you might collaborate with the members of the health care team.
Explain the essential values that are common to the members of an interdisciplinary team to patient care.
Describe the challenges you might encounter while working with an interdisciplinary health care team. Then, explain strategies you would employ to address the challenges.
Explain how the challenges you identified might negatively affect the patient and the patient’s family in the assigned case study. Finally, explain how you might work with the patient, the patient’s family, and other stakeholders in providing optimal health care. Cite your response using external scholarly resources.
Provide examples of resources the social worker might use .
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1. “A team is a group with a specific task or tasks, the
accomplishment of which requires the interdependent and
collaborative efforts of its members” (Wise, Beckhard, Rubin,
& Kyte, 1974, p. 73). Grumbach and Bodenheimer (2004, p.
1249) identified five key elements of team building and
explained that a cohesive, organized team must have “clear
goals with measurable outcomes, clinical and administrative
systems, division of labor, training, and communication.”
Teamwork brings together diverse knowledge and skills and
can result in professional collaboration and cost-effective
quality service.
Despite evidence that teams may enhance patient care, working
on an interdisciplinary health care team can be challenging. For
example, a member may be threatened by the notion of giving
up some of his or her professional autonomy to the group
effort, or there may be a lack of confidence and trust in the
opinions and decisions of individuals from other disciplines. It
requires skill and flexibility to coordinate and collaborate with
multiple professionals who possess different backgrounds and
areas of expertise toward a common goal: improving the
delivery of services to patients.
To prepare for this Assignment
, select a discipline of medical social work of interest to you.
Then, read the assigned case study and think about how a team
would care for or provide service to the identified client.
Case study:
Claire is a 60-year-old Caucasian female. She has been married
to her husband for 35 years and has two grown children. She
has been admitted to the hospital for a double mastectomy due
2. to her recent breast cancer diagnosis. Claire and her family
remain unclear about her prognosis.
By Day 7
In a 4.5 page paper:
Summarize the patient population (age, gender, ethnicity or
race, medical condition or diagnosis) that the case study
features.
Describe the discipline of medical social work that you chose.
Explain the primary roles and responsibilities of a social worker
in the discipline that you chose.
Devise an interdisciplinary team in the discipline you chose for
the patient in the assigned case study.
Define the roles of other members of the interdisciplinary health
care team in that discipline.
Explain how you might collaborate with the members of the
health care team.
Explain the essential values that are common to the members of
an interdisciplinary team to patient care.
Describe the challenges you might encounter while working
with an interdisciplinary health care team. Then, explain
strategies you would employ to address the challenges.
Explain how the challenges you identified might negatively
affect the patient and the patient’s family in the assigned case
study. Finally, explain how you might work with the patient,
3. the patient’s family, and other stakeholders in providing
optimal health care. Cite your response using external scholarly
resources.
Provide examples of resources the social worker might use for
patients in this area.
Support your Assignment with specific references to resources,
using appropriate APA format and style
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Note:
Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
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Note:
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Retrieved from the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of
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Note:
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