2. Working in a health care team
One of the major roles of the Indian Medical Graduate
is that of being a member of a health care team.
While the MBBS program is structured to build this
competence during its course, an introduction to the
concept of working in a team is essential at the
beginning.
3. Who is on the healthcare team?
Doctors
Physician Assistants
Nurses
Pharmacists
Dentists
Technologists and technicians
Therapists and rehabilitation specialists
Emotional, social and spiritual support providers
Administrative and support staff
Community health workers and patient navigators
4. Leadership has been described as the behavior of an
individual when directing the activities of a group
toward a shared goal.
Patient's
Improvement
5. Important aspects of working in a team:
a. Shared goals
b. Communication
c. Leadership
d. Role clarity
e. Trust / respect
6.
7. 3.2. Leader and member of the health care team and
system
3.2.1 Work effectively and appropriately with colleagues
in an inter-professional health care team respecting
diversity of roles, responsibilities and competencies of
other professionals.
8. 3.2.2 Recognize and function effectively, responsibly and
appropriately as a health care team leader in primary
and secondary health care settings.
9. 3.2.3 Educate and motivate other members of the team
and work in a collaborative and collegial fashion that
will help maximize the health care delivery potential
of the team.
10. 3.2.4 Access and utilize components of the health care
system and health delivery in a manner that is
appropriate, cost effective, fair and in compliance with
the national health care priorities and policies, as well
as be able to collect, analyze and utilize health data.
11. 3.2.5 Participate appropriately and effectively in
measures that will advance quality of health care and
patient safety within the health care system
12. 3.2.6 Recognise and advocate health promotion,
disease prevention and health care quality
improvement through prevention and early
recognition: in a) life style diseases, and b) cancer in
collaboration with other members of the health care
team.
15. Healthcare systems are composed of numerous
professional groups, departments, and specialties with
intricate, nonlinear interactions between them; the
complexity of such systems is often unparalleled as a
result of constraints relating to different disease areas,
multidirectional goals, and multidisciplinary staff.
Editor's Notes
Seniors– give respect, listen to their advice
Other health care professionals eg Radiologist, Pathologist
Nursing Staff – experience matters
Class 4 workers – understand their problems
Primary health care system – no use of advising higher investigations
Use the facility available.
Stabilize the patient 7 then transfer to higher centres.
Secondary may be different.
Suppose in the dept new instrument is purchased
Different people working in different departments– may not know the facilities available in other department
