Interprofessional Skills

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The importance of developing professional qualities in teamwork within health care system delineates various aspects of practice. There is significantly escalating agreement that new graduates of health care studies who achieve their qualification with a wide range of knowledge and skills are not “work ready”; as they are required skills of collaborative practice and capabilities of interprofessional team working (Stone J. 2010). There are various definitions of professional qualities which encompass all remarkable domains of interprofessional practice. However, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (2001) gives very comprehensive definition of 8 areas of professional qualities: communication, Collaborative working, professional…show more content…
Researches in health care illustrated that service users continuously suffer from unnecessary preventable errors (Reader). In which interprofessional communication plays a significantly crucial role. The main purpose of communication was highlighted by one of the team member as the central way of progressing the service user’s (case study’s) care. The discussion was referred to the death of Victoria Climbie and the children undergoing heart surgery at Bristol. Improving management of care by effective and appropriate sharing information about duty spectrum of each particular profession for our individual service user was discussed within the team. I tried to adapt other members of team’s considerations by applying some transferable communication skills highlighted by Hammick, M. (2009). I attempted to be an active listener by adapting SOLAR position recommended by Egan (2010) and encouraging the other members to fully discuss their views and what they mean. Meanwhile, I tried to lead and focus the team interaction on the…show more content…
However, I was not sure if I could demonstrate appropriate assertion as recommended in Leonard’s (2004) model -“The hint and hope model”- in which I as a professional required to highlight the problem respectfully and constantly until an answer achieved. Leonard, Graham and Bonacum (2004) highlight a significant and important factor of a successful communication in teamwork is to focus on the service users’ safety and well being concerns and avoid the issue of who’s ‘‘right ‘‘and who’s ‘‘wrong’’. http://www.belbin.com/content/page/49/BELBIN%20Team%20Role%20Summary%20Descriptions.pdf Being Interprofessional By Marilyn Hammick, Della S. Freeth, Dane Goodsman, Jeanette Copperman Secretary of state for health (2001) learning from Bristol. The stationery office, London. Secretary of state for health (2003) the Victoria Climbie Inquiry. “””””””””” The human factor: the critical importance of effective teamwork and communication in providing safe care M Leonard, S Graham, D Bonacum Qual Saf Health Care 2004;13(Suppl 1):i85–i90 Communication skills and error in the intensive care unit Tom W. Readera, Rhona Flina and Brian H.
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