Creating Interprofessional Teams

摘要

In an era where collaboration is integral to effective care of patients and families, staff development educators can have a powerful effect on interprofessional team development. This first article in a five-part Teaching Tips series emphasizes the work of creating competencies for such teams. It is neither effective nor advisable to create a group of people and tell them to go be a team. Knowledge, skills, and tools are helpful in creating such teams, which will be a focus of these next several Teaching Tips articles.