Alexa Psareas Methods of scholarly inquiry Focused writing # 2 Focused writing assignment 2 In the health care field, professions have tended to be more incomplete than complete in educating students to a collaborative approach to interdisciplinary evidence based practice. The EBP process consists of formulating answerable practical questions, acquiring and appraising relevant evidence, applying the evidence through shared decision-making that integrates patient characteristics and resource
team members has many benefits for both team members and the patient or client being served. The formation and sustainment of a collaborative work team in not a new concept, however, over the past decade there has been an explosion of professional literature, particularly in the area of health care, with the publication of many articles and books on the topic of collaborative work teams. Health care professionals capable of working with other disciplines on integrated work teams, including nursing,
process to make decision making around health and social issues. The characteristics that interprofessional practice depend on are responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication, cooperation, assertiveness, autonomy, and mutual trust and respect. Interprofessional practice is a partnership that makes an interprofessional group to work on common goals which is to improve patient outcomes. Collaborative interactions offer a combination of professional cultures and are completed through sharing
for the patient. The pharmacist and doctor are two common interprofessional teams collaborating together. In 2011, a interprofessional team consisting of professionals from the Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Drug Director, Arkansas Medical Society, Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, and State Medical Examiner office collaborated together to develop the Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program (Smith, 2014). The interprofessional team’s goal was to decrease the amount of prescription drug
manner. Communication between members of various disciplines when caring for a mutual patient, or inter-professional communication, enhances the efficiency of patient care. While each discipline has effective methods of patient-centered care, ‘Best Practice’ might suggest that effective inter-professional communication is capable of enhancing it. This essay will evaluate how mutual trust, respect, and recognition, in collaboration with cooperation and effective communication, are essential elements
each professions will change as well, reflecting the different factors such as the social, historic and gender factors and issues. These differences lead to a conflict and a barrier within the healthcare profession environment. (Pippa,h.(2005) Interprofessional teamwork: professional cultures as barriers, Vol. 19, Pages
Question 1: Define what altruism means to you in the context of medicine. Altruism, by nature, is a fundamental component of medicine. I define it as the unselfish actions taken by individuals to improve the health and well-being of others. This is not limited to just health care professionals going above the call of duty, but also relates to the role the general public can play in provision of medical care. For instance, people can donate blood, organs, or volunteer to participate in clinical studies