Question

Case Presentation

John Roberts is a prelicensure nursing student who has been asked to be part of an interprofessional education activity at his school. His school has students doing clinical at many hospitals in the area, and he also works in a local hospital as a nurse tech. He loves the clinical environment and is quite competent in his nurse tech role.

This interprofessional education activity includes students in occupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, and nursing. In his work experience, John has worked (although minimally) with people who are in each of these fields, but he’s sure that they don’t have the “real picture” of what patients experience, particularly because he has often floated the hospital as he has worked his shift as a tech.

The small group portion of this interprofessional educational activity includes John, two occupational therapy students, and one physical therapy student. Going into the exercise, John is sure that he is the one who will have more knowledge and understanding than any of the other students.

Case Analysis

Findings indicate that novice learners often marginalize other novice learner abilities. In fact, minimizing others’ knowledge is actually a rhetorical strategy. Although it is unlikely that a novice student would intentionally diminish a student from another profession, such initial thinking is not unusual, especially when one is inexperienced. Interprofessional education learning opportunities are excellent opportunities to change behaviors and promote colleagueship among various professional groups. John needs to be aware of this documented tendency among novice professionals and do what he can to foster an environment of teamwork and collaboration with fellow students. Such actions will encourage reflection for John and provide feedback for other members of the interprofessional team.

1. What are examples of statements John might make to show a positive sense of teamwork and collaboration?

Answer 1

It is always important to maintain a teamwork and collaboration when people works with other professionals or when people work in a group. Teamwork and collaboration can be enhanced by means of several waysways such as

1. Getting feedback from others and provide feedback in a nice manner

2. Sharing good ideas, information and suggestions with peers

3. Appreciating others skills, creativities, abilities, contributions and their experience

4. Being a good listener to others feelings opinions, and ideas

5. While expressing disagreement do it tactfully

6. Avoid threatening - while solving problems

7. supporting group decisions even if there is only a partial agreement

8.helping others in solving problems

9.seeking help from others for identifying and achieving goals

10.following negotiations for a better outcome

So certain statements, that follow good teamwork and collaboration are:

Kindly give your opinion on my performance and activities

let's discuss how to solve the problems of our client and get into a final opinion

as we are from different profession we will be able to meet the client needs together

let's share our ideas on how to perform in a nice manner without clients

Will you please explain what matters make you down in assessing the patient, I will help you as much as possible

You are good at your own ways, improvements can be done as we move together

if we do in this way, the patient assessment and care will become better

Kindly explain, what make you irritable and dissatisfied, with the team work, let's discuss and find a solution

I experience that there are certain problems in our team let's have a group meeting so that we will discuss our experience and will solve the problems

I hope I am able to follow the studies, I will help you if you wish to get it.