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Collaborative Practice Reflection
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Collaborative Practice Reflection
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Describe the communication tools and techniques used by your team. What were the
strengths and weaknesses of the group when collaborating to complete this project?
The CLC Health Organization Evaluation assignment required our team to employ
different communication technologies and strategies. We used emails for formality and
document transfer, Zoom meetings for live group discussions and discussions on rough sketches,
flow charts, etc., and group messaging apps for reminders and quick tips. Additionally, we
specified time frames and responsibilities, and it defined the roles and functions of each team
member.
The advantages of working together consisted of utilizing varying outlooks, which helped
add depth to the findings, as well as recording the meetings’ non-confrontational terms in which
all opinions were to be appreciated. Both listening and support become success factors for
keeping the overall project on track. Coordinating meetings was difficult because of differences
in time and individual call schedules, which sometimes hampered the decision-making process.
Moreover, lack of accountability cropped in since some members were inclined to perform the
trabajo less often than others.
What strategy, or approach, would improve your collaborative practice in future projects?
One of the best solutions for productive future collaboration could be the usage of a
structured project management system. With a tool such as Trello or Asana, task completion, and
responsibility assignment could be more effective since the tool would offer a clear view of
assignments, deadlines, and progress (Kamila & Marzuq, 2024). This would mean that every
participant would be conversant with the activities to be performed for the benefit of the project
as well as the planned time span.
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Further, it is also essential to schedule constant follow-ups, such as weekly status
meetings; this helps maintain continuous communication and resolve emerging issues. Conflicts
could also be resolved by having a schedule for meetings and other deadlines so people find it
easier to work on (Král, Králová, & Šimáček, 2023). However, it has also been suggested to
avoid cohesion-related issues that arise from the observation that the students themselves spend
less time participating in group activities; the need to develop a group participation contract
would help address the issues of contribution fairness.
When working in a health care setting, how would interprofessional collaboration work to
support quality and the improvement of patient outcomes?
Nurses working together with other healthcare professionals is an organizational practice
of paramount importance in providing quality patient care. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists,
social workers, and other interrelated personnel in the patient care production process all ensure
that the patient gains optimum care since different disciplines ascribe to various specialties.
According to Kaiser et al. (2022), this approach ensures that the patient is well cared for by all
the professional members of the healthcare system.
For instance, aspects like medication reconciliation, which involves cooperation by
pharmacists and nurses, can be enlisted in interprofessional collaboration to help avoid
medication errors (Moecker et al., 2022). In the same way care is coordinated to enhance patient
care, collaborative care teams can also improve transitional care by taking responsibility for
discharge planning and post-discharge patient follow-up care, moving between the hospital and
the household.
This analysis has highlighted that openness and decision-making are two components of
collaboration. Using cross-coverage round meetings, all team members can focus on the patient’s
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progress and problems and make suitable. This also helps create good working relationships
between the team members since most are assured of the other party’s good intentions toward the
business's success. Finally, there exists a better quality, safer, and satisfied patient resulting from
interprofessional collaboration. It encourages effectiveness by avoiding duplication of work,
provides a culture of teamwork, and enhances the professional staff members’ ability to learn
and explore new ways in which they can deliver the best quality patient care.
References
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Kaiser, L., Conrad, S., Neugebauer, E. A., Pietsch, B., & Pieper, D. (2022). Interprofessional
collaboration and patient-reported outcomes in inpatient care: A systematic
review. Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 169.
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Král, P., Králová, V., & Šimáček, P. (2023). The impact of interactions before, during and after
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Fink, S., Frasch, J., Honscha, C., Kuhn, U. D., Maetzler, M., Maywald, U., & Meid, A.
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