Describe a personal experience where inter professional collaboration was used in a group to improve patient care, to resolve an organizational concern, or a policy issue.

Describe a personal experience where inter professional collaboration was used in a group to improve patient care, to resolve an organizational concern, or a policy issue.

Collaboration, Communication, and Teambuilding

Organized flow, logical progression of ideas, and clarity in thought are essential. Please use headings to

separate content.

Grading Rubric Criteria Points

Introduction paragraph (one paragraph). There must be a thesis statement at the end of the

paragraph that tells the reader the purpose of paper and what will be discussed.

Define collaboration and differentiate between the various forms of collaboration .

(multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and interprofessional). Establish

the significance of collaboration in today’s healthcare environment.

Discuss essential characteristics of collaboration (clinical and interpersonal competence,

common purpose, trust, mutual respect, value of diversity, humor [Hamric et al.]).

Perform an informal self-assessment of collaborative strengths and opportunities for

development. Rate your collaborative skills on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being extremely

weak and 10 demonstrating excellence. Support your assessment with examples.

Commit to a minimum of two improvement goals based on the Core Competencies of

Intraprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPEC, 2011).

Identify barriers to collaboration between providers and/or patient. In other words, what

gets in the way of providers working together? Provide an example of a barrier to

collaboration encountered in your practice. How did you address the barrier? If you had

it to do over again, what would you do differently?

Describe a personal experience where inter professional collaboration was used in a group to improve patient care, to resolve an organizational concern, or a policy issue. Was team

effectiveness strong? If so, what promoted effectiveness? Based on your leadership

strengths, emotional intelligence, and collaborative skills, what would you have done

differently to further teambuilding?

Describe a personal experience where inter professional collaboration was used in a group to improve patient care, to resolve an organizational concern, or a policy issue.

Discuss essential characteristics of collaboration (clinical and interpersonal competence, common purpose, trust, mutual respect, value of diversity, humor [Hamric et al.]).

Compare and contrast the use of Medical Marijuana in Colorado (U.S.A.) and in Canada.

Describe a personal experience where inter professional collaboration was used in a group to improve patient care, to resolve an organizational concern, or a policy issue.