Team work in medicine

Team

• Joint effort of two or more people towards a common goal

• 7 components1. joint goal2. inter-dependency3. clear roles4. satisfaction from joint effort5. responsibility6. understanding of the team strength7. empowerment

Team work

• Can anybody become a team member?

PL - plant

• Creative and inventive• Solve difficult problems• Focus far from reality• Ignore practical issues

• Ignoring details• Hard communication

RI – resource investigator

• Extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative• Explore possibilities• Develop contacts– they have big cellphones• Cool-down fast• Lack of persistence• Overoptimism

CO - coordinator

• Carismatic• Goal setting• Delegation• Lazyness (moderate)• Steal the thunder• Can be manipulative• Delegation of their own responsibilities

SH - shaper

• Dynamic, enjoys stress• Like the challenge• Encouraging• Provoking others• Disregard feelings• Can be harsh to team

members

ME – monitor evaluator

• Strategic, calm• Well-thought• Considering options• Scepticism• Overly-critical• Hardly inspiring• Cynical

TW – team worker

• Cooperative, gentle• Diplomatic• Calming• Indecisive• Unsure

IMP - implementer

• Disciplined, reliable• Conservative, efficient• Turns ideas to reality• Inflexible, rigid• Slow to change

CM – completer-finisher• Responsible• Fixes the errors• Completes the task on time• Overly dedicated• Perfectionist• Dislike delegation• Can be a pain in the ***• Obsessive