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Faculty of Health Sciences

Teamwork in Action 2011• Ageing population

• Increased chronic diseases

• Complex patient care

Requiring effective health professional teams


Faculty of Health Sciences

Teamwork in Action 2011

Inter-professional education (IPE)

• Patient - centred approach

• Commonwealth Govt priority area

• Health teams delivering best outcomes for patient/client – Rural/Urban


* Interprofessional education isa necessary step in preparing a“collaborative practice-ready”health workforce that is better

prepared to respond to local healthneeds.

World Health Organisation 2010


How Does it Work?• Client/patient – centered care through engagement with

community –based charity

• You will be placed into a team with10-12 students from other undergraduate health professional programs

• Plan and participate in team activity

• Working with teams module

# TIA is compulsory for first year students enrolled in ALL programs within the Faculty of Health Sciences


TIA to be conducted over semester 1 : 7 March 11- 27 May 11• 4 Assessment points (ECP: 4.1 Learning Activities)

1. Compulsory 1st face to face (Monday, 7th March)# Involves introduction to your facilitator and new teammates (email in week 1)

2. Compulsory 2nd face to face (By week 8, 28th April)# Involves completing team charity contract

3. Implementation and completion of team activity (By Week 11 20th May)

# Involves – Set minimum Blackboard posts and participation in activity

4. Completion of ‘working with teams online module’ # includes – Team charter - team activity report – personal reflection-


• Introduction to TIA and to your facilitator and new teammates (1.5hr session)

•Please Check your UQ student email, (Week starting Monday 28th February) for room and time for your team to meet on Monday, 7th March (COMPULSORY)

•Building 1: Time and student teams to be advised

There will be assigned stations with facilitators


What are some teams?


Health Teams:Patient: Stroke patient – elderly pensioner lives alone

Acute care/early rehabilitation phase Patient issues : Continence, swallowing, nutrition, communication, mobility, psychosocial issuesTeam: Stroke unit- stroke team: Stroke physician, nursing staff, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, dietician, social worker, psychologist, pharmacist, -palliative care unit

Ongoing rehabilitation phase Team: Multidisciplinary interventions ;Case coordinator- rehabilitation team:Stroke rehabilitation specialist, nursing staff, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, dietician, social worker, psychologist, neuropsychologist, pharmacist, dentist/oral health practitioner, palliative care unity

Community phase – Local services with follow up of health team members Team: Stroke rehabilitation specialist, nursing staff, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, dietician, social worker, psychologist, neuropsychologist, pharmacist, dentist/oral health practitioner, palliative care unit Fitness & mobility specialists, Charity/non-profit service: meals on wheels, home assistance, personal care-blue nurses


Coordinated Teams:Ipswich/ Brisbane/greater community floods: Client/sufferer :

lives lost/ Residents – houses/ infrastructure

Acute care/early rehabilitation phase issues : Extreme event- life threatening – lives lost –homes/infrastructure damaged/Team: Govt coordinated emergency services /Information – advisory units –Incident management team –response to recoveryState govt services/local council services/ - Police/Fire/Rescue choppers/medivac flights/SESDeaf sign language speaker.


Peter. Aaron. Fiona. They could be the names of your family, friends, maybe even your work colleagues. But to me, they represent the people that I met amongst rubble in the wake of the Brisbane floods, just over a month ago.

Recognisably adorned in their orange jackets or jumpsuit, you'd know who they from a mile away.They're the people who manned sandbag stations as the river began rising, they launched midnight rescue missions in boats across the city to people who didn't heed the evacuation messages, and they were on the streets from first light helping residents pick up their lives from the street.

The truth is, Peter, Aaron, and Fiona represent hundreds of State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers who give up their time to be on the ground to help in times of emergency and crisis.When the water in the swollen Brisbane River began shrinking to its typical flow, I joined a team of SES volunteers as they surveyed streets looking for families in need of assistance.

Peter Healey (SES volunteer)


Ongoing rehabilitation phase Ongoing rehabilitation phase: Volunteer QLD organisationCommunity response to floods –but how to coordinate?

#Life cycles of teams dependent on event


What might student teams look like ?

• Rosies Mission Aged Care Health Interaction


ContHealth Fair: Diabetes; Obesity; Heart disease; Blood pressure


The Galactic Volunteers go to s.p.a.c.e.On the evening of Friday the 27th of August, a team of UQ Health Science students, self named “The Galactic Volunteers”, ventured to Specialised Programs and Community Endeavours (s.p.a.c.e.) to complete their Teamwork in Action Day activity. s.p.a.c.e. is a not-for-profit organisation that offers fun programs and a socially inclusive environment for people in the local community who experience a disability. Every month, s.p.a.c.e. holds a “Big Night Out” – a dance social that gives participants a chance to let their hair loose and bust some moves.

The Galactic Volunteers with their unorthodox dance moves and glow sticks certainly made an impression; at the same time they were able to meet and interact with many of the participants. A highlight of the night was listening to a participant, a young man with blindness, sing two songs detailing his endeavour to overcome the difficulties of adolescence and his disability.


As defined by the IOM (2003), Interprofessional teamwork is defined as a collaborative interaction among interprofessional team members to provide quality, individualized care for patients.

Why learn about teamwork?

• Problem solving

• Conflict resolution

• Reflection skills

• Empathy skills


What we expect No I in Team but there is in:

• Commitment

• Contribution

• Communication

• Participation

• Consideration


What you can expect • Learning opportunities (Working with teams online

module in your own time)

• Engaging and transformative activity (Community themes)

• Facilitator guidance

• Constant support (Please let us know if anything is of concern over the course of the semester)


For Additional information:

• Refer to your School’s electronic course profile, or

• email: [email protected]

• #PLEASE DON’T BOMBARD YOUR COURSE COORDINATOR

mailto:[email protected]


“The easiest aspect of team participation for me was mutual respect among team members. This is how I operate in my medicine PBL group and I make no exception for Teamwork in Action. The same principles apply. I have always believed that people ought to treat each other with integrity, respect, and kindness. Respect leads to trust, trust leads to effective communication, and from that we get effective teamwork. In the Teamwork in Action Activity, the simplest way to show basic respect was to punctually attend the meetings, be friendly to teammates, and participate in the charity event with a positive attitude.” – medical student

“The most difficult part was that it had to come to an end. It was the most important part of medical school for me so far. I doubt I will experience such life altering events ever again. It taught me such important things that I shall take away with me forever. In terms of my participation, I only wanted to do more. I want teamwork to be of primary importance in medical education. It was so effective; I wanted it to take up more of my many hours of spare time that is a part of being a medical student.” international medical student


• Introduction to TIA and to your facilitator and new teammates (1.5hr session)

•Please Check your UQ student email, (Week starting Monday 28th February) for room and time for your team to meet on Monday, 7th March (COMPULSORY)

•Building 1: Time and student teams to be advised

There will be assigned stations with facilitators


Face to face sessions/my other study commitments

Yes we are constantly collaborating amongst the schools so don’t be too worried

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