5 Interprofessional Collaboration Free Online FlashCards

What is interprofessional collaboration?

Coordinated work among healthcare professionals and clients to achieve shared health goals.

What makes team communication effective?

Exchange information clearly, respectfully, and in time for others to act. Use understandable language and invite questions.

What does role clarity require?

Team members should understand their own responsibilities, colleagues’ expertise, and how each person’s work contributes to the shared plan.

What does shared decision-making bring together?

It combines available evidence and clinicians’ knowledge with the client’s goals, values, preferences, and circumstances.

How should a team handle differing recommendations?

Discuss the evidence and resolve confusion with the client; do not leave the client to reconcile conflicting messages alone.

In the chronic-pain example, what helps make the plan feasible?

The team can consider medication, physical therapy, or both, then choose a feasible plan that accounts for the client’s concerns about side effects and work hours.

What four areas are core to collaborative practice?

Communication; roles and responsibilities; values and ethics; and teamwork.

What does SBAR stand for?

Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.

Why repeat back a request or instruction?

Repeating a request or instruction lets the sender confirm that the receiver understood it correctly.

What should a professional do when a need is outside their role?

Connect the client with an appropriate team member instead of taking on responsibility outside one’s role.

How might a team divide work after finding a medication interaction?

The pharmacist may identify the interaction, the prescriber may decide whether to change the prescription, and the nurse may reinforce updated instructions.

What is the client’s role in collaborative decisions?

The client is an active participant in decisions, not merely the subject of a team discussion.