The Interprofessional Health Care Team

Interprofessional collaboration is essential to patient safety. Without this collaboration, communication is jeopardized and safety is at risk. This book helps health care professionals develop and/or improve interprofessional teams and collaboration.

The Interprofessional Health Care Team is divided into 3 sections: team and group development, relationship-centered leadership, and building and sustaining collaborative interprofessional teams. Regardless of whether the team is called an interdisciplinary team, interprofessional team, or relationship-centered team, the core competency required for each member of the team is to be a leader who recognizes the value and power of his/her expertise and exhibits accountability to contribute to the delivery of safe, effective, and quality care to patients and families. Throughout each of the 3 sections of the book, relevant theoretical concepts are discussed and stories are used to emphasize these concepts. Each section ends with learning activities that can be used...