1. 1.05 Characteristics of Effective Teams
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2. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Common Purpose
The goals are meaningful to each
team member.
There is clear unity of team function.
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3. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Common Purpose
Every person on the health care team must understand the role of other team members.
This understanding:
helps clarify individual responsibility
establishes goals and expectations
provides a picture of the patient’s total care
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4. Act of exchanging information
Characteristics of Effective Teams
Free Communication
Act of exchanging information
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5. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Free Communication
Informal, comfortable atmosphere
Free to express feelings and ideas
Everyone participates
Disagreement is viewed as good opportunity for improvement
Attend patient conferences
listen
express opinions
Aware of cultural differences
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6. Reliability, dependability
Characteristics of Effective Teams
Trust
Reliability, dependability
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7. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Trust
Team members rely on each other, understanding their own strengths and weaknesses.
Members are dependable, performing their duties to the best of their ability
All members must function within legal boundaries
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8. Working together for a common goal
Characteristics of Effective Teams
Collaboration
Working together for a
common goal
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9. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Collaboration
Team members will:
have positive attitude and ability to laugh at themselves
be friendly and cooperative with others
be open minded and willing to compromise
support and encourage others
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10. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Consensus Decisions
General agreement and the process of getting there. To
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11. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Consensus Decisions
Look for the best win-win outcome for the team.
Make decisions at a point where there is general agreement.
Address conflict and work through it to achieve the desired result. To
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12. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Complementary Skills
Good skills that build and unite a team.
Skills required to function as a unit. To
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13. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Complementary Skills
Every team member has a role and a specific contribution to make to the team.
Health team members are professionals with different levels of education, ideas, backgrounds, and interests.
Each member adds to make the whole bigger than the sum of its parts. To
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14. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Commitment
A pledge or a promise
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15. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Commitment
Teams work toward desired outcome.
directed
motivated
persistent
Effective teams are the result of hard work, patience, practice and the focus on quality health care for the patient.
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16. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Common purpose
Free communication
Trust
Collaboration
Complimentary skills
Consensus decisions
Commitment
1.05 Understand concepts of teamwork