Multidisciplinary Team
Description[edit | edit source]
In multidisciplinary Team approach different professionals work with the same person. But within their professional limit.[1]
It uses the skills from different disciplines, each approaching the patient from their own prospective, which provides more knowledge and experience.[2]
Multidisciplinary Team VS Interdisciplinary team[edit | edit source]
Multidisciplinary team is discipline oriented, with multiple disciplines working in parallel. The different professionals have clear role definitions, specified tasks and hierarchical lines of authority. The physician communicates with professionals in the team coordinating the treatment plan used by other professional in the team. However, there is little or no communication among the individual professionals.
Interdisciplinary team meets regularly and set the patient’s treatment goal together. There is a high level of communication and cooperation between professionals of the team. This model results in professionals having skills across different disciplines. [3]
Advantages of the Multidisciplinary Care[edit | edit source]
- Working together in a team has many advantages including
- Bringing on the strength of many people together to lead to better decisions making
- Collaboration provides a wider spectrum of knowledge and experience
- Resources are increased and can be used more efficiently
- It improves the clients care
- Increases the level of job satisfaction as it provided support from the team members to each other[4]
Physical Therapy in Multidisciplinary Teams[edit | edit source]
Multidisciplinary rehabilitative team care is defined as “a group of diverse clinicians who communicate with each other regularly about the care of a defined group of patients and participate in that care”
- The process of effective rehab using Multidisciplinary team include the following elements:
- Identification of patient’s needs
- Mutual gaols between the team professionals and a shared understanding on how to achieve them
- Forming a team based on patient’s needs
- Communication and coordination between all individuals involved in rehabilitation including professionals and relatives
- Appropriate level of knowledge of team members
- Evaluation of the aims
- Willingness of team members to share knowledge and shared trust [2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jessup RL. Interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary care teams: do we understand the difference?. Australian Health Review. 2007 Aug;31(3).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Momsen AM, Rasmussen JO, Nielsen CV, Iversen MD, Lund H. Multidisciplinary team care in rehabilitation: an overview of reviews. Journal of rehabilitation medicine. 2012 Nov 1;44(11):901-12.
- ↑ Körner M. Interprofessional teamwork in medical rehabilitation: a comparison of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team approach. Clinical rehabilitation. 2010 Aug;24(8):745-55.
- ↑ Tzenalis A, Sotiriadou C. Health promotion as multi-professional and multi-disciplinary work. International Journal of Caring Sciences. 2010 May 1;3(2):49-55.
