Enhancing Patient Service through Team Collaboration: A Guide for Educating Health Workers

Abstract

Advancements in healthcare have revealed the importance of effective teamwork and its relationship to the unique systems of service delivery, patient safety, and organizational effectiveness. Health workers at all levels must collaborate in order to provide high-quality patient care. Today, healthcare environments are more complex and demanding than ever before. As a result, employers are looking for highly skilled health practitioners who can work well within teams. Effective collaboration among team members in healthcare teams causes a positive impact on the quality of patient service. An understanding of the dynamics of teamwork, along with the knowledge and skills to foster effective collaborative processes, will serve the individual practice of our graduates, as well as enhance the overall effectiveness of healthcare delivery systems.