Question

1. The family of your patient does not want you to tell the truth to the patient about his medical diagnosis
   1. Identification of interprofessional collaboration that is needed to care for a patient in this situation. What is interprofessional collaboration? Which professionals will be part of your interprofessional team? What are their roles and why are they important?

Answer 1

1)Interprofessional Collaboration in health care

The World Health Organization defined it as a collaboration of “several health care providers from different professional and social backgrounds worrking together with patients, families, caregivers and communities to achieve a same goal ie,to provide highest quality of care to the patients .

In simple words it can be defined as a well

coordinated care given to patients by a collaborative team of health care professionals. For eg consulting with dentists, pharmacists, nurses, or whoever has necessary expertise to contribute to the patient's treatment plan.

2) Following professional will be part of Interprofessional Collaboration

Doctors.

Physician Assistants.

Nurses.

Pharmacists.

Dentists.

Technologists and technicians.

Rehabilitation specialists.

Psychologist

3) The main role is to prevent medication errors, improve the patient experience and deliver better patient outcomes which in turn can reduce healthcare costs. It also helps the hospitals to save money by shoring up workflow redundancies and operational inefficiencies.They also strengthens the clinical programs and patient outcomes which in turn helps the hospitals and programs losing out to more successful competitors .
Implementing interprofessional collaboration is very important for learning to work together and respecting each others perspectives in healthcare, multiple disciplines can work more effectively as a team to help improve patient outcome.