Deck 9: Professional Teams, Interprofessional Education, and Collaborative Practice

Question 1

A key element of the definition of a team is operating with a high degree of interdependence while working toward a common goal.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Collaborative competencies are those that members of different professions need to work together with others, such as other specialties within a profession, between professions, with patients and families, with nonprofessionals and volunteers, within and between organizations, within communities, and at a broader policy level.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A major factor that has limited the growth and focus of interprofessional teams is the development of a more complex and globally connected health system.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been slow to adopt the concept and value of interprofessional education.

Question 5

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a high-performing team?

A) A customer focus
B) Divided leadership and accountability
C) Continuous learning
D) Feedback and data analysis capacity

Question 6

Which of the following is not one of the four domains for core competencies identified by the International Education Collaborative Expert panel?

A) Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice
B) Interpersonal Communication
C) Cultural Awareness/Cultural Competence
D) Teams/Teamwork

Question 7

Teams that operate with a high level of autonomy and responsibility but are still held accountable for outcomes and projects and to common conceptions about how work is performed within the particular organization would best be called:

A) Interprofessional teams.
B) Competency-based teams.
C) Self-directed teams.
D) High -performing teams.

Question 8

Which of the following best names a team composed of members from more than one discipline in which members work independently, interact formally, and have responsibility, but the team is still held accountable for outcomes and projects?

A) Functional work team
B) Cross-functional work team
C) Multidisciplinary team
D) Self-directed team

Question 9

Which of the following best names a team composed of members from several disciplines working interdependently in the same setting and who coordinate work and communicate more formally to contribute to an interdisciplinary plan of care?

A) Multidisciplinary team
B) Transdisciplinary team
C) Interprofessional team
D) Interdisciplinary team

Question 10

Which of the following most accurately describes the status of interprofessional education as presented in Chapter 9?

A) Most professional education is delivered within existing disciplinary silos and existing programs.
B) Most professional education is currently delivered within interprofessional programs to some extent.
C) Most professional education programs are exploring the new concept of interprofessional education, as it has only recently been introduced in the United States.
D) Most professional education programs express interest in interprofessional education but are prevented from implementing it due to federal accreditation standards.

Question 11

Explicit measures, indicators, or statements that define specific areas of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to essential functions and assigned duties within a job or role are best called:

A) Educational standards.
B) Job descriptions.
C) Interprofessional indicators.
D) Competencies.

Question 12

Which of the following is not identified as an advantage of collaborative practice in Chapter 9?

A) Decreased patient complications
B) Increased length of stay
C) Decreased staff turnover
D) Improved patient safety

Question 13

Which of the following best names a team without discipline-centered boundaries on which team members collaborate, prepare, and supervise the sharing of disciplinary functions while retaining ultimate responsibility for services provided in their place by other team members?

A) Interdisciplinary team
B) Multidisciplinary team
C) Transdisciplinary team
D) Interprofessional team

Question 14

Which of the following best names a team composed of persons with specific expertise and knowledge from different functional areas who work together to achieve an assigned goal or fulfill a specific purpose for the organization, where each member brings his or her expertise and contributes in a unique way to the team's functioning and outcomes?

A) Functional work team
B) Cross-functional work team
C) Multiprofessional team
D) Self-directed team

Question 15

Which of the following is a key difference between a group and a team?

A) Teams work collaboratively, whereas groups are typically self-focused.
B) Although both are task focused, teams can emphasize performance to a much more significant extent.
C) The key distinguishing factor between a group and a team is the frequency and duration of interaction.
D) Groups pursue individual rewards via individual performance and teams pursue collective rewards.

Question 16

Which of the following is an impetus for the increased focus on interprofessional teams?

A) A complex, globally connected health system
B) Shortage of health professionals and limited resources
C) Legislation that promotes increasingly coordinated care
D) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of interprofessional education?

A) Students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.
B) Students from two or more professions are educated in the same university or college to gain efficiencies in space and faculty.
C) Students from two or more professions are placed in the same setting for their clinical fieldwork education following completion of their classroom education.
D) Students from two or more professions have educational programs with similar curricular elements such as basic science courses (e.g., biology or anatomy).

Question 18

Which of the following best describes the relationship between interprofessional education and the provision of optimal health services?

A) Existing healthcare teams are spurred to provide optimal health services when they are the beneficiaries of interprofessional continuing education.
B) Interprofessional education helps to prepare a workforce ready for collaborative practice that then promotes the provision of optimal health services.
C) The provision of optimal healthcare services promotes increased collaboration between team members on an interprofessional team.
D) There is no proven relationship between interprofessional education and the provision of optimal health services.

Question 19

Which of the following best defines the term collaborative competencies?

A) Competencies that each profession identifies as its own in order to promote more effective teamwork and prevent conflict by delineating clear professional roles.
B) Competencies that each profession identifies that other professions must develop in order to most effectively work with others, with patients and families, with nonprofessionals and volunteers, within communities, and at a broader policy level.
C) Competencies specifically focused on interpersonal communication, such as effective conflict resolution, and that promote teamwork.
D) Competencies that each profession needs to work together with others, such as other specialties within a profession, between professions, with patients and families, with nonprofessionals and volunteers, within and between organizations, within communities, and at a broader policy level.

Question 20

Which of the following best describes the skills necessary for effectively leading an interprofessional team?

A) The skills for effectively leading an interprofessional team are substantially different from those required to effectively lead other types of teams.
B) The skills for effectively leading an interprofessional team are broad, such that they encompass all of the necessary skills for effective leadership of other teams and include several other areas of competency.
C) The skills for effectively leading an interprofessional team are very similar to those of leading other types of healthcare teams and there is little difference in general.
D) The skills for effectively leading an interprofessional team are narrower than those required for effectively leading other types of teams and are essentially a subset of skills.