Assignment: Interdisciplinary Communication Paper
Create a 6-8-slide PowerPoint presentation that describes communication barriers within an interdisciplinary team and how those barriers affect patient safety and health care outcomes. Offer a solution in which you recommend evidence-based strategies to improve communication within the team and explain how the strategies benefit the team and patients.
The ability to effectively communicate as part of interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for patient safety and successful health care delivery.
Imagine you are part of an interdisciplinary health care team in your organization. Although the team has been working together for several months, communication between members is not always efficient or effective, and the situation has become stressful for everyone. The team leader asks you to develop a presentation for the team that addresses the issue.
Create a 6-8-slide PowerPoint presentation to examine the communication issue and the risk it creates for positive health care outcomes.
• Describe the types of communication barriers that occur within an interdisciplinary team.
• Explain how the communication barriers can impact patient safety and health care outcomes.
• Recommend specific evidence-based strategies to improve communication within the team.
• Explain how the strategies will benefit team members and patients.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.