learning ABOUT other professionals
What can we learn about our colleagues and the work they do?
What can we learn about ourselves by learning about others?
Locating self in web of care providers:
How do we learn about ’us and them’?
Even before we apply to a health profession we know something about the expectations of that profession and what it will mean for us to be a physiotherapist, nurse, social worker, physician, dietitian...... we are socialized into roles and part of that includes traditional ways of relating within our profession and with other professionals. If we think of these as the ’commandments’ of your profession....
Scopes of practice
This activity highlights that all disciplines assess, evaluate and make care plans. We all work with and for patients from the perspectives of our professions - together we have the whole picture. These areas of overlap are not detrimental, they opportunities for team work and provide an element of redundancy that adds safety for all of us. First we must know more about the scopes of practices of all health disciplines.
Effective redundancy in health care can improve patient care and help us manage risk.
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