PPD in Health and Social Care: Task 4, MDT Effectiveness Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of personal contributions within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) in a Health and Social Care (HSC) setting. The report examines the factors that enhance personal contributions, such as planning, common rationales, open communication, work consistency, and mutual respect within the team. It evaluates the effectiveness of personal contributions by assessing skills like information communication and identifying areas for improvement. Furthermore, the report discusses the impact of work role limitations on service users, including the effects of changing roles, medical hierarchies, and team uncertainties. It also outlines the author's role in minimizing barriers to effective teamwork through delegation, managing hierarchies, and providing training. Finally, the report suggests ways to improve personal contributions within the MDT, emphasizing the importance of providing feedback, creating a positive culture, and managing time effectively. The report concludes with references to relevant academic sources.

TASK 4
PPD in Health and social care

4.1. Effectiveness of own personal
contribution within multidisciplinary
team (MDT) in HSCBeing a part of MDT, I have to first take care of
my personal contribution in making the entire
team work an effective one. The factors that
will help in improving my contribution within
this team are as mentioned below:
- I need to plan out my and team’s
goal in measurable terms
There should be a common rationale
or reason behind undertaking any
healthcare project.
There needs to be an open and

CONTI…
A proper and adequate work consistency
needs to be maintained
There also needs to be a mutual respect
within team for each and every team
member and also for the case they are
handling.

Conti....
At the time of working in multidisciplinary team in health and social care, it has
important to evaluate the effectiveness of own personal contribution. For
example, to assess by contribution, I need to evaluate my skill such as
communication of information. In this context, the existing method of
information communication is not that much effective. Some time, it has created
the misunderstanding during understanding the information. To resolve this, I
have to first analyze the existing communication method and then determine
the loopholes which created missing of information or misunderstanding. The
next step is, I have determined the reasons of poor communication between the
staff members. After this, I have explored the new ways by which the
information communication can be easily improved. Now, finally I have prepared
a report and present it in front of management of HSC. The selection or rejection
of my plan by the management has evaluate my own contribution while working
with multidisciplinary teams in health and social care organization

4.2 Impact of work role
limitations on service users
and teamThere are many differences that might come
across while working in the team. These
limitations have a direct impact on the
service users and the kind of service being
delivered to them. Different work role
limitations and their impacts are as
mentioned below:
- The roles within teams might keep on
changing with addition or removal of any
responsibility within limited time. This
change does have a direct impact on patient-
doctor interactions and also on the
monitoring being carried out.

CONTI…
Medical hierarchy within teams is also quite
complicated and might impact the
management or routine check that is being
undertaken.
Uncertainty is always present within any
team or group. There might be some team
member which might leave or come new to
the structure. This brings a kind of
disturbance in the entire work flow and
requires re-structuring of team roles and
responsibilities.

Conti....
While working with multidisciplinary team in HSC, I have
some limitations in my roles. It has directly made the impact
on services users and those who are working with me. For
instance, at the time of delivering the care services to
dementia patients, I have to followed the rules and
regulations. But if the service user wants to go outside the
care centers and if I have stopped it then it will against to
human rights. According to it, I have go him out from the
care centers but the rules of hospital and instruction of the
supervisors, I have to stopped him from going out of the
care wards. This has affected the behavior of the patients
and increased the dissatisfaction towards the treatments.

4.3 Own role in minimizing
barriers to effective
teamwork in HSCBeing a part of a team, not only me rather
everyone should individually take initiative
to lower down the limitations within team
work. This joint effort will help in
minimizing all the negative consequences
to a great extent.
For the roles that are always changing,
responsibilities can be delegated by setting
choice and right priorities so as to foster
efficiency in team work.

CONTI…
Medical hierarchy can be managed through
right authority and proper delegation of
responsibilities.
Timely training needs to be provided to
make everyone able to resolve uncertain
issues and also manage work within the
team.

Conti....
For minimizing the barriers to effective team
working in health and social care practices, I
have to play an important role as an senior
care worker. For this, I have to take initiatives
for resolving the conflicts between the team
members. Along with this, I have to organized
the various formal and informal meetings
because it will help in increase the interaction
between the team members and solve their
problems.

4.4 Ways to improve personal
contribution within MDT
I need to play significant role within team
and provide regular feedbacks and
suggestions to improve team work.
Being a social worker, I need to create a
positive culture within team to create a
healthy culture and gain support
I will also make efforts to complete my
work within the given time frame and also
encourage others to do the same so that
the overall work performance can be
improved.

REFERENCES
Kozlowski, J. W. S. and Ilgen, R. D., 2006.
Enhancing the effectiveness of work groups
and teams. [PDF]. [Online]. Available
through:
<http://www.sonoma.edu/users/s/smithh/ps
yorg/toc/posts/teamoverview.pdf>.
[Accessed on November 21st, 2014].
Levi, D., 2010. Group dynamics for team.
SAGE.
Frankel. A., 2009. Nurses’ learning styles:
Promoting better integration of theory into
practice. Nursing times. 105(2). pp.24-27.