Healthcare Team Charter Assignment - PhD Health Services

This assignment presents a detailed healthcare team charter developed by a group of PhD students in health services. The charter outlines the team's objectives, which include mutual support, facilitating discussions on course content, and completing assignments collaboratively. It defines the roles and responsibilities of each team member for different assignments, including leading discussions and clarifying expectations. Milestones are established for reviewing questions, developing initial posts, and finalizing submissions. The charter also sets expectations for teamwork, including time management, respect, constructive feedback, and timely resolution of doubts. Each member signs the charter, agreeing to be accountable for the content and the successful completion of the assignments.

Running head: HEALTHCARE
Team Charter Week 1
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Team Charter
What are our objectives?
(Define the purpose and
mission of this team.)
We are a team of motivated, high-achieving persons, enrolled for
attaining PhD in health services and are dedicated to instilling and
exemplifying a sense of collaboration in the team. The sole
determination of our team is to provide assistance to each other in
a meaningful and significant manner. The major objective of our
team is to facilitate a strong discussion on our PhD course content
related to health services and their implications. This team has
been developed to complete the assignments of our PhD course
and our general objective is to master our course material. We
intend to work in collaboration with each other for conducting and
submitting our assignments within stipulated time.
Efforts will also be taken to settle on several discussion posts that
need to be presented to other members of our class.
The team mission is to provide assistance to one another to
successfully achieving the goals set forth in our academic
curriculum. All team members aim to improve academic expertise,
while advancing the learning capabilities. Maximization of our
academic experiences will increase our educational attainment in
the long run, by observing our process effectiveness, and tracking
us through our obligations to aid one another in the squad.
Who is involved?
(Define the team members
accountable for the results,
those who need to be
consulted during the
progression and those who
need to be kept informed
along the way.)
The team work will involve all members, each of whom will be
responsible and accountable for different aspects of the
assignment, formulated in the course material.
Melissa True- I will lead the week two posting for strategic
planning and review team assignments. I will also be responsible
for clarifying doubts and expectations in group discussions.
Timothy Conroy- Will lead week ten posting for team building.
Tamara Hendricks- Needs to be provided adequate information
about timeline of the team proceedings.
Phuong Phan- Will be involved in taking lead for organizational
theory and structure in action in week seven posting.
Doris Allen- Will be the person who has to be consulted regarding
team progress due to previous experience of working as a Medical
Assistant and vocational medical assisting teacher.
Who will lead?
(Define the team member
who will be responsible for
leading each assessment
submission.)
1. Melissa True- week 2 discussion (Strategic Planning)
2. Tamara Hendricks- week 4 discussion (Recruitment and
Retention Issues)
3. Phuong Phan- week 7 assignment (Organizational Theory
and Structure in Action)
4. Timothy Conroy- week 10 assignment 1 (Team Building)
Who will do what?
(Define the skills, roles,
and responsibilities of each
Melissa True- I will be entitled with the responsibility of taking the
lead for completing the strategic planning assignment that has been
formulated for the week two posting. I will have to foster
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team member; define who
will do what on each
assessment.)
collaboration with other team members for gathering and amassing
the final posting for the aforementioned week. I will also have the
duty of thoroughly reviewing assignments of others, and increasing
awareness of the team members on what is expected of them, while
holding group discussions. This will increase clarification of roles
and responsibilities. I will have to remain available for supporting
my team members.
Timothy Conroy- Will be responsible for taking lead for Take lead
for team building, which will be the final assignment 1 for week 10
discussion posting. It is expected that Timothy will adorn the role
of an individual who will have to be referred and looked up by
other team members, in order to ensure smooth completion of the
week postings. Timothy will also remain enthusiastically involved
in formulating the discussion posts of the assigned week.
Tamara Hendricks- Will be accountable for taking lead for the
recruitment and retention issues, as a part of the final discussion
postings for week 4. Tamara will adorn the role of a leader who
will be have to be provided necessary information regarding all
proceedings of the week, and will keep a track of them. Tamara
will also manifest thoughtfulness, effective work planning and
passion for timely work completion.
Phuong Phan- Will take the lead for completing week 7 assignment
that will be based on organizational theory and structure in action.
Phuong will bridge the gap between knowledge and practical
experience and expand upon the personal and professional skills of
all team members.
Doris Allen- Will monitor progress of the team due to her previous
experience and will assist others in enhancing their personal and
academic goals.
What are our milestones?
(Define the major activities
and time frames.)
On the first days of the aforementioned weeks that involve
different discussion postings and assignments namely, week 2, 4,
7, and 10, all members enrolled in the team will be provided with
the duty of conducting a review of the questions that have been
formulated for the weekly discussions and assignments. This will
be followed by developing an initial post that would focus on the
collective strategies to develop a post that needs to be presented to
other classmates. The group postings will be checked regularly on
all weeks, followed by providing responses to the questions of any
of the designated team members for clarification the roles and
errands. All team members will have to agree and settle on a final
posting for respective weeks, which will be assorted and compiled
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by the leader of the team by the 4th day. Tamara Hendricks will act
as the moderator and will kept a track of the discussion board
postings, every week, besides reminding us for timely completion
of tasks. Responses from all team members will be collected by the
team leader at the end of the week, followed by revising them, and
formulating a final assignment and/or discussion post that will be
uploaded in the discussion board, prior to the final deadline for the
week.
What are our
expectations?
(Define all expectations,
such as “ground rules,”
performance, decision-
making process, etc.)
All members will be responsible for their roles, and actively
participate in the tasks. They would be efficient in time
management and adequate respond to their peers. They would
demonstrate respect and dignity towards others, while valuing
constructive feedback. They would also resolve any doubts before
4th day.
Signed: (Each team member signs the charter, agreeing to hold one another mutually
accountable for the content.)
Melissa A True, 3/4/19
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