MOD005910: Multidisciplinary Team Presentation in Healthcare

This presentation explores the concept of a multidisciplinary team in healthcare, specifically within the context of diabetes management. It defines the composition of such teams, including roles like general practitioners, exercise physiologists, dietitians, endocrinologists, and social workers. The presentation outlines the objectives of these teams, such as providing comprehensive care, coordinating services, and offering patient education. It emphasizes the importance of a team approach for accessing a full range of therapeutic options and increasing patient involvement. The presentation refers to several research papers that support the benefits of multidisciplinary teams, including improved patient outcomes and effective management of diabetes. The presentation also includes references to provide supporting evidence.

Multidisciplinary team
Name
Institution

Introduction
The multidisciplinary team
A group of five
Collaborative care
Cared for diabetes

Overview
• What is multidisciplinary team?
• Members of multidisciplinary team
• Involves team approach
• Access to a full range of therapeutic options
• Patients are more involved

Objectives and context
• Offer comprehensive care
• Co-ordinated services
• Providing full treatment plan
• Providing education
• Healthcare setting

Roles and responsibilities of
individuals
• General practitioner
• Exercise physiologist
• Dietitian
• Endocrinologist
• Social worker

References
• Morar, P.S., Sevdalis, N., Warusavitarne, J., Hart, A., Green, J., Edwards, C.
and Faiz, O., 2018. Establishing the aims, format and function for
multidisciplinary team-driven care within an inflammatory bowel disease
service: a multicentre qualitative specialist-based consensus
study. Frontline gastroenterology, 9(1), pp.29-36.
• Roncaglia, I., 2016. A practitioner’s perspective of multidisciplinary teams:
analysis of potential barriers and key factors for success. Psychological
Thought, 9(1), pp.15-23.
• Jenkins, A.J., Scott, E., Fulcher, J., Kilov, G. and Januszewski, A.S., 2019.
Management of Diabetes Mellitus. In Comprehensive Cardiovascular
Medicine in the Primary Care Setting (pp. 113-177). Humana Press, Cham.

References
• McGill, M., Blonde, L., Chan, J.C., Khunti, K., Lavalle, F.J. and Bailey, C.J.,
2017. The interdisciplinary team in type 2 diabetes management:
Challenges and best practice solutions from real-world
scenarios. Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology, 7, pp.21-27.
• Leach, B., Morgan, P., de Oliveira, J.S., Hull, S., Østbye, T. and Everett, C.,
2017. Primary care multidisciplinary teams in practice: a qualitative
study. BMC family practice, 18(1), p.115.
• Epstein, N.E., 2014. Multidisciplinary in-hospital teams improve patient
outcomes: A review. Surgical neurology international, 5(Suppl 7),
p.S295.