Consult Case Study 6.2, "Preventive Services at Greenwood Family Medicine," in Chapter 6 in
the textbook. What did you immediately notice about the dynamics of the team? Who had the
most authority? Why was this team ineffective in accomplishing its goals? What could the
team members have done differently to collaborate more effectively?
As someone who has worked in the medical field for years, I have seen this scenario play out
time and time again. The dynamics of the team are initially unorganized, and continue to stay
that way. The providers, unsurprisingly, took the role of authority in this situation. Now,
although providers are very intelligent, the the issue with them taking authority is although
they do work with other providers, as well as the nurses, and other staff in the office, they
don't typically understand the intricacies that go into all of the daily tasks that are behind
other staff's roles. The team members needed to act just as the name states, a team. Without
active collaboration, and working together to solve the issue at hand, there is no way that
what they are seeking to do, will actually get done.
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