Successful Interprofessional Teams

Natasha, I agree with you when you discuss the qualities of a successful interprofessional healthcare team would be having clear goals, strong leadership, diversity, competent members and teamwork. However, I find the question to be how do we get a diverse group of people to create a successful team? A successful team is not something that occurs naturally, but something that evolves over time. I find in my career of nursing that interprofessional teams start to forum when different disciplines learn about each other’s roles and barriers (Sims, 2015). It makes me think of that old saying of don’t judge someone until you have walked in their shoes. I find interprofessional teams not to just have the typical good qualities of an effective