Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Publication Date
2-1-2025
Journal
Diagnosis
Abstract
Dynamic teaming is required whenever people must coordinate with one another in a fluid context, particularly when the fundamental structures of a team, such as membership, priorities, tasks, modes of communication, and location are in near-constant flux. This is certainly the case in the contemporary ambulatory care diagnostic process, where circumstances and conditions require a shifting cast of individuals to coordinate dynamically to ensure patient safety. This article offers an updated perspective on dynamic teaming commonly required during the ambulatory diagnostic process. Drawing upon team science, it clarifies the characteristics of dynamic diagnostic teams, identifies common risk points in the teaming process and the practical implications of these risks, considers the role of providers and patients in averting adverse outcomes, and provides a case example of the challenges of dynamic teaming during the diagnostic process. Based on this, future research needs are offered as well as clinical practice recommendations related to team characteristics and breakdowns, team member knowledge/cognitions, teaming dynamics, and the patient as a team member.
Keywords
Humans, Ambulatory Care, Communication, Cooperative Behavior, Patient Care Team, Patient Safety, diagnostic process, teaming, teamwork
DOI
10.1515/dx-2024-0108
PMID
39427234
PMCID
PMC11839144
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
10-21-2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Published Open-Access
yes