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Anne Pascasio, PhD

JAMA. 1970;213(2):281-282.

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A team is a group of competent individuals called team members. To function as a team, all members must know their own specific roles as well as the specific roles of others on the team. They also must know how all of the roles relate. In other words, they must understand what transforms a group of individual players into a team that functions smoothly in pursuit of its common goal.

Teams allow for individual and group practice. Members are provided opportunities to master their own specific skills. They also are provided opportunities to practice their specific roles and skills as a team so that they learn not only how they should work together but also how to work together.

If we truly believe that there is— or that there should be—a health team, should we not follow similar steps in the education of that team? We already provide opportunities for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the School of Health Related Professions, University of Pittsburgh.

Footnotes
Read before the 66th annual Congress on Medical Education, sponsored by the AMA Council on Medical Education, Chicago, Feb 8,1970.

Reprint requests to School of Health Related Professions, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 15213 (Dr. Pacasio).

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