A patient-centred team-coaching concept for medical rehabilitation. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Körner, M.; Becker, S.; Dinius, J.; Müller, C.; Zimmermann, L.; Rundel, M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of interprofessional care. Volume 32:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 126
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Chronic care -- interprofessional teamwork -- process evaluation -- rehabilitation -- team training; Holistic medicine -- Periodicals; Interprofessional relations -- Periodicals; Health care teams -- Periodicals; 361
• DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2017.1357542
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-1820

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Team coaching enhances teamwork and subsequently improves patient-centredness in medical rehabilitation clinics. Even though interprofessional teamwork is regarded as a crucial factor in medical rehabilitation, to date no evaluated team-coaching approaches are available for improving interprofessional teamwork in medical rehabilitation in Germany. Based on a systematic literature search and interviews with staff, managers, and patients of rehabilitation clinics, we developed a team-coaching approach that is standardized in its process but based on the individual needs and requests of each clinic. It takes a systemic perspective and is goal-oriented and solution-focused. The approach mainly serves to provide impulses to make use of resources within the team and to support a self-directed organisational learning process. It is manualized and can, therefore, be used by professionals aiming to improve interprofessional teamwork in their clinic. A multi-centre, cluster-randomized controlled study that was conducted to evaluate the team-coaching approach showed positive results. Team organization, knowledge integration, and responsibility can be improved, and, therefore, the implementation of the patient-centred team-coaching approach in interprofessional rehabilitation teams can be recommended.