P79 Using SBAR to enhance the Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting (MDTM)

Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management

Aorto-esophageal fistula is often a terminal event in many patients. The commonest causes are thoracic aortic aneurysm and esophageal malignancy. To achieve a good outcome in this condition, a MDT approach is required that combines the expertize of vascular surgeons, radiologists, and emergency physicians.

Improving the quality of handover by addressing handover culture and introducing a new, multi-disciplinary, team-based handover meeting

Handover is a "major preventable cause of patient harm"[1] and this project aims to improve the quality of night handover within a teaching hospitals general medicine department, resulting in the safe transfer of patient care to the night team. Quality of handover was assessed both qualitatively, via structured qualitative interviews with trainees and a baseline survey assessing doctor's opinio...

Importance of multi-disciplinary team approach in Feingold syndrome

1Divisions of Neurosurgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, USA. 2Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, USA. 3Department of Genetics, University of Missouri School of Medicine, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, USA. 4Department of Health Psychology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, O...

Impact of a Multi-disciplinary C. difficile Action Team

Meeting the complex needs of the health care team: identification of nurse-team communication practices perceived to enhance patient outcomes.

Nurses occupy a central position in today's increasingly collaborative health care teams that place a premium on quality patient care. In this study we examined critical team processes and identified specific nurse-team communication practices that were perceived by team members to enhance patient outcomes. Fifty patient-care team members were interviewed to uncover forms of nurse communication...