84403 - Communication with Colleagues and Teamwork

Learning outcomes

Recognize the importance of teamwork for the effectiveness of decision making and planning of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Recognize the advantages and limits of distinct types of leadership in the analysis of clinical problems and decision making. Demonstrate capacity to cooperate in teamwork activities and managing interpersonal conflicts, competition and drop of motivation. Demonstrate capacity to improve cooperation and performance of other health-care professionals by enhancing their self-esteem and commitment in the workplace.

Course contents

The course "Communication with Teamwork" is closely linked to the associated course "Communication with Patients" (see the webpage). The group activities will aim to address, through experiential learning and critical reasoning, the themes of communication within the healthcare team.

Readings/Bibliography

https://eduonplacebo.unibo.it/welcome

Teaching methods

Frontal Lecture

Role Playing

Debate

Group exercises aimed at deepening and facilitating learnings on the role of expectations on clinical outcomes

Rewriting treatment information sheets

Assessment methods

The assessment will consist of a learning test, which will include true/false questions, as well as a discussion of the group activities carried out in class.
Students are expected to demonstrate their understanding of the key concepts through the test and actively participate in the discussion of their group work during the examination.

 

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives

Teaching tools

https://eduonplacebo.unibo.it/welcome

Office hours

See the website of Katia Mattarozzi