45 Engaging in Team Functioning Self-Assessment

Regular team self-assessments, reflections, and debriefs, can be used to optimize effective team functioning. The Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale II (AITCS-II) (Orchard et al., 2018) is an example of a validated scale used by teams to assess their collaboration. Team reflections are more qualitative in nature and may follow a structured outline, with or without a facilitator. Team debriefs are guided conversations where team members discuss, interpret, and learn from recent events in the practice setting and are an important strategy for making improvements in individual, team, and system performance.

There are a number of debriefing tools and structures to facilitate discussion. Here is one such clinical debriefing tool, TALK (https://www.talkdebrief.org). Click on the expandable titles below to read more.