Does the course cover conflict management?

Yes, managing conflict or concerns constructively is a key focus of the course alongside professional responsibilities within teams, clear communication, and shared decision-making in healthcare settings.

Does the course cover shared decision-making?

Yes, shared decision-making is one of the key areas covered alongside professional responsibilities, communication, and conflict management within healthcare teams.

How can professionals demonstrate learning after teamwork failures?

The course explains how professionals can demonstrate insight, professionalism, and learning when teamwork failures are identified during complaints or investigations, helping them respond constructively and rebuild trust.

Does this course support fitness-to-practise processes?

Yes, particular emphasis is placed on how teamwork is assessed during complaints and investigations, helping professionals demonstrate the insight, professionalism, and collaborative skills expected by Irish regulators.

Ensuring Teamwork and Collaboration

Q: Why is teamwork important in Irish healthcare?

Effective teamwork and collaboration are essential to safe, high-quality healthcare. In Ireland, failures in communication, poor teamworking, and breakdowns in collaboration are among the most common factors contributing to patient harm, complaints, and fitness-to-practise investigations.

Q: What practical areas does the course address?

The course focuses on professional responsibilities within teams, clear communication, shared decision-making, and managing conflict or concerns constructively. It provides practical guidance that can be applied immediately in multidisciplinary settings.

Q: How common are teamwork failures?

Failures in communication, poor teamworking, and breakdowns in collaboration are among the most common factors contributing to patient harm, complaints, and fitness-to-practise investigations in Irish healthcare.

Course Description

Effective teamwork and collaboration are essential to safe, high-quality healthcare. In Ireland, failures in communication, poor teamworking, and breakdowns in collaboration are among the most common factors contributing to patient harm, complaints, and fitness-to-practise investigations.

This course provides a practical, regulator-aligned exploration of teamwork and collaboration in healthcare settings. It focuses on professional responsibilities within teams, clear communication, shared decision-making, and managing conflict or concerns constructively. Particular emphasis is placed on how teamwork is assessed during complaints and investigations, and how professionals can demonstrate insight, professionalism, and learning.

The course is suitable for all healthcare professionals in Ireland, including doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, dentists, allied health professionals, and health and social care professionals working in multidisciplinary environments.

Current Status

Price

Get Started

Ensuring Teamwork and Collaboration

Frequently Asked Questions

Course Content