Collaboration and teamwork in the health professions: Rethinking the role of conflict
April 1, 2018 Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
This article discusses the changing perspectives on collaboration and teamwork in health professions, which historically have neglected to appreciate the positive attributes of conflict. Author Dr. Quentin Eichbaum suggests that understanding conflict’s inevitability and innovative potential—and integrating that into collaboration and teamwork—may have a reassuring and emancipating impact on individuals and teams. Doing so could ultimately improve performance in health care organizations.
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