During a semester long course entailing a multidisciplinary team project, students in computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering were required to work together to design, build, and test a solar car. It is the hypothesis of the faculty that students who have more

The uniqueness of multidisciplinary teamwork is in its potential to integrate different bodies of knowledge into a new synergy. However, previous empirical studies have shown that member heterogeneity and geographic separation hinder effective sharing and use of team knowledge. The paper explores

The aim of this investigation was to determine if special education placement decisions made by multidisciplinary teams are superior to those decisions made by team members acting independently. Two actual psychological cases were presented to 86 professionals from 22 teams on two occasions

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Background: The intragastric balloon is widely used for weight reduction in obese patients, but results are variable. We describe our results enhancing the impor-tance of aMultidisciplinary Team (MT) taking part in the treatment. Methods: A retrospective review was done concerning a total of 119

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Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital (VCH) designed, devel-oped, and implemented a pediatric chemotherapy incident reporting and improvement system (CIRIS) for pediatric oncology nurse and pharmacists. The aim of this collaboration was to improve pediatric chemotherapy by translating recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine into an operational safety improvement system that is embedded into daily care processes. Methods: CIRIS improves chemotherapy safety by linking two distinct components: (a) a tech-nical component that uses desktop, laptop, and portable wireless handheld computers to interface the Web-based software application for point-of-care incident report-ing and on-demand retrieval of patient support information, and (b) a human component that performs process analysis, data reporting, and clinical improve-ment. This integrated system facilitates and supports a blame-free culture for reporting of near misses and preventable adverse drug events. Results: Between

Abstract—The aim of the study is promotion of model to overcome the communication gap in the formation and management of a multidisciplinary team. Modern business requires in addition to the speed and specific knowledge, unfortunately, rarely any individual has such a capacity to accommodate