Interprofessional Competencies for Effective Interprofessional Collaborative Practices Amongst Intensive Care Unit Teams in the North West Province, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Nombulelo Esme Zenani, Suegnét Scholtz, Yolande Heymans, Christmal Christmals · 2025
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Zenani and co-authors survey intensive care teams in South Africa's North West Province about the teamwork skills their work demands. ICU care is delivered by mixed teams of nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and facilitators, and poor collaboration puts fragile patients at risk. The team sent a structured questionnaire to staff across the province's units. Eighty-eight completed surveys came back, just over half of those invited.
Respondents strongly backed every competency in the standard framework, from patient-centered care and ethics to team engagement. Experience, age, gender, and job role all shaped how the skills were rated and used. One gap stood out: building relationships of real interdependence between professions needs work. The authors recommend tailored joint training that accounts for these differences. For hospital educators, the study is a first local map of what ICU teamwork requires and where it frays.
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| CREATOR | Nombulelo Esme Zenani, Suegnét Scholtz, Yolande Heymans, Christmal Christmals |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 94 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |