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Crammer's Corner
GP, Chapelgreen practice Sheffield, RCGP Examiner and Blueprint clinical lead, Associate Postgraduate Dean Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, UK
E-mail: amar.rughani@sheffield.ac.uk
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Working with colleagues and in teams |
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In this part of the competence framework, we move beyond communication skills as applied to the consultation and into the area of communicating more widely with fellow professionals and members of the team. It is best not to see this as an entirely separate skill set to that required for consultation, but as a development of it.
Using consulting skills in teamworking
Teamworking uses the skills acquired in consulting. Which of these do you feel are particularly important?
To answer this, think about the holistic dimension of patient care and how GPs involve the patient's family, friends, employer, etc. in the teamwork that is often needed to deal with more significant problems.
As for many other behaviours that we learn in order to become effective GPs, it helps to think about our attitudes. These often underpin our behaviour in the sense that if our attitude is appropriate, the behaviours often
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The need for teamwork |
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What is a team? |
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How can we build a successful team? |
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