In the review by Valentine et al. [ 20], the core dimensions of existing English-language teamwork assessments for health care are communication, coordination, and respect.
Whilst there was ambivalence and caution about teamwork, given existing human resource shortages, leaders' views in South Africa were consistent with the findings of the previous study in Africa that family physicians are critical to the district health system (comprising clinics, community health centres (CHCs) and district hospitals).
This will often require proper teamwork and flattening of existing hierarchies.
Finally, over the past 5 years, there has been a growing emphasis on the importance of so-called soft skills, e.g., good oral, written, and communication skills; teamwork; and professional behavior, in existing and prospective employees.
Policy makers seeking to enhance the clinical roles of nurses need to explore ways of minimising organisational barriers to enhanced teamwork mediated through extensions to existing funding structures.
The existing Tayloristic model was replaced by a cellular teamwork model.
Increased responsibilities associated with NIMART implementation encouraged better use of creative problem-solving and teamwork to facilitate integration of NIMART into existing clinic services.
Extracting high-quality rules and coordinating them to establish teamwork are among the most challenging issues in the existing literature on the rule learning problem.
Alternatively, the PS OSCE stations described could be embedded within existing OSCEs that measure aspects of socio-cultural competence, such as communication and teamwork.
Conversely, successful change implementation in Slovenian hospitals is mostly the result of teamwork, a form of work not supported or encouraged by the existing hierarchical organizational culture [ 14, 15].
