Question

Is a briefing and team discussion regarding the entire caseload, with all present  team members participating , needed on a daily basis?

Problem description

The fact that within our team a plan or an individual strategy is not always clearly defined, has partly to do with the fact that a psychiatrist is not always closely involved

Impact - effect

By consequence questions and strategies are discussed during the daily briefings and transfers,  with all team members present at that time.  In the ERIC-team these kind of daily briefings are not organised: this is considered as not useful and a waste of time.  Only on Mondays a general briefing and patient discussions take place.  Further one, each team member is responsible for being informed about each case.  Questions and strategies are discussed in small groups, by persons that will visit or have visited a client that day.   This can be linked to the fact that each client has being seen by a psychiatrist and a clear plan or strategy has been mapped out

To do

Evaluate our functioning using daily briefings and discussions regarding the complete active caseload:  is this leading to clear strategies for each case, could this be organised more efficiently and more targeted or focused with less frequent meetings about the complete caseload and with a larger input and responsibility from the team members who work with the user in question

Theme

Starting up and further development/deployment of mobile teams

Topic

multidisciplinary team functioning

Reference -  contact

Katrien Bockaert, Kathleen De Vogelaere  (MCT Gent, 2a-team Gent-Eeklo)

Mobile team

2A

Project

Gent-Eeklo (PAKT)

Intership abroad - place

E.R.I.C.

Date

April 2013