Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2014 May 28;7:227-30. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S60604. eCollection 2014.
By providing a structured forum to exchange information and ideas, multidisciplinary team meetings improve working relationships, expedite investigations, promote evidence-based treatment, and ultimately improve clinical outcomes.
This discursive paper reports the introduction of a multidisciplinary team approach to manage hepatobiliary diseases in Jamaica, focusing on the challenges encountered and the methods used to overcome these obstacles.
Despite multiple challenges in resource-limited environments, a multidisciplinary team approach can be incorporated into clinical practice in developing nations. Policy makers should make it a priority to support clinical, operational, and governance aspects of the multidisciplinary teams.
通过提供一个结构化的论坛来交流信息和想法,多学科团队会议可以改善工作关系,加快调查,促进循证治疗,并最终改善临床结果。
本文是一篇论述性论文,介绍了在牙买加采用多学科团队方法来管理肝胆疾病,重点介绍了所遇到的挑战以及克服这些障碍的方法。
尽管在资源有限的环境下存在多种挑战,但多学科团队方法可以纳入发展中国家的临床实践中。政策制定者应优先支持多学科团队的临床、运营和治理方面。