Ward Wendy L, Shaffer Laura A, Testa Elizabeth Getzoff
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1 Children's Way, Slot 512-21, Little Rock, AR, 72202-3591, USA.
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2018 Dec;25(4):367-389. doi: 10.1007/s10880-018-9540-4.
Health Care reform calls for collaborative team-based care; psychologists must therefore strengthen their competencies for work in interprofessional clinical care settings. Toward that end, a group of psychologists participated with physicians, dieticians, physical activity specialists, nurses, and others in a national interprofessional workgroup focused on pediatric obesity. The interprofessional group was designed to identify areas in need of national advocacy, key assessment and treatment concerns, and gaps in internal policies and procedures in children's hospitals. This article provides a case report of psychologists' roles and experience in this workgroup, and focuses on factors that underlie successful collaboration among diverse health professionals, as well as potential barriers to success. The participating psychologists developed a working model for collaboration with other disciplines. Additionally, they formed a Psychology Subcommittee to identify and address discipline-specific issues regarding collaborative practice in pediatric psychology. Lessons learned in this interprofessional collaborative undertaking have relevance for future collaborative endeavors.
医疗保健改革要求以团队为基础的协作式护理；因此，心理学家必须加强他们在跨专业临床护理环境中工作的能力。为此，一群心理学家与医生、营养师、体育活动专家、护士及其他人员共同参与了一个专注于儿童肥胖问题的全国性跨专业工作组。该跨专业小组旨在确定需要全国倡导的领域、关键的评估和治疗问题，以及儿童医院内部政策和程序中的差距。本文提供了一份关于心理学家在该工作组中的角色和经验的案例报告，并着重探讨了不同健康专业人员之间成功协作的潜在因素以及成功的潜在障碍。参与其中的心理学家制定了一个与其他学科协作的工作模式。此外，他们成立了一个心理学小组委员会，以识别和解决儿科心理学协作实践中特定学科的问题。在这项跨专业协作工作中吸取的经验教训对未来的协作努力具有借鉴意义。
