New Insights About Military Interprofessional Healthcare Teams: Lessons Learned and New Directions From a Program of Research

Lara Varpio; Karlen S Bader-Larsen; Meghan K Hamwey; Holly S Meyer; Anthony Artino; Danette F Cruthirds; Steven J Durning

doi:10.1093/milmed/usab087

New Insights About Military Interprofessional Healthcare Teams: Lessons Learned and New Directions From a Program of Research

Mil Med. 2021 Oct 26;186(Suppl 3):53-56. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab087.

Authors

Lara Varpio¹, Karlen S Bader-Larsen^{1

2}, Meghan K Hamwey^{1

2}, Holly S Meyer¹, Anthony Artino³, Danette F Cruthirds⁴, Steven J Durning¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Health Professions Education, The Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
² The Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA.
³ Department of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
⁴ Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814-4712, USA.

PMID: 34723321
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usab087

Abstract

The success of the military is significantly supported by highly effective collaborative teams. While much is known about successful military teams outside the context of healthcare delivery, considerably less attention has been paid to teams working in patient care. Thus, this supplement has explored the features of successful military interprofessional healthcare teams (MIHTs). In this summary paper, the authors discuss what this supplement's investigations have taught us about MIHTs and offer a series of proposed future investigations of MIHTs and their role in military healthcare.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Cooperative Behavior
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Military Personnel*
Patient Care
Patient Care Team