Week 2: Reflections on leadership, teamwork and collaboration (Clinical rotation location: Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago)

Week 2: Reflections on leadership, teamwork and collaboration

1. Describe the leadership skills you observed in your preceptor ( Skills observed this week intermittent and condom catheter insertion, and wet-to-dry dressing changes). What were the events surrounding the need for leadership? Was the preceptor successful? If not, what do you think went wrong?

2. Reflect on your own leadership skills. Describe your current strengths and weaknesses as a leader and a team member. What will it take for you to reach the next level?

3. How are patient care decisions made on your unit? Whose opinions are sought, heard and acted on? Is there evidence of teamwork and collaboration? Is there a hierarchy present? What has been your role thus far? Does the way the team functions impact quality and patient safety?

4. Reflect on your listening skills. Are you mindful of what others are saying? What impedes or enhances your listening?

5. Describe your interactions with other members of the healthcare team (provide the disciplines). Reflect on your level of confidence in these interactions. Describe an interaction in which you felt confident.

6. Provide a one paragraph summary (along with the citation) of an article on “leadership, teamwork or collaboration in healthcare”.