Format: On demand
Duration: 200 Mins
Instructors: Coral MED
Learning Credits: 0.2 CEU
*This course was updated on Oct 31, 2025.
This unit equips adult learners with foundational knowledge and applied skills to function effectively within interprofessional healthcare teams. It focuses on understanding professional scopes of practice, role clarity, and collaborative structures that promote safe, efficient, and patient-centered care through exploration of team dynamics, task delegation, and accountability.
Identify various health professionals and their respective scopes of practice Explain how role clarity contributes to effective teamwork Apply role-mapping techniques to team-based healthcare scenarios Compare and contrast responsibilities within interdisciplinary teams Evaluate the impact of miscommunication on team performance Propose team structures that align roles with specific patient care needs Demonstrate the ability to articulate one's role and recognize others' contributions in simulations
Upon completion, learners will be able to define and explain their own professional responsibilities, appreciate the unique expertise of others, and adapt roles as needed in response to patient complexity or organizational change. They will demonstrate competencies in role clarification, collaborative practice, task delegation, accountability, professional boundaries, conflict prevention, and simulated team performance.
This is a foundational unit requiring no specific prerequisites, though basic understanding of healthcare systems and patient care delivery is beneficial. The unit is designed for self-paced, adult learners at various stages of their healthcare careers.
Healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, medical laboratory technologists, health records officers, therapists, and allied health professionals seeking to enhance their interprofessional collaboration skills. The unit also benefits healthcare students, team leaders, and administrators responsible for coordinating team-based care delivery.