Multi-professional cooperation in health care

Description

The way to behave during team meetings, visits and meetings in multi-professional cooperation especially with other health professionals.

Alternative labels

multi-professional cooperations in health care
cooperative behaviour in multi-professional settings in healthcare
multi-professional cooperation in healthcare
cooperation in multi-professional healthcare environment

Skill type

knowledge

Skill reusability level

sector-specific

Relationships with occupations

Essential knowledge

Multi-professional cooperation in health care is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:

Doctors’ surgery assistant: Doctors’ surgery assistants support doctors of medicine in medical measures, in performing simple support activities during medical procedures, standardised diagnostic programmes and standardised point-of-care tests, ensuring surgery hygiene, cleaning, disinfecting, sterilising and maintaining medical devices and performing the organisational and administrative tasks required for operating a doctor`s surgery under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
Clinical psychologist: Clinical psychologists diagnose, rehabilitate, and support individuals affected by mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders and problems as well as mental changes and pathogenic conditions through use of cognitive tools and appropriate intervention. They use clinical psychological resources on the basis of psychological science, its findings, theories, methods, and techniques for the investigation, interpretation, and prediction of human experience and behaviour.
Clinical informatics manager: Clinical informatics managers oversee the daily operations of information systems used in a medical institutions. They also carry out research, using their understanding of clinical practices to find ways to improve healthcare services.

Optional knowledge

Multi-professional cooperation in health care is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Acupuncturist: Acupuncturists make use of thin needles and insert them into acupuncture points in the body in order to restore the imbalances of the human body and overall good health. Acupuncturists focus on energy meridians to treat various conditions.
Complementary therapist: Complementary therapists use a range of complementary and alternative therapies to work simultaneously with the clients` body, mind, and spirit in a holistic approach. They offer practices and services for holistic wellbeing, health maintenance, health education, health promotion and prevention of illness, along with the sustainable treatment of certain illnesses, especially chronic illnesses. Their practices include but are not limited to acupuncture, aromatherapy, banotherapy, homeopathy, and herbal medicine.

 


 

References

  1. Multi-professional cooperation in health care – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022