Imagine you’re feeling good about the disaster management plan you formulated, and it was well received in the meeting at which you presented. But you know full well the best-laid plans can come apart in the heat of the moment if community organizations and agencies aren’t communicating effectively with each other. So you decide to offer some suggestions via a handout to increase the chances of success.
Your assessment consists of two pieces:
Handout
In the handout:
- Identify the team dynamics that have the greatest impact on desired outcomes for disasters and public health emergencies.
- Acknowledge the team dynamics that can have the most significant impact on whether or not your disaster management plan is successfully implemented.
- Give examples of potential conflicts.
- Facilitate improvements in interprofessional communication of individual information.
- Give strategies for effective communication, especially the ones that would address the potential conflicts you’ve highlighted. Support these with examples.
- Provide resources and speaking points.
Narrative
Along with your handout, submit a separate narrative of how you arrived at the recommendations you suggested in your handout.
- Evaluate the impact of team dynamics and performance on desired outcomes for disasters and public health emergencies.
- Why did you prioritize the team dynamics you focused on in your handout? Why were these the most important to focus on as opposed to others?
- Evaluate effectiveness of interprofessional communication tools and techniques to support and improve the efficacy of team-based interactions.
- What strategies, tools, and techniques did you come across in your research? Why were the ones you included in your handout the most appropriate?
- Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards.
- Is your handout and narrative clear and persuasive for the different people who make up your professional audience, and do they use APA style?
To achieve a successful assessment experience and outcome, you are expected to meet the following requirements.
- Written communication: Make sure your writing is succinct and clear, and is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- Resources: Include a minimum of three current scholarly sources (peer-reviewed articles, books, websites, and dissertations) to support your case.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines. Refer to the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for guidance.
- Length: 1–2 single-spaced pages for the handout and 3–4 double-spaced pages for the narrative, not including title and reference pages.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 3: Collaborate to protect population health.
- Evaluate the impact of team dynamics and performance on desired outcomes for disasters and public health emergencies.
- Competency 4: Propose communication tools and techniques that can improve interprofessional team dynamics and strengthen partnerships to achieve effective outcomes.
- Facilitate improvements in interprofessional communication of individual information, using examples and tips that illustrate the strategies.
- Evaluate effectiveness of interprofessional communication tools and techniques to support and improve the efficacy of team-based interactions.
- Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
- Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards.