From silos to inter-professional collaboration
A mixed methods case study utilizing participating action research to foster multidisciplinary teams in a day care surgery department
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12949656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunhild Bjaalid (0000-0003-4834-4438, corresponding author), Rune Todnem By (0000-0002-3817-049X), Bernard Burnes (0000-0003-4244-7241), Aslaug Mikkelsen (0000-0002-0540-8692), Olaug Øygaarden |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3-2019 |
| Pages | 217-236 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IJAR – International Journal of Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1861-1303 • E-ISSN: 1861-9916 |
| Publisher | Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3224/ijar.v15i3.04 |
| OpenAlex | W3000861573 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This single case study reports on the establishment of a multidisciplinary day care surgery at a Norwegian University Hospital utilising participating action research design principles drawn from sociotechnical theory. Data was collected through mixed methods including stakeholder analysis, document studies, observations of meetings, semi-structured interviews and participating group methods. The senior management at the hospital had decided to implement a department that diverged from organising around professional disciplines, and this decision evoked strong resistance among several professional groups in the first phases of this project. This case follows the implications of the decision to establish a multidisciplinary day care surgery through re-organising location, staff and management structures. The findings suggest that the hospital achieved the vision of creating an efficient multidisciplinary work environment, reducing the culture of tribalism between professions, and creating a work environment with a high degree of knowledge transfer. This case describes how action research can be used to reduce organisational silos and to improve multidisciplinary co-operation
Action research · Knowledge management · Management · Medical education · Multidisciplinary approach · Norwegian · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Sociotechnical system · Stakeholder · Teamwork · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Health Policy Implementation Science · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Management and Organizational Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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Longitudinal Field Research on Change
Action Research
The NPM Agenda
The story of socio‐technical design
Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting
The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments
Social Science Transformed
The Principles of Sociotechnical Design
When one size does not fit all
Emancipation or workability
Initiating action research
Co-designing collaboration
Autoethnography in action research for health education practitioners
An action-oriented method for interprofessional organization development at a hospital operating unit
Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data in Consumer Research
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |