Clinical Scenario Discussions of Listening in Interprofessional Health Care Teams

Abstract

There are benefits of engaging health care professionals in interprofessional groups to discuss clinical scenarios with a focus on listening and communication. Three focus groups (n = 16) highlighted the utility of carefully crafted clinical scenarios relevant to paediatric health care to explore the thought processes of interprofessional groups about listening. Scenario discussion was valuable to clinical learning and assisted professional development by broadening perspectives, providing a safe environment, and offering opportunities to learn and share. Participants reflected on listening in the therapy process, in groups versus individually; discussed listening barriers; and highlighted awareness of being family-centered and building relationships.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This article is partially based on a presentation at Ontario Association of Children's Rehabilitation Services, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2009. The authors would like to thank their colleagues for valuable suggestions on improving the quality of this manuscript.

FUNDING

The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support from Thames Valley Children's Centre.