Team Care for the Care Team: A Scoping Review of the Relational Dimensions of Collaboration in Healthcare Contexts

Figures & data

Figure 1. PRISMA flow diagram for team care scoping literature search and review.

Visual diagram of the literature search process that depicts the number of texts retained at the stages of literature identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion decisions.

Figure 2. Conceptual model of team care.

Conceptual model depicting team care as a systemic process, beginning with needs from different contexts of care and ending with anticipated outcomes at the organizational, team, and individual level. Team care communication processes are described within the team culture and bolstered by organizational supports.

Table 1. Defining team care.

Category	# of texts	Authors
Theme: Contextual challenges: Why team care is needed
Organizational and systemic issues	18	Adriaenssens et al. (2017), Apker et al. (2006), Davis and Batcheller (2020), DeBoer et al. (2021), Edward (2005), Grauerholz et al. (2020), Hakanen et al. (2014), James-Scotter et al. (2019), Jones et al. (2016), Juvet et al. (2021), McCracken et al. (2021), Nissim et al. (2019), Nutt and Keville (2016), Pangborn (2017), Pronost et al. (2008), Vogel and Flint (2021), Wanzer et al. (2009), Wittenberg-Lyles et al. (2014)
Challenging contexts of care	21	Albott et al. (2020), Davis and Batcheller (2020), Dicks et al. (2020), Dubois et al. (2020), Fitch et al. (2016), Grauerholz et al. (2020), Jones et al. (2016), Juvet et al. (2021), McConnell and Porter (2017), McDonald et al. (2010), Nissim et al. (2019), Nutt and Keville (2016), Owen and Schimmels (2020), Pangborn (2017), Pronost et al. (2008), Sands et al. (2008), Strolin-Goltzman et al. (2020), Vogel and Flint (2021), Walker and Efstathiou (2020), Wittenberg-Lyles et al. (2014), Woolhouse et al. (2012)
Consequences experienced at the individual level	22	Aburn et al. (2020), Adriaenssons et al. (2017); Davis and Batcheller (2020), DeBoer et al. (2021), Dicks et al. (2020), Dubois et al. (2020), Fitch et al. (2016), Grauerholz et al. (2020), Haizlip et al. (2020), James-Scotter et al. (2019), Jones et al. (2016), Matheson et al. (2016), McCracken et al. (2021), McDonald et al. (2010), Nissim et al. (2019), Pavlish et al. (2016), Pronost et al. (2008), Strolin-Goltzman et al. (2020), Trzpuc and Martin (2011), Wanzer et al. (2009), Wittenberg-Lyles et al. (2014), Woolhouse et al. (2012)
Theme: Communication practices that constitute team care
Sharing	18	Albott et al. (2020), D. Davis and Batcheller(2020), Edward (2005), Fitch et al. (2016), Goodrich (2012), Grauerholz et al. (2020), Hakanen et al. (2014), James et al. (2018), Juvet et al. (2021), Lane et al. (2018), Minguet and Blavier (2018), Pangborn (2017), Rushton et al. (2006), Sands et al. (2008), Shuldham (2017), Walker and Efstathiou, (2017), Wittenberg-Lyles et al. (2014), Woolhouse et al. (2012)
Supporting	12	Apker et al. (2006), DeMarco et al. (2000), Dicks et al. (2020), Haizlip et al. (2020), James-Scotter et al. (2019), McDonald et al. (2010), Nutt and Keville (2016), Pronost et al. (2008), Simpson (2008), Sur (2021), Wanzer et al. (2009), Zelenski et al. (2020)
Leading with compassion	8	Dewar and Cook (2014), Hewison et al. (2019), Juvet et al. (2021), McComiskey (2017), Owen and Schimmels (2020), Pavlish et al. (2016), Steinbinder and Sisneros (2020), Vogel and Flint (2021)
Theme: Environmental conditions that foster team care
Caring team culture	8	Albott et al. (2020), Aburn et al. (2020), Edward (2005), Jones et al. (2016), Matheson et al. (2016), McConnell and Porter (2017), Nissim et al. (2019), Pangborn (2017), Pronost et al. (2008)
Organizational supports as care	8	Goodrich (2012), Lane et al. (2018), McCracken et al. (2021), Matheson et al. (2016), Minguet and Blavier (2018), Nissim et al. (2019), Trzpuc and Martin (2011), Walker and Efstathiou (2020)
Theme: Anticipated outcomes of team care
Bolstered resilience	12	Aburn et al. (2020), Albott et al. (2020), Davis and Batcheller (2020), DeBoer et al. (2021), Edward (2005), Grauerholz et al. (2020), Juvet et al. (2021), Lane et al. (2018), Matheson et al. (2016), Owen and Schimmels (2020), Sands et al. (2008), Wittenberg-Lyles et al. (2014)
Improved individual or team wellbeing	14	Adriaenssens et al. (2017), DeBoer et al. (2021), Hewison et al. (2019), McCracken et al. (2021), McDonald et al. (2010), Minguet and Blavier (2018), Nissim et al. (2019), Nutt and Keville (2016), Pavlish et al. (2016), Pangborn (2017), Pronost et al. (2008), Strolin-Goltzman et al. (2020), Trzpuc and Martin (2011), Vogel and Flint (2021), Walker and Efstathiou (2020)
Better compassionate patient care	11	Dewar and Cook (2014), Fitch et al. (2016), Goodrich (2012), Haizlip et al. (2020), McConnell and Porter (2017), McCracken et al. (2021), Nutt and Keville (2016), Rushton et al. (2006), Shuldham (2017), Sur (2021), Zelenski et al. (2020)
Improved team and organizational performance	13	Adriaenssens et al. (2017), Albott et al. (2020), Davis and Batcheller (2020), DeMarco et al. (2000), Dicks et al. (2020), Goodrich (2012), James-Scotter et al. (2019), Jones et al. (2016), Juvet et al. (2021), Minguet and Blavier (2018), Shuldham (2017), Wanzer et al. (2009), Zelenski et al. (2020)

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