Fighting fire - with teamwork
McKerron, K.
Practising Midwife 16(4): 31-34
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1461-3123 PMID: 23687875 Document Number: 667718
Team work is a process of working collaboratively and an important aspect of inter professional team success. This article is a reflective account, following eight midwifery students who participated in group dynamics training with a team of airport fire officers. It highlights howyou can borrow teamwork and communication strategies from other high profile industries and adapt it to midwifery practice. The experience demonstrated how a team approach brought together a cluster of skills, experience and understanding, something that cannot exist in one individual. It also demonstrated that when team work is successful the results are amazing.