What is multidisciplinary team?

Answer 1

A multidisciplinary team can be comprised of a variety of team members, all of whom will provide a specific service or information to help resolve an issue. In a hospital setting, for example, a team might be comprised of a physician, nurse, social worker, nutritionist, psychiatrist, teacher, and one or both parents. The doctor would report on the patient's condition, the nutritionist would create a healthy meal plan for the patient, the psychiatrist would assess the patient psychologically, and the nurse would issue the patient's medications and monitor her behavior while hospitalized. If the patient is under age 18, the parent(s) would report on the child's physiological and psychological behavior at home. The hospital social worker would report on any investigations that she may have conducted about the patient and recommend solutions. The team would then put all of their reports, test results, information and ideas together in order to create a multi-faceted treatment plan for the patient. Hence, you have a "multidisciplinary" team. Such teams are not limited to medical facilities. Multidisciplinary teams may be established in all walks of life for any type of job, business, financial, medical, social, corporate, and other needs.