Title: New approach for building multidisciplinary teams: case of surgical teams

Authors: Ikram Khatrouch; Mourad Kaddes; Lyes Kermad; Younes Boujelbene; Abderrahman ElMhamedi

Addresses: IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 140 Rue de la Nouvelle, 93100 Montreuil, France ' UFR Science et Techniques, Havre University, 25 rue Philippe Lebon BP 540, 76058 le Havre Cedex, France ' IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 140 Rue de la Nouvelle, 93100 Montreuil, France ' Fsegs, University of Sfax, Route de l'Aéroport Km 4 Sfax 3018, Tunisia ' IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 140 Rue de la Nouvelle, 93100 Montreuil, France

Abstract: One of the problems in human resources management in healthcare systems is the scouting or building of new team members to enhance the quality of healthcare. This paper proposes a new general model for multidisciplinary team building. The proposed model takes professional's preferences into account when a team building process is required for any type of project. We test the effectiveness of the model using medical domains of different complexities and describe some practical experiences of using the model in the surgical team building process.

Keywords: surgical teams; multidisciplinary teams; operating theatre; team building algorithm; human resources management; HRM; healthcare systems; teamwork; professional preferences; surgery.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058854

International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, 2013 Vol.4 No.3/4, pp.343 - 357

Received: 26 Feb 2013
Accepted: 04 Oct 2013

Published online: 21 Jun 2014 *

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