Assignment task: Create a handout to give strategies for effective communication, and a separate narrative to evaluate communication strategies most appropriate for your chosen disaster or catastrophic event
Imagine you're feeling good about the disaster management plan you formulated, and it was well received in the meeting at which you presented. But you know full well the best-laid plans can come apart in the heat of the moment if community organizations and agencies aren't communicating effectively with each other. So you decide to offer some suggestions via a handout to increase the chances of success.
Your assessment consists of two pieces:
1. Handout:
In the handout:
- Identify the team dynamics that have the greatest impact on desired outcomes for disasters and public health emergencies.
- Acknowledge the team dynamics that can have the most significant impact on whether or not your disaster management plan is successfully implemented.
- Give examples of potential conflicts.
- Facilitate improvements in interprofessional communication of individual information.
- Give strategies for effective communication, especially the ones that would address the potential conflicts you've highlighted. Support these with examples.
- Provide resources and speaking points.
2. Narrative:
Along with your handout, submit a separate narrative of how you arrived at the recommendations you suggested in your handout.
- Evaluate the impact of team dynamics and performance on desired outcomes for disasters and public health emergencies.
- Why did you prioritize the team dynamics you focused on in your handout? Why were these the most important to focus on as opposed to others?
- Evaluate effectiveness of interprofessional communication tools and techniques to support and improve the efficacy of team-based interactions.
- What strategies, tools, and techniques did you come across in your research? Why were the ones you included in your handout the most appropriate?
- Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards.
- Is your handout and narrative clear and persuasive for the different people who make up your professional audience, and do they use APA style?