Assignment task:
For this assessment, you will report on the information gathered during your interview. You will discuss the interview strategy that you used to collect information. Your interview strategy should be supported by citations from the literature. The goal of this assessment is to analyze the interview data and identify an issue that would benefit from an interdisciplinary solution. This could be an issue that has not been addressed by an interdisciplinary approach or one that could benefit from improvements related to the interdisciplinary approach currently in use. Additionally, you will prepare for your Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal assessment by researching change theories, leadership strategies, and collaboration approaches that could be relevant to issue you have identified. Please be certain to review the scoring guide to confirm specific required elements of this assessment. Note that there are differences between basic, proficient and distinguished criteria.
Use the Interview and Issue Identification Guide [below] to help you stay organized and concise. As you complete the template, make sure you use APA format for in-text citations for the evidence and best practices that are informing your plan, as well as for the reference list at the end. (Because you're using a template, a title page is optional.)
Additionally, be sure to address the following criteria. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you know what is needed for a distinguished score.
1. Summarize an interview focused on past or current issues at a healthcare organization.
2. Identify an issue from an interview for which an evidence-based interdisciplinary approach would be appropriate.
3. Describe change theories and a leadership strategy that could help in developing an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
4. Describe collaboration approaches from the literature that could be relevant in establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue. Looking for Assignment Help?
5. Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
6. Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification: Interview Guide
For the Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification assessment, your first step will be to interview a classmate, a fellow nursing colleague, administrator, business partner, or another appropriate person who would be able to provide you with sufficient information regarding an organizational problem that they are experiencing, have had in the past, or an area where they are seeking improvements. To help facilitate your interview this guide provides a selection of questions that you should consider asking your interviewee. They are by no means questions you must ask them or the only questions you should ask. Feel free to ask your own questions and follow-ups as the interview proceeds. These are merely a guide to get you started.
Potential questions
1. Will you please describe the organization in which you work?
2. What is your position within the organization?
3. What are your primary duties in your position?
4. Would you describe some current or past issues within your organization?
5. How did these issues impact your ability to complete your duties?
6. Have you, or the organization, attempted to address these issues?
a. If so, what has been done and what were the results?
b. What has been the role or actions of leadership in any attempts to address these issues?
- How effective do you think their actions have been?
7. What is the general cultural toward interdisciplinary collaboration at your organization?
8. Have you experienced working on an interdisciplinary or interprofessional team?
- How was the experience?
- To what degree do you think overall organizational culture towards collaboration influenced this experience?