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Leading Teams in the Emergency Department

Key concepts

The lecture duration is 17min.

0.5 CPD Points, 0.5 CEUs, 0.5 CME credits approval pending.
Accredited by CPDUK, CBRN and Provider Pending.

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Charmaine Cunningham
Programme convener and lecturer, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery at University of Cape Town, South Africa
Lecture Summary

This talk briefly considers the importance of team leadership in the Emergency Department. The environment in which the leader functions is rapidly changing with information overload, the team is episodic and messy. Referring to the team and environment characteristics the talk described seven drivers of teamwork and reflects on priorities for the team lead.

Target Audience

Emergency Medicine Doctors
Emergency Medicine Nurses
Paramedics
Rural GP's

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

  • Discuss the importance of team leadership in the ED
  • Describe the drivers of teamwork and how it impacts on the efficiency
  • Reflect on leadership skills required to facilitate leading teams in the ED

Performance Management

A review

Emergency Medicine / Management and Leadership