PhD Scientific Days 2020

Mental Sciences I. Lectures

Examining the Functioning of Multidisciplinary Teams in Hungary

Előadó neve

Dr. Molnar, Laszlo

Előadó munkahelye

Semmelweis University, Faculty of General Medicine, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Budapest

Előadó telefonszáma

36706216564

Előadó e-mail címe

drmolnarpszichiater@gmail.com

Az előadás címe

Examining the Functioning of Multidisciplinary Teams in Hungary

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

László Molnár
Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Szekció

Mental Sciences I. Lectures

Language of the presentation

Hungarian

Section, first choice

Mental Sciences

Section, second choice

Mental Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction: The psychiatric teams in Hungary are characterised by diversity with regard to their composition, methods and patient care.
Aims: The aim of the research is to examine the leadership, communication, competencies, and role expectations within the team.
Method: One part of the research, beside the review of related literature, consisted of conducting focus groups at the annual conference of the Hungarian Psychiatric Society in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. These four groups focused on the issues of leadership, communication within the team, competencies and role expectations. The groups of an average of 17 people formed spontaneously with the participation of various professionals (2017. N = 18, 2018. N = 16, 2019. N = 16, 2020. N = 15). In the quantitative part of our research we conducted a questionnaire survey among the professionals working in the psychiatric care in Hungary. The questionnaire used is the Hungarian version of COPSOQ II. (Nistor et al, 2015), which was complemented with questions derived from the results of our focus groups.
Results: The main results of our focus groups were as follows: 1. There is a hierarchy within the team as well. The task of the leader is to set the goals, define the tasks, distribute the roles and responsibilities (St Pierre, 2011), and put an end to destruction. 2. Informal channels are present in the teams. 3. The competencies are often unclear and there is a generational gap as well. These both result in tension within the team. 4. Interpersonal factors have an impact on medical decisions. Data collection via questionnaires is in process.
Conclusions: Based on foregoing results it seems necessary to clearly define and reconsider the professional competencies in the psychiatric training and integrate these in the education; to enhance the development of ’psychiatric specialist list of competencies’ in Hungary for the legislators; providing ’team supervision’; involving external supervisors, and including supervision in the job description. Our further goal is to obtain a clearer and refined picture about the possible intervention areas with the help of COPSOQ II questionnaire, and make recommendations in order to increase the quality of the psychiatric care.

Additional Information

Ágnes Zana
zanagi72@gmail.com

Bemutatás módja

Szóbeli

Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

szóbeli

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

4115

Start

10:40

End

10:55

Authors (legacy)

László Molnár
Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary