The professional work togehter in a interprofessional team is needed in any kind of treatment of chronic diseases. A shared mental model is often used to explain team functioning and results in job satisfaction.  

The study's aim is to explore healthcare professionals’ evaluation of teamwork and job satisfaction. In addition it evaluates the impact of teamwork on job satisfaction.   

In this multicentre, cross-sectional study staff surveys were sent to 15 different in-patient medical rehabilitation clinics in germany. The criteria was that the staff had direct contact with the patients and that they were working in a treatment team. 

As a result, they found out that the better the teamwork is perceived to be, the higher the job satisfaction. However, they found significant variation in the evaluation of teamwork in the different professions. Hypotheses 1a and b are accepted because the difference between the psychosocial therapists and physicians is significant. Furthermore, Hypothesis 2 is also accepted, due to the reason that interprofessional teamwork about 20% of this construct explains. 

In conclusion we can say, that the obstructions are a big hinder for a barrier-free cooperation. 
 The interprofessional Teamwork and homogeneous perception improved after team buildung measures in. 

 

 

Keywords: healthcare professionals, interprofessional teamwork,  job satisfacion, chronic condition, rehabilitation clinics, mental models, barriers, different cultures, positive emotional state 

There are no pre-existing studies which have analyzed healthcare professionals evaluation of interprofessional teamwork and satisfaction as well as the association of these two aspects. Therefore this study wants to identify if interprofessional teamwork is an antecedent of job satisfaction. 

Methods:  

In this multicenter, cross-sectional study 15 medical rehabilitation clinics participated. The data was collected with questionnaires (N=662) which a contact person distributed in the clinic to healthcare professionals. Interprofessional teamwork was measured with the Internal Participation Scale (IPS) assessed on a four-point Likert scale. To measure job satisfaction the item „ How satisfied are you in general with your job?“ was used from the questionnaire by Farin et al. (2013).   

The results of the questionnaires showed that the perception of teamwork is the antecedent of job satisfaction. Moreover, it showed that the perception of teamwork aswell as job satisfaction differs significantly between the different occupations.  

Conclusion:
Barriers between different healthcare professionals hinder team work and can influence satisfaction. Longitudinal intervention Studies are needed to confirm the assumption. But the results of the study let assume, that team work and in turn satisfaction can be improved by established mental teamwork model. 

Methods: 15 in-patient medical rehabilitation clinics in southwest Germany were surveyed. Of the initial 662 questionnaires, 272 were valid for evaluation. Two inclusion criteria defined valid entries: all participating healthcare professionals had to be working within a treatment team and had to be participating directly in patient treatment.

Results: The study's findings show that the better the teamwork is perceived to be, the higher the satisfaction. 20% of overall job satisfaction is contributed to interprofessional teamwork.

Conclusion: In conclusion we can say that there are some obstacles within healthcare professionals in German rehabilitation clinics that set the teamwork back and thus influence job satisfaction negatively. It is assumed that it would help to break down healthcare professionals' silos.

  

Methods 15 clinics participated in a multicentre, cross-sectional study. The professionals need to work in a treatment team and participate directly in patient treatment. In the Internal Participation Scale (IPS) communication and cooperation among healthcare professionals were evaluated.  Univariate analysis of variances was used to compare healthcare professionals’ evaluation of interprofessional teamwork and their job satisfaction. Post hoc tests were conducted. 

  

  

Results 272 questionaires have been evaluated. They show a significant variation in between the healthcare professions in teamwork and job satisfaction. But there seems to be a relation between those two subjects. The job satisfaction rises with a higher rating in teamwork. 

 

 

Conclusion The study shows that barriers between different healthcare professionals affect job satisfaction. Breaking down those barriers could also improve teamwork. 

  

 Keywords interprofessional teamwork, job satisfaction, mental model