Project Methodology

This project will involve a pilot investigation of the utility of Team Management Systems (TMS) to identify and build leadership capacity within health service clinical teams.Participating clinical team members will compete the Team Management Profile. This initial profiling of individual team member management preferences will provide an understanding of the range of existing work preferences within the team around student learning and facilitate clinical team quality improvement planning. Six months later the clinical team will complete the Linking Leader Profile. This second profiling activity will guide teams in the assessment of improvements that have been made, the identification of additional changes to team functioning that are required and strategies that may be effective in achieving these goals. Each profile activity includes individual questionnaires, feedback and a facilitated workshop.The development, implementation and impact of quality improvement plans will be evaluated at several points in time by questionnaire, interview and observation.