Collaboration in health science ensures quality patient care.

• True

• False

Collaboration includes working with others with different levels of education.

• True

• False

Mark the following statements as True or False. Collaboration includes only working with others with the same experience.

• True

• False

Fill in the blanks using the word bank provided below. Collaboration expands _______ and knowledge when there are _______ team members. Knowing an individual’s _______ can contribute to the success of the team and _______ the process of finding a solution.

• resources, more, strengths, speed up

• resources, fewer, weaknesses, slow down

• ideas, more, strengths, complicate

• resources, more, weaknesses, hinder

Mark the following statements as True or False. All teams in health sciences settings are the same.

• True

• False

Mark the following statements as True or False. Most teams work together towards different goals.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a factor of a collaborative environment?

• Willingness to listen to others

• Individual goals

• Ability to accept critique

• Open mind

Collaborative environments are successful when roles and responsibilities are discovered along the way.

• True

• False

Fill in the blanks using the word bank provided below. Collaborative environments can differ based on the _______ of the group. Larger group collaborations provide _______ resources, while _______ groups may struggle to find necessary resources and solutions. Word bank: age, more, smaller, larger, size.

• size, more, smaller

• age, more, larger

• size, less, smaller

• age, less, larger

Staffing shortages are an example of collaboration barriers.

• True

• False