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Characteristics of Effective Teams

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 7 characteristics of effective teams?
a)
purpose, fun, trust, being committed, something else, working together, helpful to others 
b)
common purpose, trust, collaboration, consensus decisions, complementary skills, always on time
c)
I don't remember, something about trusting others, getting along, purpose...?
d)
common purpose, free communication, trust, collaboration, consensus decisions, complementary skills, commitment
2.
What is the common purpose?
a)
Every person on the health care team must understand the role of other team members
b)
Everyone is on there own and has to do their own role
c)
To know what others jobs are
d)
People on the health care team have to know their role and others
3.
Why must you understand the role of other team members?
a)
 to keep patients safe, make sure others get the right information, complete goals, know how the patient is doing
b)
To know what your role is and not to do your team members role
c)
helps clarify individual responsibility, establishes goals and expectations, provides a picture of the patient's total care
d)
to make sure all the roles are being done and done correctly 
4.
What is free communication? 
a)
to speak freely 
b)
giving out your information 
c)
act of exchanging information
d)
communication that is free
5.
Characteristics of free communication.
a)
comfortable atmosphere, freedom express feelings & ideas, everyone participates, disagreements are opportunities for improvement, attend patient conferences, aware of cultural differences
b)
good living space, freedom to say and do as they please, be aware of differences with patients
c)
comfortable living place, communicates feelings, everyone does something, help patients in need
d)
freedom, shares ideas and feelings, finds the good in conflicts
6.
What is trust?
a)
to be able to trust someone
b)
reliability, dependability
c)
count or lean on someone
d)
believing, caring  
7.
How is reliability part of trust?
a)
team members rely on each other, understanding their own strengths and weaknesses
b)
if you trust someone you rely on them
c)
members are dependable, performing their duties to the best of their ability
d)
reliability is someone you need in order to trust someone
8.
How is dependability part of trust?
a)
if you are dependable and do the things that are needed, then someone will trust you
b)
members are dependable, performing their duties to the best of their ability
c)
all members must function within legal boundaries 
d)
you can still trust someone and not depend on them
9.
What is collaboration? 
a)
to turn everyones ideas into one
b)
working with someone to help you think
c)
Working with a team
d)
working together for a common goal
10.
When collaborating what should team members do?
a)
these answers are to long to read
b)
be positive & don't get upset when a mistake is made, be nice and work with your group, don't shut down others ideas even if they are bad, push members to do their hardest work  
c)
have positives attitude & ability to laugh at themselves, be friendly & cooperative with others, be open minded & willing to compromise, support  & encourage others
d)
team members should always help and be nice to others, even if they aren't doing any of the work
11.
What is consensus decisions?
a)
when someone makes a decision and gets it approved 
b)
to work with someone when deciding something 
c)
general agreement and the process of getting there.
d)
to consent to a dicision
12.
Characteristics of consensus decisions.
a)
look for the best outcome for the team, make decisions based off a  general agreement, address conflict & work through it to achieve the desired result
b)
finding a good outcome, making decisions, working with problems, make a goal for everyone
c)
general agreement and the process of getting there.
d)
making good team choices, finding a good solution for issues, figure out conflicts, something, find a good result to problems, and something else
13.
What are complementary skills?
a)
skills that are complemntary
b)
good skills that build and unite a team, skills required to function as a unit
c)
skills that are needed to know, get along well with you teams
d)
need to know how to function with others and get along
14.
What is commitment?
a)
no 
b)
yes
c)
yes 
d)
a pedge or a promise