Table 1.

Analysis of multidisciplinary team effectiveness and function (Adapted from Schofield & Amodeo)17

Size of team

Composition (professions represented)

Specific responsibilities

Leadership style (individual or co-leadership / voluntary or assigned / stable or rotating / authoritarian or non-authoritarian)

Scope of work (consultation or intervention or both / idea generating / decision making)

Organizational support

Communication and interactional patterns within the team (eg frequency / intensity / type)

Contact with the patient, family, or care system (eg frequency / intensity / type)

Point in treatment process when team is involved (eg intake through to discharge, one phase only, only if case not progressing)