World burn care and the multidisciplinary team

Abstract

Burn care is a multifaceted, multiparametric and multimodal process that requires a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes and skills of health professionals through standardisation, regardless of the environment. This work proposes a framework of personal quality improvement that aims to provide a basis for an effective multidisciplinary team that can deliver harmonisation of clinical practice based on practice guidelines and minimise the micro and macro barriers adding to the global burden of burn care. The key focus of the framework is on the effort to closely engage and merge with the larger systems of healthcare as well as with colleagues and the public to create a ‘wider multidisciplinary team’. This would help broaden the scope of influence and impact of any changes made to burn care. In this way, communication, coordination and shared decision-making between various professionals are fundamental principles of achieving excellent quality of care.