From silos to inter-professional collaboration: A mixed methods case study utilizing participating action research to foster multidisciplinary teams in a day care surgery department
Gunhild Bjaalid, R. By, B. Burnes, A. Mikkelsen, Olaug Øygaarden
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Abstract This single case study reports on the establishment of a multidisciplinary day care surgery at a Norwegian University Hospital utilising participating action research design principles drawn from sociotechnical theory. Data was collected through mixed methods including stakeholder analysis, document studies, observations of meetings, semi-structured interviews and participating group methods. The senior management at the hospital had decided to implement a department that diverged from organising around professional disciplines, and this decision evoked strong resistance among several professional groups in the first phases of this project. This case follows the implications of the decision to establish a multidisciplinary day care surgery through re-organising location, staff and management structures. The findings suggest that the hospital achieved the vision of creating an efficient multidisciplinary work environment, reducing the culture of tribalism between professions, and creating a work environment with a high degree of knowledge transfer. This case describes how action research can be used to reduce organisational silos and to improve multidisciplinary co-operation. Keywords: Action research, Day care surgery, Hospital organisation, Organisational change, Sociotechnical design, Inter-professional teams, Patient-based organisation ----- De los silos a la colaboracion interprofesional: un estudio de caso de metodos mixtos que utiliza investigacion-accion participativa para fomentar equipos multidisciplinarios en un departamento de cirugia de un centro de dia Resumen Este estudio de caso unico relata el establecimiento de un centro de dia multidisciplinario de cirugias en un Hospital Universitario de Noruega utilizando los principios de diseno de la investigacion-accion participativa extraidos de la teoria socio-tecnica. Los datos se recopilaron a traves de metodos mixtos, incluidos los analisis de los actores interesados, estudios de documentos, observaciones de reuniones, entrevistas semi-estructuradas y metodos de grupos participantes. La alta gerencia del hospital habia decidido implementar un departamento que divergia de organizarse en torno a disciplinas profesionales, y esta decision provoco una fuerte resistencia entre varios grupos profesionales en las primeras fases de este proyecto. Este caso sigue las implicaciones de la decision de establecer un centro de dia multidisciplinario de cirugias a traves de la reorganizacion de la ubicacion, el personal y las estructuras de gestion. Los resultados sugieren que el hospital logro la vision de crear un ambiente de trabajo multidisciplinario eficiente, reduciendo la cultura del tribalismo entre profesiones y creando un ambiente de trabajo con un alto grado de transferencia de conocimiento. Este caso describe como se puede utilizar la investigacion-accion para reducir los silos organizacionales y mejorar la cooperacion multidisciplinaria. Palabras clave: Investigacion-accion, Centro de dia de cirugias, Organizacion hospitalaria, Cambio organizacional, Diseno socio-tecnico, Equipos interprofesionales, Organizacion basada en el paciente ----- Bibliography: Bjaalid, Gunhild/Todnem By, Rune/Burnes, Bernard/Mikkelsen, Aslaug/Oygaarden, Olaug: From silos to inter-professional collaboration: A mixed methods case study utilizing participating action research to foster multidisciplinary teams in a day care surgery department, IJAR – International Journal of Action Research, 3-2019, pp. 217-236. https://doi.org/10.3224/ijar.v15i3.04