1. Create a 6–8-slide PowerPoint presentation that describes
communication barriers within an interdisciplinary team and
how those barriers affect patient safety and health care
outcomes. Offer a solution in which you recommend evidence-
based strategies to improve communication within the team and
explain how the strategies benefit the team and patients.
The ability to effectively communicate as part of
interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for patient safety
and successful health care delivery.
Effective communication is important in all organizations and is
especially important in the area of health care. Communication
can come in many forms, but the crucial factor is whether the
communication is effective.
Collaboration among teams is important for the delivery of
appropriate medical care and for providing the specialized
skills necessary to meet the needs of patients and the public.
Assessing the needs of a community may involve
communication across several public service providers and
private entities.
Maintaining open communication and collaboration among
teams is essential to assess the needs of a community or those
of patients and their families within a health care system. The
same communication skills must be evident within the
interdisciplinary health care team, or across the public and
private sectors in a community, in order to promote
collaboration and understanding and to provide the utmost
quality service.

2. Imagine you are part of an interdisciplinary health care team in
your organization. Although the team has been working
together for several months, communication between members
is not always efficient or effective, and the situation has
become stressful for everyone. The team leader asks you to
develop a presentation for the team that addresses the issue.
Preparation
Search the Capella library and the Internet for scholarly and
professional peer-reviewed articles on communication. You
will need at least three articles to use as support for your work
on this assessment.
Directions
Create a 6–8-slide PowerPoint presentation to examine the
communication issue and the risk it creates for positive health
care outcomes.
Describe the types of communication barriers that occur within
an interdisciplinary team.
Explain how the communication barriers can impact patient
safety and health care outcomes.
Recommend specific evidence-based strategies to improve
communication within the team.
Explain how the strategies will benefit team members and
patients.
Use the notes section of each slide to expand your points and
cite your supporting evidence. Also, include a title slide and a

3. reference slide that lists the resources you used in this
assessment.
Additional Requirements
Use APA format for citations and references.
Be creative. Consider your intended audience.