Effective healthcare teams require effective team members: defining teamwork competencies.

Sandra G Leggat

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Effective healthcare teams require effective team members: defining teamwork competencies.

February 21, 2007

Leggat SG. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007;7:17.

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The investigators surveyed Australian health care managers to identify key competencies needed to be effective team members.

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