WORK TOGETHER
WORK TOGETHER
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How do you Work Together?
You Work Together when you offer to help instead of letting someone do it alone. When you look at your coworkers, and you appreciate what they contribute to your area; when you look at your job, and you appreciate how they make it easier. When you play your role on the team and support your coworkers in playing theirs, then you Work Together.
What happens when you Work Together?
Work gets done faster, more efficiently, and more effectively. Challenges are met with smart solutions. Everyone experiences less stress, because everyone has help. Patients get the best care, because everyone is contributing his or her best efforts.
One component of working together as a team is recognition and appreciation of diversity for coworkers as well as patients and their families. Diversity is the full range of human differences that make individuals into a community. These differences include:
Race Gender Ethnicity Age
Diversity of Coworkers
Diversity includes understanding that each and every one of us is needed for UAB Medicine to operate. From physicians to patient care technicians, from maintenance to police officers, each position plays a crucial role.
Diversity of Patients
One of the core components of patient- and family-centered care is dignity and respect. This philosophy reinforces that health care practitioners should listen and honor patients’ and families’ perspectives and choices even if they differ from our own. Patient and family values, beliefs, and cultural backgrounds are used in the delivery of care.