You Have Been Appointed the Leader of an Interdisciplinary Team

question 101

True/False

You have been appointed the leader of an interdisciplinary team in the University of X Healthcare System. The team has been assembled and charged to prepare for re-accreditation by the Joint Commission. It has been a while since you have led or been a team member at the administrative level. To prepare, you review current information on group norms.
You are not afraid of the group making mistakes because you understand that any group that is part of a progressive organization may process an error in judgement or action as a teachable moment and use the error as an opportunity for open discussion, and team based problem solving.

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Definitions:

Nonequivalent Control Group Design

An experimental design in which the participants are not randomly assigned to groups, potentially endangering the internal validity due to selection bias.

Selection Differences

Variations in the characteristics of participants in different groups of an experiment due to non-random assignment.

Serious Flaw

pertains to a significant error or shortcoming in design, methodology, or interpretation that can undermine the reliability, validity, or integrity of a research study or argument.

Participant Dropouts

Individuals who withdraw from a study or experiment before it is completed, affecting the validity of the results.