Abstract
We compared breast cancer professional's perceptions of group dynamics during standard face-to-face and telemedicine-delivered multidisciplinary team meetings. Staff perceptions were measured by a Group Behaviour Inventory (GBI) consisting of 35 positive statements in 10 group behaviour sub scales: physical resources, knowledge resources, shared goals, climate, discussion norms, discussion behaviours, decision making, output, satisfaction and group status. The participants were based at a cancer centre (the Edinburgh Breast Unit) and two district general hospitals (Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline) in southern Scotland. Thirty-three (73%) of the core breast cancer multidisciplinary team members completed a pre-trial (face-to-face) GBI and 24 (72%) completed a post telemedicine GBI. Eleven professionals completed both. Both GBIs produced high and similar mean scores for the majority of the ten sub-scales. Participants who completed a GBI questionnaire had similar, although slightly lower, levels of positive attitudes to telemedicine-delivered compared to face-to-face breast cancer multidisciplinary meetings. These findings support the role of videoconferencing for facilitating multidisciplinary team working within a managed cancer clinical network.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 55-58 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of telemedicine and telecare |
| Volume | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
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Group dynamics in telemedicine-delivered and standard multidisciplinary team meetings: results from the TELEMAM randomised trial. / Kunkler, Ian; Fielding, Guy; Macnab, Michele; Swann, Sally; Brebner, John; Prescott, Robin; Maclean, Ross; Chetty, Udi; Bowman, Angela; Neades, Glyn; Dixon, Mike; Smith, Melanie; Walls, Andrew; Cairns, John; Lee, Robert; Gardner, Tom.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Group dynamics in telemedicine-delivered and standard multidisciplinary team meetings: results from the TELEMAM randomised trial
AU - Kunkler, Ian
AU - Fielding, Guy
AU - Macnab, Michele
AU - Swann, Sally
AU - Brebner, John
AU - Prescott, Robin
AU - Maclean, Ross
AU - Chetty, Udi
AU - Bowman, Angela
AU - Neades, Glyn
AU - Dixon, Mike
AU - Smith, Melanie
AU - Walls, Andrew
AU - Cairns, John
AU - Lee, Robert
AU - Gardner, Tom
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We compared breast cancer professional's perceptions of group dynamics during standard face-to-face and telemedicine-delivered multidisciplinary team meetings. Staff perceptions were measured by a Group Behaviour Inventory (GBI) consisting of 35 positive statements in 10 group behaviour sub scales: physical resources, knowledge resources, shared goals, climate, discussion norms, discussion behaviours, decision making, output, satisfaction and group status. The participants were based at a cancer centre (the Edinburgh Breast Unit) and two district general hospitals (Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline) in southern Scotland. Thirty-three (73%) of the core breast cancer multidisciplinary team members completed a pre-trial (face-to-face) GBI and 24 (72%) completed a post telemedicine GBI. Eleven professionals completed both. Both GBIs produced high and similar mean scores for the majority of the ten sub-scales. Participants who completed a GBI questionnaire had similar, although slightly lower, levels of positive attitudes to telemedicine-delivered compared to face-to-face breast cancer multidisciplinary meetings. These findings support the role of videoconferencing for facilitating multidisciplinary team working within a managed cancer clinical network.
AB - We compared breast cancer professional's perceptions of group dynamics during standard face-to-face and telemedicine-delivered multidisciplinary team meetings. Staff perceptions were measured by a Group Behaviour Inventory (GBI) consisting of 35 positive statements in 10 group behaviour sub scales: physical resources, knowledge resources, shared goals, climate, discussion norms, discussion behaviours, decision making, output, satisfaction and group status. The participants were based at a cancer centre (the Edinburgh Breast Unit) and two district general hospitals (Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline) in southern Scotland. Thirty-three (73%) of the core breast cancer multidisciplinary team members completed a pre-trial (face-to-face) GBI and 24 (72%) completed a post telemedicine GBI. Eleven professionals completed both. Both GBIs produced high and similar mean scores for the majority of the ten sub-scales. Participants who completed a GBI questionnaire had similar, although slightly lower, levels of positive attitudes to telemedicine-delivered compared to face-to-face breast cancer multidisciplinary meetings. These findings support the role of videoconferencing for facilitating multidisciplinary team working within a managed cancer clinical network.
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 55
EP - 58
JO - Journal of telemedicine and telecare
JF - Journal of telemedicine and telecare
SN - 1357-633X
ER -