title: Building a successful team through collaboration.
abstract: This is a tale of successfully building an interdisciplinary team in a stressful and rapidly changing ambulatory environment. It uses a framework where the leader does not have direct control over the assets but tries to influence the group to build trust, improve communication and collaborate toward common goals.
authors.affiliation: National Naval Medical Centre Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Swanson
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*