Developing a team for multicultural, multi-institutional research on fatigue and quality of life.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the process of establishing a multisite team to conduct research with a multicultural focus on fatigue.


METHODS
Articles, book chapters, personal experience.


RESULTS
Teamwork facilitated development of a productive professional working group, sharing of resources, and data collection culminating in a research proposal for studying cancer-related fatigue in a multicultural population.


CONCLUSIONS
Establishing a common goal by investing time, committing to the process, and establishing trust was the secret to effective team functioning.


CONCLUSIONS
The prospect of multi-institutional collaboration has implications for oncology nurses in the areas of research and practice. Goals that could not be achieved easily in the setting of a single institution are reached more easily with multisite collaboration and teamwork.
Department of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
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Grant
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Anderson
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Ashley
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Dean
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Ferrell
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Kagawa-Singer
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Padilla
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Robinson
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Sarna
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005221:Fatigue / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life