title: The development and validation of an interprofessional scale to assess teamwork in mental health settings.
abstract: Currently, no evaluative scale exists to assess the quality of interprofessional teamwork in mental health settings across the globe. As a result, little is known about the detailed process of team development within this setting. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a global interprofessional scale that assesses teamwork in mental health settings using an international comparative study based in Japan and the United States. This report provides a description of this study and reports progress made to date. Specifically, it outlines work on literature reviews to identify evaluative teamwork tools as well as identify relevant teamwork models and theories. It also outlines plans for empirical work that will be undertaken in both Japan and the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California , San Francisco, CA , USA .
authors.forename: Ryoko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamano
authors.forename: Mitue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osako
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misawa
authors.forename: Naotugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sigeta
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reeves
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Cross-cultural validity; forensic; instrument; interprofessional collaboration; interprofessional teamwork; mental health