Optimising the quality of multidisciplinary team meetings: A narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding of factors that contribute to implementation of effective cancer multidisciplinary team meetings (MDMs) is still limited. Published literature on the effect of teamwork function, leadership roles, decision-making processes and structural components on the quality of MDMs was reviewed and synthesised.

Methods

In this paper, a MEDLINE review (September 2020) was performed to assess clinical decision-making in the context of MDM discussions.

Results

Twenty-nine eligible studies were included. Six studies addressed the infrastructural aspects of MDMs. Nine studies used either qualitative or mixed method approach to develop and validate observational tools to assess the quality of MDMs. Seven studies used qualitative approaches to explore the opini

SUBMITTER: Tran TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9089217 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature