Peer Advocates As Essential Members of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Teams

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Peer AdvocatesAsEssential Members of
Multidisciplinary Healthcare Teams

• Collaboration
• Health Resources Services Administration
• Cicatelli Associates Inc.

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY
APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE
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DEFINITION
A group of people with different areas of
expertise that utilizes the different
perspectives of the members of the team and works
for a common goal.
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DEFINITION
It is vital that each member of the team
continually supports the other members, in order
to optimize results.
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THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH HAS SUCCESSFULLY
ACHIEVED

• Improvement of strategies for knowledge
  acquisition about treatment in people living with
  HIV in their families
• Working effectively on Adherence to Treatment
• Prevention Education
• HIV Counseling emotional support to people
  living with HIV and their families
• Overcome barriers to prevention treatment such
  as
• stigma
• discrimination

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THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH
DOCTORS
Nurses Social Workers Psychologists Nutritionists
CORE TEAM
CLIENTS
TRADITIONAL APPROACH
MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
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How integrated are you into the Multidisciplinary
Team at your agency?
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Roles of the Multidisciplinary Team Members

• What is unique about your role?
• How do our roles complement each other?
• What would make our roles most effective?
• What do we need from each other to accomplish
  this?

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TASK ANALYSIS
It can help you to determine what knowledge,
skills and qualities are necessary for Peers that
are being integrated into the Multidisciplinary
Team process.
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TASK ANALYSIS

• Involves the following steps
• Identify the major tasks required to integrate
  Peers
• List the knowledge or information Peers need to
  perform their assigned duties and tasks
• List the skills Peers need to perform each task.
• List the attitudes or qualities Peers need to
  perform their task(s).

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TASK ANALYSIS

• Further questions can help you determine
• Can current Peers accomplish these tasks? If so,
  whom?
• What increased training might be required?
• Do new Peers need to be hired and trained?

Managers / Supervisors can use this tool to lay
out expectations and/or to check on progress
during supervision.
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Task Sharing Information and Education
TASK ANALYSIS

• Knowledge
• Basic information on HIV/AIDS
• Modes of transmission
• Risk Reduction Strategies
• Which videos, pamphlets, and printed materials
  are available
• What is the Window period
• Principles of effective communication (verbal,
  nonverbal, cultural)
• Agency rules and regulations
• Resources for translation
• All forms that client needs to review/sign
• State/local/federal laws

• Skills
• Communicate in a client-
• centered manner
• Ability to ask open-ended questions
• Speak clearly
• Active listening skills
• Ability to use verbal and nonverbal communication
  skills
• Ability to pick up nonverbal and verbal cues and
  adjust
• Ability to use videos/technology
• Ability to ask and answer questions appropriately
• Ability to manage time
• Ability to tailor information to individuals
• Documenting and reporting
• How to tailor information to client

• Qualities
• Open-minded
• Non-judgmental
• Flexible
• Patient
• Compassionate