SCIE found that the following elements of team working were crucial to success: 
Clear purpose: MDTs need a defined role that requires team members to interact across professional and disciplinary boundaries.
Institutional support: the organisations which employ staff (if in place) the partnership bodies overseeing this area of collaboration must provide support. This should include pubic endorsement legitimacy), ensuring that the MDT has the necessary resources, and developing integrated performance systems.
Team leadership: leaders should generally be facilitative in their approach to encourage differen contributions, but be directional when necessary. An awareness of team dynamics and a willingness to challenge poor collaborative practice are important competences for a
team leader.
Collaborative opportunities: teams must have physical space and time for their members to engage across professions and disciplines. This enables them to improve communication and better understand each other’s roles and resources.
Person-centric: there is a danger that teams can become too inwardly focused on their own function. This can lead to people and their families feeling more, rather than less, excluded from discussions about their care.
Role diversity: there is no magic formula for MDTs. Rather, the mix of professions and practitioner must respond to the needs of the population concerned while still being small enough to all members to know each other.
Evidence focused: teams require timely and accurate evidence of
their shared impact. Structured opportunities for teams to reflect on this evidence is one of the most impactful means to strengthen their work.

https://www.scie.org.uk/integrated-care/workforce/role-multidisciplinary-team 
Consider your experience of MDT working...can you think of an example and can you apply each of the above? Has your experience been positive or negative?

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