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I work in a pediatric setting where teamwork is an integral part of how we operate. When I first used the SPEF-R^© I noticed that the idea of collaboration is used throughout rather than the term teamwork. Because in this organization we work in teams a lot I felt it was important that this was reflected in their evaluation more explicitly. So I kept teamwork in mind when I customized the items.

It comes up mostly in co-worker communication. It also seemed to fit in particular items from Professional behavior and Self Management skills. So item 4 from professional behavior already has the example of adapting workplace culture and engaging appropriately in meetings and managing shared resources and I gave the student an idea of how this works in our team and emphasized the need for them to take it on board.

In Self management skills item 3 which is about demonstrating initiative and taking responsibility for actions I noted the example relating to following through on agreed actions and I specified how this might relate to being a reliable team member like offering to do things and making sure you do them.

I think if teamwork is inherent in your workplace it will influence how you rate items in some of the later domains such as information gathering and service provision. Even though teamwork is not as explicit in those item banks if students are not working well in a team generally they will not be as effective at doing their job here.

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