Strategies to Build Effective, Inclusive Teams: Leveraging Individual Strengths

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: Scarlet Oak (Mezzanine Level)

CMEs: 0.75

Primary Speaker(s)

Cathy C. Ruff, MS, PA-C (she/her/hers)

Program Director & Chair
Rocky Vista University
Englewood, Colorado

Slides

Co-Speaker(s)

Christina Robohm-Leavitt, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA

Regional Dean, Program Director
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Midland, Texas

Disclosure(s):

Cathy C. Ruff, MS, PA-C: No relevant disclosure to display

Christina Robohm-Leavitt, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA: No financial relationships to disclose

Description: Building cohesive and high functioning teams involves a wide range of strategies. Understanding behaviors and strengths of individuals provides an avenue to develop and enhance performance. This session describes how implementing a productivity model designed to leverage each team members’ strengths can promote collaboration, inclusivity, job fulfillment, and team efficiency.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss the characteristics of an effective team and its members
Describe a model used to identify and leverage individual team members’ strengths that promotes collaboration, inclusivity, job fulfillment, and successful program function
Apply elements of a productivity model to common PA program activities such as team meetings and projects