Introduction
The quality of interaction among patients and caregivers is largely based on specific principles of collaboration that allow both parties to benefit. Effective information sharing plays an essential role in the treatment process and is the indispensable element of any therapeutic course. In order to maintain a consistently high level of family-professional collaboration, it is necessary to adhere to the corresponding components of such interaction. As the key mechanisms of communication among healthcare professionals and patients, cultural responsiveness, conferences and meetings, and home visits will be considered. All of these elements of collaboration may stimulate the healing process and help both patients and medical employees to understand the degree of a particular health problem better.
Importance of the Components Chosen
Each of the components of family-professional collaboration has its own unique features, and due to these advantages, these principles’ role in the context of the interaction is essential. For instance, as Gargiulo and Kilgo remark, individual services delivered to patients through the practice of cultural responsiveness increase the effectiveness of treatment (138). This effect is achieved through a properly chosen communication strategy, eliminating any manifestations of bias, racism, and other unacceptable forms of behavior.
The relevance of conferences and meetings can be explained by the fact that valuable experience may be gained by sharing knowledge and personal observations. Therefore, in case medical specialists and patients spend time discussing the actual issues of prevention, the likelihood of increasing public awareness about specific methods of protecting health increases. Finally, home visits aimed at bringing physicians closer to family members may help build positive contact and, according to Gargiulo and Kilgo, enhance mutual trust (148). Therefore, all the three components considered can be used as the productive principles of establishing family-professional collaboration.
Using the Components of Collaboration to Foster Positive Interaction
In order to establish the effective process of interaction through the considered strategies of engaging families, it is necessary to offer patients information about the benefits of periodic data sharing. Also, as Gargiulo and Kilgo note, productive transitions are possible if both parties are interested in collaboration (147). In case one of the participants in the care process does not intend to contact, the time of treatment may increase.
Regarding my personal experience, a few months ago, I took part in an open conference where the representatives of the medical community and ordinary patients were present. All the members of the meeting were involved in the discussion, and many answers were received to topical questions. This form of interaction contributed to an orderly and organized collaboration aimed at improving the health indicators of the population.
Conclusion
Such components of family-professional collaboration as cultural responsiveness, conferences and meetings, and home visits contribute to positive interaction among healthcare employees and patients and help to avoid misunderstanding. The application of these principles in practice increases the awareness of people about how to prevent particular diseases. Based on personal experience, I can point out that meetings and conferences are valuable knowledge-sharing techniques maintaining mutual trust.
Work Cited
Gargiulo, Richard M., and Jennifer L. Kilgo. An Introduction to Young Children with Special Needs: Birth Through Age Eight. 4th ed., Cengage Learning, 2013.