To provide comprehensive and holistic care to patients.

To reduce the cost of healthcare services.

To increase the number of patients seen by each therapist.

To improve the efficiency of recreational therapy services.

Improved patient outcomes

Reduced cost of healthcare services

Increased efficiency of recreational therapy services

Increased risk of patient harm

Recreational therapist

Physician

Nurse

Social worker

To develop and implement recreational therapy interventions.

To provide consultation to other healthcare professionals.

To coordinate care between different healthcare professionals.

All of the above

Lack of communication between healthcare professionals

Lack of understanding of each other's roles

Lack of time

Lack of financial resources

Improve communication between healthcare professionals.

Increase understanding of each other's roles.

Allocate more time for interdisciplinary collaboration.

All of the above

A recreational therapist and a physical therapist working together to develop a rehabilitation program for a patient with a stroke.

A recreational therapist and a social worker working together to provide support to a patient with depression.

A recreational therapist and a nurse working together to develop a plan for a patient's discharge from the hospital.

All of the above

Interdisciplinary collaboration will become more common as the healthcare system becomes more complex.

Interdisciplinary collaboration will become less common as healthcare professionals become more specialized.

Interdisciplinary collaboration will remain the same as it is today.

Interdisciplinary collaboration will disappear as technology advances.

Talk to your colleagues about the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration.

Attend interdisciplinary team meetings.

Share your knowledge and expertise with other healthcare professionals.

All of the above

Lack of communication between healthcare professionals.

Lack of understanding of each other's roles.

Lack of time.

All of the above

Improved patient outcomes.

Reduced cost of healthcare services.

Increased efficiency of recreational therapy services.

All of the above

To develop and implement recreational therapy interventions.

To provide consultation to other healthcare professionals.

To coordinate care between different healthcare professionals.

All of the above

Hold regular interdisciplinary team meetings.

Encourage healthcare professionals to share their knowledge and expertise with each other.

Create opportunities for healthcare professionals to socialize and build relationships.

All of the above

Lack of time.

Lack of resources.

Lack of communication.

All of the above

Interdisciplinary collaboration will become more common.

Interdisciplinary collaboration will become less common.

Interdisciplinary collaboration will remain the same.

It is difficult to predict the future of interdisciplinary collaboration in recreational therapy.