Preparing a Collaborative Health Workforce through Team-Building Training: A Policy-Relevant Intervention using the ADDIE Model
Abstract
Introduction: Currently, the global health system is facing the challenge of fragmented health services that result in high health costs and shortages of health workers in various service lines, which have an impact on the quality of health services. One strategy to prepare future health workers to deliver collaborative healthcare is through interprofessional education or IPE. This study aims to develop and implement a policy-relevant team-building training program using the ADDIE instructional design model to enhance collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills among health professional students. The intervention supports long-term efforts to prepare a collaborative health workforce aligned with health system transformation goals.
Methods: The program was developed through the five phases of the ADDIE model—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. A needs assessment guided the design of interactive, experiential activities to improve teamwork competencies in interprofessional education. The intervention was piloted with health professional students from diverse disciplines and evaluated using mixed methods.
Results: The implementation of the team-building program significantly improved health professional students' teamwork skills, communication effectiveness, and overall group cohesion. Participants reported increased engagement and collaboration, leading to enhanced problem-solving abilities and more efficient task performance in academic and clinical settings.
Conclusion: Applying the ADDIE model to structure team-building activities offers an effective educational strategy to foster interprofessional collaboration early in training. More importantly, such structured interventions represent a strategic investment in human resources for health, contributing to policy objectives for integrated and team-based care delivery.
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