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The Surgical Team
The members of the surgical team consist of the surgeon, the surgeon’s assistant, a scrub nurse, a cardiac anesthesiologist, and a perfusionist technician. Each of these individuals brings their own area of expertise to the team. The conventional heart surgery relies on each member performing his or her task, as it relates to the area of their own expertise. The new procedure introduces a dynamic that requires the team members to be more interdependent and collaborative within the group. The surgical teams will need to learn adapt to the new requirements, and challenges that are present in the new procedure, in order to be successful (Edmondson, Bohmer, & Pisano, 2001, p. 125).
The leadership style of the team leaders needs to allow for
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