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[The coat of arms, a tool for group cohesion]
Alexandra Bourgeois1, Véronique Pichard1, Geneviève Kinuthia1
1Institut de formation interhospitalier Théodore-Simon (Ifits), 19 avenue de Maison-Blanche, 93330 Neuilly-sur-Marne, France.
Abstract:
Teamwork, an essential component of quality care, is not always self-evident. Working together requires trust and shared objectives. As part of their preparation for the health service, aiming at learning to work in project mode, it is proposed to nursing students in their second year of training to use a pedagogical tool, the coat of arms, to work on group dynamics and the sharing of common values. The aim is to bring the team to give life to its collective identity, in the service of the implementation of its project, based on the individual characteristics of each of its members.
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