Training professionals to record proceedings of interdisciplinary team conferences

Two experiments were conducted to assess the effectiveness of an instructional program in preparing staff and trainees at a university affiliated facility (UAF) to record proceedings of interdisciplinary team conferences. Training consisted of a self-instructional manual supplemented by a narrated videotape of a typical interdisciplinary case conference. Data were collected on the extent to which trainees correctly completed individual educational plan work sheets based on conference proceedings as a function of training. Findings of both experiments showed that the training program resulted in rapid acquisition of skills required to record team proceedings.