In 1965, psychologist Bruce Tuckman created his now classic model of group dynamics, identifying and describing four stages of group development: “Forming,” “Storming,” “Norming,” and “Performing.” In later years, he added a fifth stage to the model, called “Adjourning.”

In this Application Assignment, you will use the Tuckman Model of Group Dynamics to describe a team experience.

To prepare for this Application Assignment, review the week’s Required Resources, particularly those relating to the Tuckman model.

To complete this Application Assignment, write a 1- to 2-page paper that summarizes a team experience you’ve had and relate it to the Tuckman Model of Group Dynamics. It could be work-related or a personal project, such as building a cabinet with a friend.

· Describe the stages the group experienced in the context of Tuckman’s stages. Please describe the situations involved.

· What problems or conflicts arose during the teaming process?

· At what stage did the conflicts arise?

· How did the group deal with the problems? What was the outcome?

· What would have made the process go smoother?

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.

 

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Media

• BNET.com (Producer). (n.d.) Tuckman’s model: Fight right. Retrieved from
  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=10220824n?tag=bnetdomain

  In this video, Edward Muzio discusses Tuckman’s four stages of teamwork and how conflict can be productive if it is guided by the team’s shared goals.

  If you have trouble viewing the video, there is a complete transcript on the same page.

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2011). Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Implements Transforming Care at the Bedside with a Focus on Communication Between Nurses and Physicians. Retrieved from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website:
  http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/program_results_reports/2011/rwjf70624

• This webpage contains a summation of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s effort to improve staff, physician, and patient satisfaction through collaborative unit meetings and the TCAB program.

• Health Media Ventures (Producer). (2010). Building a “health team.” Retrieved from
  http://www.health.com/health/condition-video/0,,20193555,00.html

  This brief clip presents the personal experience of a fibromyalgia patient who recognized the need for a team approach for her care and then took the initiative to create her own.

Readings

• Course Text: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Healthcare
• • Chapter 3, “Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Healthcare Organizations” (pp. 53-63, from “Case Studies” to the “Conclusion”)

    Exemplary case studies of interdisciplinary collaboration at a California hospital are recounted. Although each addresses a different issue, the experience at this institution demonstrates the effectiveness and utility of an interdisciplinary approach.

  • Chapter 4, “Doctors Are From Mars, Patients Are From Venus”

    This chapter focuses on the history and nature of the traditional doctor-patient relationship and how it is evolving into a collaborative one. Specific responsibilities and skills required of both doctor and patient in creating and supporting a successful collaboration are discussed.

  Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

• Article: Baldwin Jr., D., & Baldwin, M. (2007). Interdisciplinary education and health team training: A model for learning and service. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 21(S1), 52-69. Retrieved fromthe Walden Library databases.

This article presents an account of the effort to promote and foster interdisciplinary primary care team experiences into the curriculum of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno.

• Article: Chimaera Consulting Limited. (2001). Famous models: Stages of group development. Retrieved from
  http://www.chimaeraconsulting.com/tuckman.htm

  This page provides a succinct and useful explanation of the four (later five) stages of group development identified by psychologist Bruce Tuckman in his landmark article in 1965.

• Article: Davidson, J., & Wood, C. (2004) A conflict resolution model. Theory Into Practice, 43(1), 6-13. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  Read the first two pages of the article.

  The origins, principles, and stages of a conflict resolution model based on achieving a win-win result are described. Rather than an adversarial approach in which one side wins and the other loses, this model promotes a cooperative problem-solving process based on the expectation that a win-win solution is desirable and achievable.

• Article: Davis, K., Schoenbaum, S., & Audet, A. (2005). A 2020 vision of patient-centered primary care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20(10), 953-957. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1490238/pdf/jgi_178.pdf

  In this article, the authors identify and describe essential characteristics of patient-centered primary care, including attributes such as access, engagement, information, and others. Additionally, there is a discussion of what will be required in order to achieve the vision of care they describe.

• Article: Essary, A. (2009). The PCMH: A model for primary care. JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 22(9), 16, 21. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  An approach to primary care called the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is described. The model emphasizes a multidisciplinary team approach and is demonstrated to improve patient outcomes and lower medical costs.

• Article: The Foundation Coalition. (n.d.). Understanding conflict and conflict management. Retrieved from
  http://www.foundationcoalition.org/publications/brochures/conflict.pdf

  This monograph, tailored for a student audience, explores conflict and conflict management, typical responses to conflict, five common conflict “modes,” and the factors that affect which mode we adopt. It also offers suggestions for students to improve their own conflict management skills.

• Article: Liedtka, J., & Whitten, E. (1997). Building better patient care services: A collaborative approach. Health Care Management Review, 22(3), 16-24. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  The authors identify different kinds of outcomes made possible by a collaborative approach. They also identify specific “enablers of collaboration” at the organizational, group, and individual levels, describing how they are manifest in both successful and unsuccessful collaborations.

 

• Article: Texas A&M University. (2003, October 9). Patient-centered approach just what the doctor ordered for healthcare industry. Science Daily. Retrieved from
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031009065353.htm

  A professor of marketing at Texas A&M University makes a case for a patient-centered approach to health care that would promote improved outcomes, greater efficiency, and improved economy.

   

Daytona State College

HUN 1201

My Healthy Meal Plan

 

Grading Criteria

 

Unhealthy foods included on plan             -2-5 pts each

Not meeting specified nutrient requirements    -5 pts each

Outside of calorie range requirements     -10 pts

Less than 5 fruits/vegetables on plan     – 5 pts each

Not including lean protein and healthy carb at each meal  – 5-10 pts each meal

Unrealistic portion sizes        – 5-10 pts each

Poor Overall Plan/Doesn’t make sense(randomly adding foods)  -5-20 pts

 

 

 

Let’s plan a perfect day in food and activity!!  While I don’t expect you to start eating like this every

day right now, eventually, you will want to make healthier choices.  And, this plan will help you

understand how to put together a day of healthy meals, so when you are ready, you will know

how.

 

A perfect day means your meal plan should be a very healthy one and meet the criteria below.

 

1a. Planning a menu

 

Build a meal plan for ONE day. Type up your plan: Include what you will eat and the time you will eat

it. Your meal plan should include 3 meals and at least 1 snack.

 

Be specific. If you add milk, what kind? Same with bread, what kind? What serving sizes are you

using? Use serving sizes that make sense. Do you know how much 3 grams of something is? Maybe

cups would be a better choice for servings. DO NOT use grams for portion sizes if it doesn’t make

sense!

 

Pick healthy foods. Things like bacon, hot dogs, chips, French fries etc., shouldn’t be on this list!

When planning your meal, think “what would a dietitian put on a menu for a healthy day?”

 

 

 

 

 

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Your one day meal plan must meet the following guidelines

 

It must include a minimum of 5 healthy fruits and/or vegetables

 

It must include a lean protein and carb at each meal

 

It must make sense – and be overall healthy

 

 

Example of how this should look.

 

(You will have an entire day; the example just shows part of a day.)

 

 

Plan for my Perfect Day  Meal or Activity

Time

 

 

7:00 am  Breakfast: 1 cup Raisin Bran, 1 cup light soy milk

 

 

 

 

8:00 am  45 minute run on the beach (8 min per mile)

 

9:00 am  Snack:

1 apple and a piece of string cheese

 

12:00 pm  Lunch:

Sandwich made with 2 slices of 100% Whole wheat

 

bread, 4 ounces of deli turkey, 1 leaf of romaine

 

 

lettuce, 3 slices of tomato, 1 slice of low fat cheddar

cheese,

 

 

1 tsp Dijon Mustard

 

15 Baby Carrots with 2 Tablespoons of hummus

 

 

 

 

1b. Putting that menu into Nutricalc and Analyzing

 

You will need to go to Connect and just to the right of the assignments you will see “NCP Diet

Analysis Tool” which is Nutricalc. Here you will need to register and create a profile.

VERY IMPORTANT!!

If your BMI is 25 or below, you need to set

your WEIGHT GOAL to

 Lose “0” pounds!

To check your BMI go to

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Next, you will need to take your perfect day meal plan and click on the “Intakes” tab and enter

your food plan. Do NOT use the meal plan shown in the example, create your own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, Go to “Reports” at the top and click on Bar Graph Report.   You will see the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is where you can

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, look at your meal plan bar graph report.

 

You will need to meet the following criteria for your plan.

 

save your reports as

either PDFs or HTMLs.

 

Calories:  Be between 80-105% of your calorie needs – this means when you look at your bar

 

 

 

 

 

graph report, your calories can’t be below 80% of your needs or greater than 105% of your

needs.

 

Other Nutrients:

When looking at your bar graph report, you must meet a minimum of 80% of:

 

Carbs

Fiber

Vit A

Vit C

Calcium

Iron

 

YOU CAN EXCEED ON THESE NUTRIENTS – just looking for a minimum

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If you input your food and your plan doesn’t meet this, then you will need to keep

revising your plan until you meet the criteria.

 

 

 

1c. Enter your planned exercise for the day into Nutricalc by clicking on the

ACTVITIES tab. You can view your Activity Summary Report the same way you

viewed the bar graph.  You will need to add a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise.

Make it realistic.

 

 

PART 2 – 10 points

 

Reflection and Conclusion  Each question has to have a thorough answer. One word and one

sentence is not enough. Give detailed examples.

 

a. Write 1 paragraph about the factors (i.e. food likes/dislikes, budget, allergies, beliefs, etc.) you

had to consider when planning your meals and activity.  How much did you have to adjust your plan

to get it to where it needed to be.  Do you think that when you select healthy foods you can actually

eat more for fewer calories?

 

b. What assumptions did you have at the beginning of the course that you found out not to

be true?  What “nutrition truths” did you find out was really a myth?

 

c. Since starting this class, have you had any weight loss, gains in strength or muscle, reduction in

percent body fat, reduction in waist circumference, improvements in lab work, lower B/P, lower

resting heart rate, smoking cessation, completing a race or other fitness goal/challenge such as

exercising regularly

 

d. Have you made any changes or are you planning to make changes regarding your diet? Are you

using nutrient dense foods to replace highly processed, high saturated fat, high sodium or high

sugar foods?

 

e. How have you, or might you, share this information with family, friends, classmates, or co-workers?

 

f. What was your favorite topic to learn about this semester?  What did you least enjoy learning

about?

 

g. How does this class relate to your chosen career or other courses you have taken?

 

 

Checklist: Items

 

All of the following must be turned in to the Falcon Online Drop Box.

 

 

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Nutricalc graphs and charts can be cut and pasted into word documents. (Not in MAC computers) If

you can’t cut and paste, look to the top right of all of your reports, you will see a places to save

reports as a pdf or a html. Then just upload each of them. All reports must be uploaded for grading.

 

 

 

Listed below is what you will need to turn in for grading.  Make sure you turn in all 5 parts listed.

 

Written Reports

 

 

 

1. Written out perfect day meal plan and activity plan (can be put in a table as shown in the

example)

 

2. Reflections and Conclusions report write up

 

 

Nutricalc Reports – YOU SHOULD HAVE 3 NUTRICALC REPORTS!!

 

 

1.Food List Report

 

2.Bar Graph Report

3.Activities Summary Report

 

To find your reports – go to REPORTS at the top

 

Then click on the reports by the arrows – be sure to select the correct date.

 

All of these reports are needed for grading!!! This won’t be graded unless all reports are

turned in with the assignment! 

 

Go to REPORTS – then click on each of the reports needed – click on ‘’update preview”.

Save your reports as a PDF and download them to your computer. Then you will upload

them to the dropbox.