Reflexões sobre o trabalho em equipe na Estratégia de Saúde da Família

Abstract

This study aimed to review the literature to analyze the teamwork in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) by an assessment of scientific literature in the national literature. To carry out the referrals were utilized in electronic databases LILACS, SciELO, dissertations and book. The key words were: primary health care, teamwork, patient care team, multidisciplinary team of health. We selected thirteen articles, a chapter of a book published between the years 2000 and 2011. Of the total of thirteen articles selected teamwork was defined by the authors as interdisciplinary practice that emphasized the importance that each person has, with no overlap of category and that this sum of knowledge and experience favors the execution of health care as necessary to enrolled population. This study also identified that there are few studies on teamwork in a specific way. Therefore, the understanding of a comprehensive and holistic approach is essential for guiding practice, studies that value teamwork.