Innovations in Teamwork for Health Care
Better care depends on better teamwork. Learn to build high-performing teams that deliver safer, more coordinated and more effective patient care.
Overview
In health care, outcomes depend less on any single expert and more on how well teams work together. Innovations in Teamwork for Health Care, from Harvard Online, explores the science of high-performing teams and how great teamwork drives safer, more coordinated and more effective care.
You'll learn how to build psychological safety, communicate across roles, lead teams through pressure, and create a culture of continuous learning and improvement — wherever you sit in the care system.
What you'll learn
- Why teamwork is central to quality and safety
- The science behind high-performing teams
- How to build psychological safety and speak up
- How to communicate and coordinate across roles
- How to lead and continuously improve teams
- How to foster innovation and a culture of teaming
Course content
How teamwork — not just individual expertise — drives safety, quality and patient outcomes.
What research tells us about how the best teams actually work and what sets them apart.
Why people stay silent when it matters most — and how to build the safety to speak up.
Coordinating across roles, shifts and specialties so nothing falls through the cracks.
How to lead teams under pressure and drive continuous improvement in how they work.
Embedding teamwork, learning and innovation into the everyday culture of care.
Who it's for
This course is ideal for clinicians, nurses, health care managers and leaders, and quality and safety professionals — anyone who works in or leads teams that deliver care.
No prerequisites are required — just a commitment to better care through better teamwork.
Your certificate
On successful completion, you'll earn an official certificate from Harvard — a globally recognised credential you can add to your CV and LinkedIn to demonstrate your teamwork and leadership in care.
Build better care teams.
Enrol in Innovations in Teamwork for Health Care, or talk to an advisor about the right Harvard course for your goals.