Which team model emphasizes integrated planning across disciplines with shared goals in rehabilitation?

• A. Transdisciplinary
• B. Interdisciplinary
• C. Multidisciplinary
• D. Allied health team

Answer: (B)

Integrated planning across disciplines with shared goals describes the interdisciplinary team approach. In this model, professionals from multiple specialties collaborate from the outset to establish common rehabilitation goals and develop a single coordinated plan. Decisions are made together, and information is shared so interventions from occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech, psychology, and others reinforce one another, creating a consistent, patient-centered pathway. This collaborative planning helps ensure that all therapies work toward the same outcomes and minimizes conflicting or duplicative efforts.

This differs from a multidisciplinary approach, where each discipline works more independently toward the same overall goals with limited cross-discipline coordination. Transdisciplinary teams involve crossing professional boundaries, with role sharing and sometimes one lead on the patient while others contribute in overlapping ways. An allied health team is a broad term for a group of health professionals and does not specify how collaboration is organized.