Diversity and teamwork are essential in the provisions of healthcare. No single professional can deliver a complete episode of healthcare. Teamwork is required for high quality and safe patient care. It is also important for healthcare organizations to recruit and retain a diverse group of employees that better reflect and meet the needs of diverse communities.

This week for your project, you will create an insert to be placed in your employee handbook on teamwork and the importance of diversity. This portion of your project will require you to conduct research. Include an APA formatted reference page that has a minimum of 2 academic sources, such as a book or an academic scholarly journal. Academic scholarly journals can be access through the Rasmussen Online Library.

In a minimum of 3 pages, please include the following:

• Discuss what it means to display helpful and constructive contributions to work tasks.
• Explain why it’s important to demonstrate professional and courteous behavior when engaging with patients as well as colleagues and how it can affect patient outcomes.
• Describe current challenges and barriers within the medical profession based on culture, gender, and religious differences.
• Describe some of the benefits of having a diverse workforce within the medical environments.

Remember that you need to include a reference page with a minimum of 2 academic sources. Use NoodleBib to document your sources and to complete your APA formatted reference page and in-text citations.