The Health Care Team (Preventive Health)

The team approach has always intrigued me. As a member of a state championship football team and several world class sprint relay teams, I was impressed by effective teamwork and what it can accomplish. As a physician, I have worked with great teams at MUSC and of course in my private practice where I learned firsthand that the physician is very dependent upon others to make the team work.

The medical profession is large, yet African Americans and other minorities are under represented. Research and experience suggest that the more diverse the health care team, the more likely disparities in health care will diminish. More African Americans and other minorities entering careers as health administrators, dentists, pharmacists, medical researchers, nurses, physical therapists, dietitians, and physicians would go a long way to improve the health care of the diverse population we live amongst. My hat goes off to diverse health care teams. I am Dr. Thaddeus John Bell--- Closing the Gap in Health Care.


Bell Update Volume 2, Chapter 28
Copyright July 2007