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. 2025 May;38(3):278-285.
doi: 10.1177/08404704241293095. Epub 2024 Nov 5.

Determining skill mix and optimal multidisciplinary team composition: A scoping review

Donna Meadows  1   2 , Joanne Maclaren  2 , Alec Morton  1 , Darcy Ross  3
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Determining skill mix and optimal multidisciplinary team composition: A scoping review

Donna Meadows et al. Healthc Manage Forum. 2025 May.

Abstract

Holistic care models aligned to population care needs are needed to help leaders shed pre-existing mindsets when determining skill mix and Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) composition. Using a PRISMA flowchart, a narrow eligibility criterion, and a research question, this scoping review resulted in 9 frameworks/models published between January 2000 and September 2023. Analysis showed common methodological elements such as a population needs-based approach, a systematic process, engagement, three or more professions reporting task or competency level analysis, change advocacy, and reliance on population and workforce supply data. Key system enablers were sponsorship, access to population needs-based and workforce supply data, a learning management system for MDT development, and health human resource policies and governance to drive health system redesign to distribute an equitable workforce. This scoping review offers health leaders and policy-makers options and next-step considerations to inspire fresh thinking for making evidence-informed decisions about skill mix and MDT composition.

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Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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