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Multidisciplinary team

Meaning in medicine, with examples

nounCommon term

In medicine, multidisciplinary team means: A group of professionals from different fields, such as doctors, nurses and therapists, who plan a patient's care together.

In Turkish: multidisipliner ekip, multidisipliner konsey

How it is used

Shortened to MDT. Cancer cases are discussed at a weekly MDT meeting (in the US a 'tumor board'). On the wards, the MDT includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists and social workers, especially for discharge planning.

Example sentences

  1. Her case will be discussed at the multidisciplinary team meeting on Thursday.

  2. The multidisciplinary team agreed that he needs more physiotherapy before discharge.

Common collocations

  • multidisciplinary team meeting
  • discuss at the multidisciplinary team
  • multidisciplinary team approach
  • consultantIn the UK and some other countries, a senior hospital doctor who has finished specialist training and has final responsibility for a team's patients.
  • rehabilitationTreatment and support that help a person regain strength, skills and independence after an illness, injury or operation.
  • dischargeTo officially let a patient leave hospital or a clinic's care because they no longer need it there. As a noun it can also mean fluid that comes out of the body.
  • cancerA disease in which abnormal cells grow out of control, can destroy nearby tissue and may spread to other parts of the body.
  • specialistA doctor who has trained for several more years in one area of medicine, such as cardiology, neurology or orthopaedics.

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