However, in order to achieve comprehensive care, the combined efforts of healthcare professionals who are an integral part of a multiprofessional team are essential. Multi-professional teams A multi-professional team is made up of a number of healthcare professionals with different skills, to comprehensively treat a patient so that they function optimally. Multiprofessional teams are “a fundamental principle of primary health care delivery and a holistic approach to health” (Alperstein, 2009: 16) because they combine the knowledge of multiple health professionals to provide comprehensive care. By understanding the dynamics of a multi-professional team, I will create a scenario and explain, using Barr's skills, how a multi-professional team works. My role in a multi-professional team As a student, studying to become a doctor, I must know how a multi-professional team works and how I interact and integrate into said team. To describe my role within a multi-professional team and that of two other healthcare professionals, I will use a scenario involving a patient who has broken their leg. I will use Barr's skills to describe the working relationship between a doctor, nurse, and physical therapist to make