Medical Practitioners’ Satisfaction with working with Medical Social Workers: A Team-based Approach in Healthcare

Medical social work examines the bio-psycho-social-spiritual aspects of medicine to improve patient treatment outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of satisfaction among medical practitioners with their collaborative efforts with medical social workers at the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in Tanzania. Using a quantitative method and a questionnaire as the data collection tool, the study employs a survey design. In this study, 94 medical practitioners completed self-administered questionnaires using purposive, expert, andconvenience sample strategies. R software was used to analyze the data. The quantitative results showed that 58.6% of male medical practitioners were delighted, compared to 41.4% of their female colleagues, and 45 (50.5%) felt satisfied, while 19 (33.9%) were largelysatisfied with the financial support for patients or exemption from the region. These findings have significant implications for how medical practitioners perceive the value of collaboration with allied professionals, such as medical social workers, in their practice. Furthermore, the report suggests that the government implement new health and task-sharing regulations that will allow groups of healthcare professionals to rearrange their work and broaden their areas of expertise rationally.