Developing a seamless team of operating department staff is an ideal to which most departments aspire. Matching skills and knowledge, however, does not necessarily create an efficient or cohesive team who work happily together. Speculation about what makes for successful interprofessional working and learning will not provide answers. In this research study, Martin Hind and his colleagues explore some of the issues and offer some suggestions for a better integrated workforce, working and learning together.
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