While team treatment at most large hospitals involves a division of labor among doctors, at the Mackay Memorial Hospital doctors, nurses, priests and social workers are all involved.
除了護士外，每天定時訪問病房的還有傳道人員。馬偕醫院設有院牧部，內有廿幾名工作人員，各有固定「教區」﹘﹘依區域分，每人約負責八十床病人。