Pan-Canadian Health Human Resource Strategy: 2005-2006 Annual Report

Amount/ Duration

$1,250,000 2003/04 to 2007/08

Recipient

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)

Objectives

Ensure that all undergraduate medical students and clinical postgraduate trainees at Canada's medical schools receive education in palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care and graduate with competencies in these areas.

Activities

Establish a national project team.

Develop consensus-based palliative and EOL care core competencies for undergraduate trainees in medicine and for postgraduate trainees in each of the key clinical specialty areas.

Develop an interdisciplinary team at each university to identify gaps/opportunities related to palliative and EOL care and strategies to address these gaps.

Establish mentors and support local interdisciplinary curriculum change teams.

Develop and implement faculty development programs for palliative and EOL care faculty and educators.

Develop and conduct annual palliative and EOL care education symposia.

Encourage the integration of palliative and EOL questions in licensing and certification examinations.

Establish communication mechanisms to provide ongoing support to local teams, mentors and champions.

Anticipated Results Output

By 2008, all undergraduate medical students and clinical postgraduate trainees at Canada's medical schools will receive education in palliative and EOL care and graduate with competencies in these areas.

A model for incorporating palliative and EOL competencies in the training of other disciplines.

Contact Information

Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada | 774 Echo Drive | Ottawa, ON | K1S 5P2 | Telephone: (613) 730-0687

Amount/ Duration

$200,000 2004/05 to 2005/06

Recipient

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)

Objectives

Strengthen strategic collaborative practice interventions towards the mitigtion of HIV and AIDS and address health human resource planning, retention and recruitment issues by identifying contextually specific and general realities impacting on nursing, health care and health outcomes.

Activities

Identify key issues and interventions within the country-specific context through the use of focus groups composed of nurses and other providers from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe. This information will form an overview paper.

Hold a forum at the International Council of Nurses Scientific Congress to identify lessons learned, innovative strategies and gaps for further research, strategic planning and policy development.

Share and exchange results via a networking session following the forum.

Form a global technical advisory committee to monitor dissemination of findings, report on progress and participate in planning for the conference.

Gather and analyze information on nursing, health care and client health outcomes from various countries.

Determine themes regarding intersections of HIV/AIDS and the HHR shortage.

Identify opportunities for international collaboration from an interprofessional perspective.

Position issues for the 2006 International AIDS Forum in Toronto.

Anticipated Results Output

Knowledge dissemination on the status of the workforce for HIV/AIDS care within different settings, and on best practices for managed migration and mitigation of HIV/AIDS.

A full report with recommendations and evaluation.

A strategic vision for nursing leadership.

Contact Information

Canadian Nurses Association | 50 Driveway | Ottawa, ON | K2P 1E2 | Telephone: 1(800)361-8404

Amount/ Duration

$85,000 2004/05 to 2005/06

Recipient

University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Objectives

Update and maintain the Interprofessional Education Literature Database, which houses literature on interprofessional education for collaborative patientcentred practice.

Update and maintain the IPE Initiative Database, which houses information on health professional educational programs across Canada.

Hold an Interprofessional Education Conference to further promote the development and knowledge of interprofessional education.

Activities

Implement proactive and automatic searches to scan key literature databases such as Medline and Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Populate the IPE Literature Database with all appropriate materials from the proactive searching.

Review the database to ensure information is up to date and accurate.

Continually scan to capture new information on initiatives and individuals involved in IPE to be added to the central database.

Oversee all logistical arrangements and coordination of the conference.

Distribute and coordinate a call for abstracts.

Organize, plan, and distribute the final program.

Anticipated Results Output

An updated database and distribution of a literature alert to interested members.

An updated database of ongoing IPE initiatives, key players involved in IPE and related tools across Canada.

An IPE conference hosted May 26 and 27, 2005, in Toronto, Ontario.

Contact Information

University of Toronto | Department of Family and Community Medicine | 399 Bathurst Street, 2nd Floor West Wing | Toronto, ON | M5T 3S1 | Telephone: (416) 409-9626

Amount/ Duration

$324,460 2003/04 to 2005/06

Recipient

Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)

Objectives

Design, in collaboration with faculty developers and educational administrators, a national Faculty Development Program for individuals involved in the education of International Health Care Professionals (IHCP) (e.g. teachers, clinical supervisors, program directors and educational administrators) in an attempt to enhance their teaching and learning experiences and facilitate their integration into the Canadian workforce.

Activities

Implement an environmental scan and needs assessment regarding education and supervision of International Nursing Graduates.

Develop an orientation program for teachers of International Medical Graduates (IMGs).

Develop specific faculty development modules.

Develop a cultural diversity-training program for teachers of IHCPs.

Develop guidelines for site-specific programs.

Develop a dissemination plan.

Anticipated Results Output

The creation of a full suite of tools to assist faculty development for IHCPs, which will facilitate their integration into the Canadian health workforce.

Contact Information

Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada | 774 Echo Drive | Ottawa, ON | K1S 5P2 | Telephone: (613) 730-0687

Amount/ Duration

$200,000 2005/06 to 2006/07

Recipient

Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN)

Objectives

Identify strategies to deliver nursing and interprofessional clinical placements in Canada.

Estimate the costs incurred for nursing clinical placements.

Investigate the use of simulated clinical learning experiences for nursing and other health professions.

Activities

Research background material and document reviews; develop questionnaires; survey the schools of nursing and sampling of other health professions, clinical agencies, preceptors and students; design a database to capture input data; analyse data; and report findings.

Anticipated Results Output

A strengthened understanding of current best practices in clinical placement edu- cation in schools of nursing in Canada, within an interprofessional environment.

An inventory of strategies to deliver interprofessional and nursing clinical placements in Canada.

Identified costs incurred for nursing clinical placements by educational facilities, clinical agencies, preceptors and students.

An inventory of strategies to use simulated clinical learning experiences for nursing and a sampling of other health professionals.

Results disseminated to key nursing stakeholders and key policy and decision makers.

Contact Information

Patricia Griffin, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing | Fifth Avenue Court | 99 Fifth Avenue Suite 15 | Ottawa, ON | K1A 5K4 | Telephone: (613) 235-3150 ext. 25

Amount/ Duration

$237,100 2005/06 to 2006/07

Recipient

The Conference Board of Canada

Objectives

Support interdisciplinary collaboration.

Identify specific legislative and regulatory barriers that prevent health care professionals from working together.

Investigate the use of simulated clinical learning experiences for nursing and other health professions.

Activities

Develop a Strategic Advisory Committee to ensure broad representation and feedback throughout the project.

Conduct a literature review of legislative and regulative issues for health professionals in interdisciplinary environments.

Host a meeting of regulatory colleges and other key stakeholders from across the country to discuss and develop a vision for regulation of health professionals that enables collaboration.

Conduct an extensive national regulatory practice and legislative review describing provincial similarities, differences, and the unique barriers and facilitators of each model.

Validate the findings.

Analyze the findings to form a potential framework for legislative and regulatory change that would stimulate and support interdisciplinary collaboration in patientcentred care.

Develop and validate proposed recommendations.

Anticipated Results Output

Enhanced understanding of the regulatory and legislative changes and reforms required to stimulate and support interdisciplinary collaboration in patient-centred practice.

Research findings disseminated among professionals and policymakers.

Contact Information

Conference Board of Canada | 255 Smyth Road | Ottawa, ON | K1A 5K4 | Telephone: (613) 526-3090 ext. 220

Amount/ Duration

$150,000 2005/06 to 2006/07

Recipient

The Conference Board of Canada

Objectives

Support interdisciplinary collaboration through the identification of specific liability (e.g. vague accountability) barriers, which prevent health care professionals from working together.

Address how liability will actually affect interdisciplinary education and collaborative patient-centered practice, and make recommendations for legal and educational remedies that assuage the fears of providers.

Activities

Develop a reference group comprised of malpractice carriers for health professions and institutions.

Conduct a literature review to enhance understanding of liability issues; an extensive legal review of case law, and cases settled out of court, to develop an understanding of the liability that health care professionals face.

Validate and analyze findings with the Reference Group to consolidate the information and form a potential framework for liability reform that would stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration for patient-centered care.

Develop recommendations to be used by all stakeholders in increasing their understanding of the issues.

Anticipated Results Output

Increased knowledge related to real and perceived liability issues within interpro- fessional collaborative practice.

Contact Information

Conference Board of Canada | 255 Smyth Road | Ottawa, ON | K1A 5K4 | Telephone: (613) 526-3090 ext. 220

Amount/ Duration

$110,907 2005/06

Recipient

Bow Valley College, Alberta

Objectives

To provide useful strategies and tools to assist leaders in continuing care across Canada in facilitating transitions within their organizations, specifically related to Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs).

Activities

Describe and analyze best practices in the transition to full scope of practice for LPNs in continuing care in three settings of promising practice, as recognized by the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA).

Develop strategies, tools, and processes based on findings and present them as an electronic toolkit for use by leaders in continuing care. Leaders using the toolkit will conduct an institutional assessment allowing them to customize an approach appropriate to their situation.

Develop and implement a structured evaluation of the toolkit.

Anticipated Results Output

Final toolkit distributed to continuing care facilities in Alberta and to other regu- lating authorities for practical nurses across Canada.

Contact Information

Dr. Rena Shimoni | Bow Valley College | 332-6 Avenue SE | Calgary, AB | T2G 4S6 | Telephone: (403) 410-1473

Amount/ Duration

$123,500 2005/06

Recipient

University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine

Objectives

Produce a paper outlining factors which will facilitate the effective engagement of academic institutions in the paradigm shift towards Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centred Practice (IECPCP) as well as identify potential pathways for such academic engagement.

Activities

Conduct a literature review.

Engage four additional university partners for national representation: University of Calgary, University of Ottawa, Laval University and Dalhousie University.

Form a steering committee.

Collect and analyze data.

Conduct a writing conference.

Present the first draft of the paper to obtain feedback and validation.

Revise paper based on feedback.

Conduct a Pathfinder Conference and finalize the paper.

Anticipated Results Output

New gained insights regarding where policy innovation might be useful in engaging academia in the cultural shift toward interprofessional education for collaborative patient-centred practice.

New direction regarding where future research is needed to address gaps in understanding of interprofessional education and implementation strategies modelled on best practices identified in this paper.

Direct engagement of individuals representing the interprofessional networks, engagement of Canadian medical schools, and a knowledge translation game plan.

Contact Information

Division of Continuing Professional Development and Knowledge Transition | Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia | 104-740 Nicola Street | Vancouver, BC | V6T 2C1 | Telephone: (603) 639-4657

Amount/ Duration

$235,000 2005/06

Recipient

Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses (ACEN) Leadership

Objectives

Develop a consensus among health care leaders on strategies for interprofessional practice in order to begin to address our health human resource crisis.

Activities

Publish a number of reports related to nursing human resources (transferable to other disciplines).

Conduct background research in preparation for an interprofessional meeting held in February 2006.

Held a leadership meeting in February 2006.

Dissemination of human resource publications, dissemination of inventory in advance of leadership meeting.

Anticipated Results Output

Consensus developed among health care leaders on strategies to promote and instill interprofessional education and collaborative practice into the Canadian health care system.

Broad circulation of synthesis of consensus findings based on findings from leadership summit.

Contact Information

Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses | 99 Fifth Avenue, Suite 10 | Ottawa, ON | K1S 5K4 | Telephone: (613) 235-3033

Amount/ Duration

$1,162,562 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

Laval University, Faculty of Medicine

Objectives

Develop a collaborative patient-centred practice by establishing, conducting and assessing an integrated interprofessional education program, from university courses up to and including on-the-job skills training. This program will place strong emphasis on increasing the number of, and networking with, faculty who can provide training from an interprofessional perspective.

Activities

The project consists of four components in which the following activities will be developed, experimented with and assessed:

University level initial training on the theoretical and practical foundations required for patient-centred collaborative practice;

Establish an interprofessional training program for developing the practices that support collaborative work;

Workshops to help practitioners develop and refine the skills required for collaborative practice;

Develop technological support and educational information reference tools in support of the other three components, as well as a virtual learning community, so that participants can learn independently.

Anticipated Results Output

Valid learning indicators to evaluate the training program's short- and medium- term impact for students in the three programs concerned (i.e. medicine, nursing and social work), as well as professionals who work in these disciplines. An integrated training program that develops the knowledge, skills and attitudes conducive to patient-centred practice.

Contact Information

Dr. André Bilodeau | Faculty of Family Medicine | Laval University | Ferdinand Vandry Hall | Québec, QC | G1K 7P4 | Telephone: (418) 656-2131 ext 8576

Amount/ Duration

$1,300,000 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

McGill University

Objectives

Faculty development.

Create resources and tools that facilitate the teaching of interprofessional education.

Develop a comprehensive interprofessional education program that is delivered within and across the student groups.

Develop clinical learning environments that enhance and enable interprofessional education.

Activities

The activities of this project are divided into two phases: laying the groundwork and planning, and implementation.

Anticipated Results Output

Increase in the number of individuals aware and involved in interprofessional education.

An interprofessional education program that builds interprofessional collaborative patient and family centred practice to bring together practising clinicians, educators, and students from four professional groups, with educators and clinicians from their respective disciplines, in a program that is delivered in both academic and clinical environments.

Dissemination of project results via local, provincial and international target groups through mechanisms such as conferences and publications.

Contact Information

McGill University | 1110 Pine Avenue West | Montreal, QC | H3A 1A3 | Telephone: (514) 398-3996

Amount/ Duration

$1,192,958 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

Council of Ontario Universities. The partners working on this project are four educational institutions (McMaster University, University of Western Ontario, University of Ottawa, and Laurentian University) and five health care practice settings: (Hamilton Health Sciences, Middlesex-London Health Unit, Hôpital Monfort, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service and North Shore Tribal Council (an Aboriginal Health Access Care Centre providing primary health care and traditional health to eight locations spread out from Sudbury to Sault Ste Marie).

Objectives

Promote, implement and evaluate interactive web-based learning modules focusing on interprofessional knowledge, attitudes and skills.

Develop and evaluate a process of team development that uses on-site facilitators and targets patient outcomes for patient-centred care.

Pilot and evaluate an educational process for health professional students that is based on a continuum of learning from academic to practice settings.

Create a sustainable collaborative consortium of educational institutions to support the Institute.

Stimulate networking and sharing of best practice approaches to disseminate products.

Activities

Develop a virtual network of expertise.

Anticipated Results Output

A virtual network of expertise established consisting of knowledge, skills, and attitudes to promote cultural change in health science students and clinicians.

Contact Information

Gissele Damiani, Project Manager | McMaster University | 1400 Main St., Rm. 310D | Hamilton, ON | L8S 1C7 | Telephone: (905) 525-9140 ext. 27809

Amount/ Duration

$1,131,675 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

University of Manitoba, Faculty of Pharmacy

Objectives

Develop a sustainable interprofessional education for collaborative patient centred-practice opportunity in the area of community-based geriatric care.

Promote interprofessional education for geriatric care within the University of Manitoba.

Identify champions within each faculty with expertise/interest in interprofessional education, geriatrics and/or collaborative patient-centred care who are willing to participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of interprofessional education for geriatric care.

Increase the knowledge, skills and attitudes of students, faculty and clinical preceptors in geriatric care, interprofessional collaboration, and effective teaming.

Activities

Hold biweekly meetings to create, deliver, and implement the training program and liaise with faculties, clinical sites and preceptors.

Implement four week experiential block times at three geriatric sites involving students from medicine, nursing, and at least one other health discipline.

Evaluate and disseminate information about the progress of the project to academics, health care organizations, governments, students, and seniors through published journals, conference and meeting presentations.

Anticipated Results Output

An IECPCP project involving five health care disciplines which can serve as a model for adoption by other medical specialties.

The project has the potential to improve the health outcomes of patients by building effective team practices.

Contact Information

Faculty of Pharmacy | University of Manitoba | 50 Sifton Road | Winnipeg, MB | R3T 2N2 | Telephone: (204) 474-6014

Amount/ Duration

$1,196,000 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

University of British Columbia. This is a multi-project initiative of the Interprofessional Network of British Columbia and includes health authorities, the provincial government, many post-secondary institutions, and the British Columbia Academic Health Council.

Objectives

Promote and demonstrate the benefits of interprofessional education for collaborative patient-centred care in British Columbia.

Foster changes (e.g. organizational culture, curricula, structures, champions) within health and education systems to promote interprofessional collaborative patient-centred care in British Columbia.

Promote knowledge exchange across health and education relating to interprofessional education for collaborative patient-centred practice.

Increase the number of health professionals trained in a collaborative patientcentred care, pre and post licensure and increase the number of educators teaching from an interprofessional collaborative patient-centred perspective.

Activities

Conduct a range of regional projects to foster and advance collaborative patientcentred practice and provide interprofessional practice education for students in a range of clinical settings including rural, urban and speciality.

Implement curricular development for students, preceptors and health professionals.

Anticipated Results Output

A foundation for advancing interprofessional education for collaborative patient centred practice.

Online curricula for students and health professionals and practice sites for students.

Results disseminated through provincial planning sessions, workshops, web sites, posters, conference presentations, and newsletters.

Contact Information

Dr. Grant Charles | Principal College of Health Disciplines | University of British Columbia | 2194 Health Sciences Mall Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z3 | Telephone: (604) 822-3804

Amount/ Duration

$1,191,614 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

Calgary Health Region, Research Initiatives in Nursing & Healt

Objectives

Determine the requirements including contextual and cultural components to create effective interprofessional Communities of Practice.

Based on the findings of the research, develop and implement interprofessional Communities of Practice.

Pilot test the Communities of Practice model in six pilot teams and evaluate the impact on students, health practitioners, faculty, patients and organizations.

Activities

Create a conceptual model of interprofessional lateral mentorship including multicultural and contextual considerations in Communities of Practice.

Develop interprofessional learning environment within Communities of Practice.

Develop evaluation tools.

Recruit three facilitators to support Communities of Practices, recruit members for the first three pilots for six Communities of Practice.

Pilot test six Communities of Practice between September 2006 and March 2007.

Analyze short and long term impacts of Communities of Practice and revise learning program based on participant feedback.

Anticipated Results Output

A comprehensive conceptual framework for interprofessional lateral mentorship within Communities of Practice that includes contextual and multicultural considerations.

Six interprofessional Communities of Practices will be implemented, pilot tested and documented assessing impact for positive changes in learning and satisfaction levels.

Results disseminated to educators, researchers, administrators, policymakers, the public, and other stakeholders interested in interprofessional education and practice.

Contact Information

Calgary Health Region | Calgary, AB | T2W 3N2 Telephone: (403) 943-0183

Amount/ Duration

$1,196,000 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, School of Physical Therapy

Objectives

Foster interprofessional understanding, communication, and exchange of frameworks and skills among health and education profession students and faculty engaged in children and youth health care and education.

Foster interprofessional understanding, communication and exchange of frameworks and skills among health profession students and faculty engaged in care for chronic illness and support for self-care in middle age.

Foster interprofessional understanding, communication and exchange of frameworks and skills among health and education professional students and faculty engaged in the transition process of elders' discharge from hospital into community follow-up, such as home care and primary health care.

Foster interprofessional understanding, communication and exchange of frameworks and skills among health profession students and faculty engaged in health services and community development in Aboriginal communities.

Activities

Program coordination, curriculum development, clinical placement development, knowledge exchange, and evaluation and research.

Anticipated Results Output

Improved health communities, families and individuals across the province through engagement of communities and academic institutions in implementing and evaluating interprofessional teams for patient-centred health care.

Interprofessional course content for health professional students including class based, problem based and clinical experiences.

Deliverables and/or project results disseminated through interprovincial collaboration, presentations, publications, peer-reviewed research, and conferences.

Contact Information

Liz Harrison | University of Saskatchewan | School of Physical Therapy | College of Medicine - St. Andrews College | 1121 College Drive | Saskatoon, SK | S7N 0W3 | Telephone: (306) 966-1934

Amount/ Duration

$1,249,714 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Medicine

Objectives

The overall intent of the project is to develop and promote interprofessional education. More specifically, the goals are to:

Expand and promote pre- and post-licensure interprofessional education activities in both education and practice settings;

Enhance the collaborative patient-centred practice competencies of an increased number of learners and practitioners in Newfoundland and Labrador;

Conduct a systematic evaluation of the curriculum framework and project activities;

Organize and deliver faculty development initiatives to foster positive attitudinal changes, increased understanding of the roles and responsibilities of other health care professionals, and skill acquisition in the areas being taught to students.

Activities

Preparation Phase (May to August 2005);

Implementation Phase (September 2005 to August 2006);

Phase II Implementation (Sept 2006 - August 2007); and

Phase III Implementation (Sept 2007 - Dec 31 2007).

Anticipated Results Output

Creation of a set of modules, a curriculum, and instructional resources for future use.

Contact Information

Centre for Collaborative Health Professional Education | Memorial University | Room 2091 | St.John's, NL | A1B 3V6 | Telephone: (709) 777-7542

Amount/ Duration

$1,195,000 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

Queen's University. The QUIPPED project is a partnership between the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Rehabilitation Therapy and the Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences) programme.

Objectives

Create an Interprofessional Education (IEP) environment at Queen's University that enhances the ability of learners and faculty to provide patient-centred care, while recognizing the contribution of the health care team within a respectful and collaborative framework.

Specifically this projects aims to:

Demonstrate and promote the benefits of IEP for collaborative patient centred practice;

Increase the number of faculty prepared to teach from an interprofessional patient-centred prespective; and

Expand the number of health professionals trained for collaborative practice, with a view to forming an academy of interprofessionalism.

Activities

IPE activities will be divided into pre-licensure, post-licensure and faculty development levels. Examples include the implementation and evaluation of:

Pre-licensure: Family Violence Workshops; Professionals in Rural Canada course; Bioethics course, and the interprofessional curriculum of lectures, workshops, and clinical placements.

Post-licensure: Core academic days for medical residents.

Faculty development: Loss and Bereavement workshop, Certificate Program in interprofessional teaching and learning.

Anticipated Results Output

Best practice guidelines for IPE disseminated through workshops, courses, facul- ty and learner meetings, and publications.

Increase the number of educators and health professionals trained in an interprofessional approach to patient-centered care.

Contact Information

Faculty of Health Sciences | Queen's University | Macklem House | 18 Barrie Street | Kingston, ON | K7L 3N6 | Telephone: (613) 533-2668 ext. 78763

Amount/ Duration

$1,195,999 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

University of Toronto. Project partners include: University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy; Mount Sinai Hospital; St Michael's Hospital; Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre; St. Joseph's Health Centre; The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; University Health Network; Centre for Faculty Development; Knowledge Translation Program and the Centre for Research in Education. The project involves three clinical domains (General Internal Medicine, Primary Care, and Rehabilitation Care) representing key paths along which patients travel while receiving care in the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN), a partnership between the University of Toronto and other health services institutions.

Objectives

Transform culture, assess needs, develop intervention elements (create tools, train staff), implement innovations and sustain change.

Activities

Create a Professional Development program that will aid in the implementation and adaptation of the SCRIPT communication tools for each of the Clinical Teaching Units involved in SCRIPT.

Anticipated Results Output

Transform clinical teaching units across the affiliated hospitals of the University of Toronto into interprofessional, collaborative patient-centred practice settings that provide constructive environments for teaching students at the pre-licensure level, model best practices at the post-licensure level, and evaluate the impact on patients, providers, and learners.

Contact Information

University of Toronto | 399 Bathurst Street | 2nd Floor West Wing | Toronto, ON | M5T 3S1 | Telephone: (416) 603-5800 ext. 5119

Amount/ Duration

$1,058,747 2005/06 to 2007/08

Recipient

Dalhousie University. The partners on this project are Faculty of Medicine, School of Nursing, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Pharmacy, School of Dental Hygiene, Capital District Health Authority, Centre for Health Care for the Elderly, The Endocrinology Clinic, The Diabetes Management Centre, The Heart Function Clinic, The Capital Health Integrated Palliative Care Service, The Acute Stroke Program, patients and students.

Objectives

Develop an innovative approach to interprofessional education that prepare pre-licensure health professionals for collaborative practice.

Demonstrate the benefits of the educational projects to learners in terms of collaborative care competencies.

Demonstrate positive patient outcomes for the collaborative transition care model.

Prepare both educators and health care delivery settings to support a sustainable IPL program for collaborative transition care.

Activities

Conduct a three part planning and development phase and two pilot tests of the teaching intervention.

Anticipated Results Output

Preparation of pre-licensure health professional learners from Dalhousie University to become collaborative practitioners by creating an innovative model of care for patients with key health conditions who are transitioning from acute care to the community.

Contact Information

Dalhousie University | 5869 University Avenue | Halifax, NS | B3H 4H7 Telephone: (902) 494-3004