Pan-Canadian Health Human Resource Strategy: 2004/2005 Annual Report

Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient- Centred Practice (IECPCP) Projects Initiated/Continued in 2004/2005

Educating Future Physicians in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EFPPEC)

Amount/ Duration

$1,238,302, 2003/04 to 2007/08

Recipient

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)

Objective

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

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 will exist for incorporating palliative and EOL competencies in the training of other disciplines.

Effective programs already in existence will be identified and promoted as models for adoption.

Contact Information

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

Action in Diversity: National Nursing Associations Meeting the Health Human Resource Challenges of the Global AIDS Pandemic

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 with the aid 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

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.

Development of 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

Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice International Conference

Amount/ Duration

$16,000, 2004/05 to 2005/06

Recipient

University of British Columbia, College of Health Disciplines

Objective

Disseminate current knowledge of interprofessional education and practice.

Activities

Publish a supplementary issue of the Journal of Interprofessional Care

(JIC) based on a series of papers produced for the May 2004 event entitled All Together Better Health: Progress in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice International Conference.

Anticipated Results

The publication and distribution of the supplementary issue of the JIC by November 1, 2005, in order to reach a wide Canadian and international audience with a primary focus on academics, practitioners in institutional and educational settings, and policy makers.

Contact Information

University of British Columbia
400-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Instructional Resource Centre
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z3
Telephone: (604) 822-3804

Interprofessional Education (IPE) - Conference and Database Enhancements

Amount/ Duration

$85,000, 2004/05 to 2005/06

Recipient

University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Objectives

Update and maintain the IPE 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

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) 603-5888 ext. 2