National Envelope - National Strategies - National Strategy on Collaborative Care Initiatives
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Primary Maternity Care
$2,000,000
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada is one of North America's oldest organizations devoted to the specialty of obstetrics and gynaecology.
Partners:
College of Family Physicians of Canada; Society of Rural Physicians of Canada; Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses; Canadian Nurses Association; and Canadian Association of Midwives.
Objectives:
- To develop guidelines to facilitate the establishment and implementation of multi-disciplinary and collaborative models of primary maternity care teams for various health care settings that are patient centred;
- To facilitate collaboration among professionals involved in primary maternity care;
- To facilitate change to practice patterns for primary maternity care providers;
- To develop national standards regarding terminology and scope of practice for all maternity care providers, including nurses, midwives, family practitioner and obstetricians;
- To facilitate the harmonization of legislation and policies of government, professional colleges, professional associations, funding agencies, insurers and educational institutions throughout Canada as it relates to the provision of primary maternity care; and
- To promote with the public and maternity care providers the need and benefits of collaborative maternity care.
Activities:
- Development and implementation of a government relations strategy;
- Completion of an inventory of legislation, policies and scopes of practice that impact on maternity care providers;
- Completion of an environmental scan to identify and review multi-disciplinary collaborative maternity care models;
- Preparation of a cost analysis of hypothetical and successful models of collaborative maternity care involving various mixes of maternity care providers and the development of a report cataloguing the information outlined;
- Implementation of a public awareness campaign; and
- Creation of an expert committee and an inventory of collaborative care facilitators.
Expected Results:
- To have access to a catalogue of collaborative maternity care models;
- To have access to guidelines for the establishment and implementation of multi-disciplinary and collaborative models of primary maternity care; and
- To gain a better understanding of the benefits, and a greater acceptance of multi-disciplinary collaborative maternity care.
Contact:
Margaret McNamee, Project Manager
The Society of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists of Canada
780 Echo Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5R7
Tel: (613) 730-4192 ext. 243
Fax: (613) 730-6599
Email: mmcnamee@sogc.com
 www.mcp2.ca
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