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Collaboration: All Resources

  • CNA Position Statement: Interprofessional Collaboration - 2011
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    The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) believes that interprofessional collaborative models for health service delivery are critical for improving access to client-centred health care in Canada. The responsiveness of the health system can be strengthened through effective collaboration among health professionals, regulators, educators and 
    professional associations.
  • What if Interprofessional Care was the Norm in Canada?
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    Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI): The policy directions presented are chosed to stimulate discussion and action and are informed by two papers commissioned by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement for the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA): Interprofessional Collaborative Teams and Evidence Synthesis for the Effectiveness of Interprofessional Teams in Primary Care.

  • Creating a Vision for Long-Term Care Homes as Centres of Learning - 2010
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    Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) Presentation:
     
    Strategic Focus: Enable the rapid movement of research evidence into practice to improve quality 
     
    Task: Demonstration projects moving research evidence into practice in CAHO hospitals 
     
    Outcomes: 
    •  Demonstrate the value of collaboration, creating building blocks of trust and accountability for future collaboration 
    •  Generate learnings as to how to speed the translation of evidence into practice 
    •  Create building blocks for future implementation of those learnings onto a system-wide provincial platform
  • Interprofessional Collaboration in Family Health Team - 2010
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    OBJECTIVE: To examine family health team (FHT) members’ perspectives and experiences of interprofessional collaboration and perceived benefits.
     
    MAIN FINDINGs Five main themes are reported: rethinking traditional roles and scopes of practice, management and leadership, time and space, interprofessional initiatives, and early perceptions of collaborative care.
     
    CONCLUSION: This study shows the importance of issues such as roles and scopes of practice, leadership, and space to effective team-based primary care, and provides a framework for understanding different types of interprofessional interventions used to support interprofessional collaboration.

     

  • Educating Health Professionals Collaboratively for Team-Based Primary Care - 2010
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    Team-based primary care offers the potential to dramatically improve the quality and efficiency of care, but its broader adoption is hindered by an education system that trains health professions in silos. Collaborative models that educate multiple practitioners together are needed to create a new generation of health professionals able to work in efficiently functioning teams. Changes in professional cultures, organizational structures, clinical partnerships, admissions, accreditation, and funding models will be required to support the expansion of collaborative education effectively.

  • Implementing Interprofessional Care in Ontario - Final Report - 2010
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    This report reflects the concerted efforts of a diverse group of individuals who, over the past two years, directed their considerable time and energy to furthering interprofessional care. The document 
    contains key information about interprofessional care/education - promoting best practices of interprofessional care/education models and concepts - as well as tools to help with its implementation. It is hoped that this report will help lay the foundation for a culture of collaborative, patient-focused care in Ontario and prompt further discussion and initiatives designed to make interprofessional care the gold standard for care.
  • Collaboration: An Opportunity for Canada to Make Health Workplaces Healthier
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    The Quality Worklife–Quality healthcare collaborative (QWQhc) is a coalition of health leaders working together to create healthier workplaces and ultimately improve patient care. through national action and knowledge exchange, we are building a healthy workplace strategy that will benefit health care providers, administrators, users, and the system as a whole. 
  • The Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice - 2010
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    At a time when the world is facing a shortage of health workers, policy-makers are looking for innovative strategies that can help them develop policy and programmes to bolster the global health workforce. The Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice highlights the current status of interprofessional collaboration around the world, identifies the mechanisms that shape successful collaborative teamwork and outlines a series of action items that policy-makers can apply within their local health system. The goal of the Framework is to provide strategies and ideas that will help health policy-makers implement the elements of interprofessional education and collaborative practice that will be most beneficial in their own jurisdiction.