TY - JOUR
KW - Canada
KW - Competency-Based Education/methods
KW - Education, Professional/methods
KW - Family Practice/education
KW - Humans
KW - Interprofessional Relations
AU - D. Price
AU - M. Howard
AU - L. Hilts
AU - L. Dolovich
AU - L. McCarthy
AU - A. E. Walsh
AU - L. Dykeman
A1 - 
AB - PROBLEM ADDRESSED: The new family health teams (FHTs) in Ontario were designed to enable interprofessional collaborative practice in primary care; however, many health professionals have not been trained in an interprofessional environment. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: To provide health professional learners with an interprofessional practice experience in primary care that models teamwork and collaborative practice skills. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The 2 academic teaching units of the FHT at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, employ 6 types of health professionals and provide learning environments for family medicine residents and students in a variety of health care professions. Learners engage in formal interprofessional education activities and mixed professional and learner clinical consultations. They are immersed in an established interprofessional practice environment, where all team members are valued and contribute collaboratively to patient care and clinic administration. Other contributors to the success of the program include the physical layout of the clinics, the electronic medical record communications system, and support from leadership for the additional clinical time commitment of delivering interprofessional education. CONCLUSION: This academic FHT has developed a program of interprofessional education based partly on planned activities and logistic enablers, and largely on immersing learners in a culture of long-standing interprofessional collaboration.
BT - Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
C5 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth
CP - 9
CY - Canada
IS - 9
JF - Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
N2 - PROBLEM ADDRESSED: The new family health teams (FHTs) in Ontario were designed to enable interprofessional collaborative practice in primary care; however, many health professionals have not been trained in an interprofessional environment. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: To provide health professional learners with an interprofessional practice experience in primary care that models teamwork and collaborative practice skills. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The 2 academic teaching units of the FHT at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, employ 6 types of health professionals and provide learning environments for family medicine residents and students in a variety of health care professions. Learners engage in formal interprofessional education activities and mixed professional and learner clinical consultations. They are immersed in an established interprofessional practice environment, where all team members are valued and contribute collaboratively to patient care and clinic administration. Other contributors to the success of the program include the physical layout of the clinics, the electronic medical record communications system, and support from leadership for the additional clinical time commitment of delivering interprofessional education. CONCLUSION: This academic FHT has developed a program of interprofessional education based partly on planned activities and logistic enablers, and largely on immersing learners in a culture of long-standing interprofessional collaboration.
PP - Canada
PY - 2009
SN - 1715-5258; 0008-350X
SP - 901
T1 - Interprofessional education in academic family medicine teaching units: A functional program and culture
T2 - Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
TI - Interprofessional education in academic family medicine teaching units: A functional program and culture
U1 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 19752260
VL - 55
VO - 1715-5258; 0008-350X
Y1 - 2009
ER -