Professional Development for Interprofessional Teaching in the Health and Human Service Professions

TitleProfessional Development for Interprofessional Teaching in the Health and Human Service Professions
Faculty/College/UnitUBC Health
StatusCompleted
Duration2 Year
Initiation04/01/2008
Completion03/31/2010
Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2008/2009
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorLouise Nasmith
Year 1: Funded Amount30,000
Year 1: Team Members

Louise, Nasmith, Principal, College of Health Disciplines
Victoria Wood, Project Research Coordinator, College of Health Disciplines
Tony Flavell, Curriculum Coordinator, College of Health Disciplines
Saiful Islam, Research Manager, College of Health Disciplines
Christie Newton, Assistant Professor, Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
Sue Murphy, Director, Clinical Education, Fraser Health Authority
Jennifer Cumal, Student, Psychology

Year 1: Summary

There is a growing need to change the way health care is delivered to ensure timely access to health and human service professionals who provide comprehensive care. interprofessional collaborative practice is increasingly acknowledged as the best means of accomplishing this. In order to have the skills and knowledge to practice interprofessionally, health care providers need to be trained interprofessionally. This multi-phased project will provide professional development to health and human service practitioners so they incorporate elements of lnterprofessional Collaboration (IPC) into practice and learn how to provide lnterprofessional Education (IPE) to a broad range of students.

Phase 1 will focus on the development, administration, and analysis of a needs assessment in order to better understand the requirements of teachers and learners around IPC and IPE. The second and third phases will focus on the development, implementation, and evaluation of professional development interventions based on the results of the needs assessment.

Year 2: Project YearYear 2
Year 2: Funding Year2009/2010
Year 2: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 2: Principal InvestigatorChristie Newton
Year 2: Funded Amount41,400
Year 2: Team Members

Christie Newton, Assistant Professor, Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
Victoria Wood, Project Research Coordinator, College of Health Disciplines
Tony Flavell, Curriculum Coordinator, College of Health Disciplines
Ahmad Ghahary, Resident, Community Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science
Louise Nasmith, Principal, College of Health Disciplines
Judy Burgess, Nursing, University of Victoria
Donna Seedorf-Harmuth, Vancouver Island Health Authority
Les Smith, Northern Health Authority
Chantale Pamplin, Fraser Health Authority
Linda Sawchenko, Interior Health Authority
Sue Murphy, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Colleen Brady, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science

Year 2: Summary

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is increasingly acknowledged as one means of providing timely access to comprehensive care. In order to have the skills and knowledge to practice interprofessionally, health care providers need to be trained interprofessionally. Similarly, in order to train interprofessionally, educators and teaching practitioners must be provided interprofessional professional development (IP-PD) opportunities. This multi-phased project will provide IP-PD interventions to health and human service practitioners and faculty.

Phase 1 of this project involved a needs assessment to better understand the requirements of teachers and learners around interprofessional collaboration and interprofessional education (IPE). The second phase of this project will develop IP-PD tools and strategies that will address the needs identified in Phase 1, allowing teachers to develop the skills and knowledge to effectively teach IPE to a broad range of students in the classroom setting and the practice setting by facilitating the incorporation of IPC into practice.