| Title | Birth Place Toolkit for the Health Professions: Dialogue and Shared Decisions |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Medicine |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2015 |
| Completion | 07/31/2018 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Title | Birth Place Toolkit for the Health Professions |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2015/2016 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Saraswathi Vedam |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 74,284 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Saraswathi Vedam, Associate Professor, Midwifery Program |
| Year 1: Summary | In partnership with the UBC College of Health Disciplines we will create an online educational toolkit that enables learners to acquire key professional competencies necessary to provide optimal perinatal care in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment. Modules will address competencies like communication, collaboration, conflict resolution, team functioning, leadership and patient-centred care; all requisite skills for care across the health professions. Currently, there are few university-based, pre-clinical opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to demonstrate these core competencies. Place of birth has been chosen as the exemplar since this contentious topic will generate dialogue around a central issue in which UBC students are known to hold strong and differing opinions. The toolkit will be organized in a flipped classroom format, reserving time for students to develop and practice skills face-to-face. Modules and materials will be available for a self-directed learning process or incorporation into existing classes. |
| Year 2: Project Title | Shared Decision Making: A toolkit for the health professions on collaborative leadership |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2016/2017 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Saraswathi Vedam |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 69,280 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Saraswathi Vedam, Associate Professor, Midwifery Program |
| Year 2: Summary | In partnership with students and faculty from health professional programs that comprise UBC Integrated Health, we are creating a flexible online educational toolkit which will enable learners to acquire core competencies that are essential for practice in a multi-disciplinary environment. Modules will provide learning activities related to interprofessional communication, collaboration, team functioning, conflict resolution leadership and patient-centered care. University-based, pre-clinical opportunities to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes in these areas are scarce. Place of birth has been chosen as the exemplar since this contentious topic will generate dialogue around an issue about which UBC students are known to hold strong and differing opinions (Stoll et al., 2009). The blended learning format will reserve time for students to develop and practice skills face-to-face. To facilitate uptake by learners from diverse programs, modules and materials will be accessible both via existing UBC courses and through a self-directed learning process. |
| Year 2: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Year 3: Project Title | Birth Place Toolkit for the Health Professions: Dialogue and Shared Decisions |
| Year 3: Project Year | Year 3 |
| Year 3: Funding Year | 2017/2018 |
| Year 3: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 3: Principal Investigator | Saraswathi Vedam |
| Year 3: Funded Amount | 70,252 |
| Year 3: Team Members | Saraswathi Vedam, Associate Professor, Midwifery Program |
| Year 3: Summary | Students and faculty across health professional programs at UBC are creating Dialogue and Decisions: Advancing Person-Centred Health Care, a flexible toolkit to teach core competencies for health professionals working in multi-disciplinary environments. Online modules and synchronous simulation sessions provide learning experiences on effective provider-patient and interprofessional communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, leadership and patient-centred care. To facilitate uptake by learners from diverse programs, modules and materials are accessible via the existing UBC course delivery system. This project is significant because it offers university-based, pre-clinical opportunities to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes that support effective interprofessional collaboration and respectful care. To generate dialogue around an issue about which UBC students are known to hold strong and differing opinions (Stoll et al., 2009), place of birth has been chosen as the exemplar. The format offers flexibility, convenience of self-directed learning and opportunities for in-depth engagement with other health professionals through synchronous/in-person activities. |
| Year 3: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Project Report | 2017-TLEF-Final-Report-Vedam-WEB.pdf |