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- Co-creating a culture that learns, innovates, and educates to improve care
- Inspiring the next generation of nurses
- A week of learning with, from and about each other
- Building towards a new learning centre
- Mentoring the next generation
- Collaborating about the 'Right Drug for the Right Bug'
- Enhancing care for tracheostomy patients
- Learning Snapshot
St. Joseph’s continues to provide a rich interprofessional collaborative learning environment for thousands of health care students annually.
In 2010-2011, we provided 15,254 medical training days for our medical students, residents and specialty fellows, students from nursing, rehabilitation sciences, respiratory therapy and laboratory medicine, just to name a few.
We also provided $153,000 to support applications to our Education Assistance Fund, which assists staff in pursuing job or career related certificates, diplomas, undergraduate and/or graduate degrees, conferences and workshops.
Medical Trainees, Nursing Students & Other Health Professions
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* Other includes: Bio Medical Engineering, Cardio Respiratory Services, Clinical Ethics, Clinical Informatics, Corp Communications, Diet Technician, SSP
The Health Centre solicits feedback from our students on what the learning environment is like for them at our hospital. Here is a snapshot of what some of our students told us through the Learner Satisfaction Survey:
“I loved my placement, and I would love to continue working at St. Joe’s.”
“I really liked the exposure I had at St Joseph’s. I had the opportunity to see various cases. At the end of my clinical I felt that I had grown up a lot and my knowledge and experience increased as well.”
“St. Joseph’s is an unsurpassed institution for learning students. I am glad that I got my pre-grad placement here because I got to learn many different aspects that encompass the profession of nursing. I was very pleased to be able to visit other departments within the agency and I think this is one of the best things about getting placement in a big agency. The staff were very friendly, willing to teach and were always approachable.”
Students at St. Joe’s have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of Interprofessional education opportunities, which help our hospital strive ever closer to our Vision to be Canada’s Best Community Teaching Hospital. The Health Centre offers a variety of interprofessional learning opportunities for students including: structured interprofessional education placements, flexible learning activities such as job shadowing and participation in team meetings, student lunch and learn sessions, and the interprofessional journal club.
“Working in interprofessional student groups, we were able to discuss questions from each of our respective viewpoints while striving to provide a collaborative answer,” said Prasaanthan Gopee-Ramanan, a first year student at the Michener Institute. “My role within the Interprofessional Education (IPE) session was to represent my profession, radiological technology, from the perspective of a student,” he notes. “I wanted to ensure that others caught a glimpse into our clinical learning process.”
When asked what he learned at the session, Prasaanthan responded, “this IPE learning activity was instrumental in planting seeds within my mind as to how best to collaborate and innovate with my fellow healthcare professionals, so as to provide excellent patient care delivered in the best and most seamless manner possible - perhaps in this manner, we can approach a healthcare system void of error.”
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Members of our health care team have had the opportunity to share and exchange knowledge about interprofessional education and collaboration with a wide variety of organizations. Our 2010/2011 external presentations and publications include:
2011 Collaborating Across Borders III - Interprofessional Collaboration: From Concept to Preparation to Practice (Tucson, Arizona). Workshop entitled: Facilitating Interprofessional Education and Collaboration through Audience Response Technology. Marie Eason Klatt, BScOT, Scott Graney MSW, RSW, Chris Ashdown, BScPT.
2011 IPE Ontario (Toronto, Ontario). Presentation entitled: Celebrating the Spirit of Collaboration: Key Components for Planning an Interprofessional Education Week. Elizabeth McLaney BA, BScOT, MEd, Sabrina Divell
2011 IPE Ontario (Toronto, Ontario). Presentation entitled: Adopting and Innovating: Building Interprofessional Education Programs at Community Teaching Hospitals.
Paula Rowland, BScOT, MA (Toronto East General Hospital), Elizabeth McLaney BA, BScOT, MEd, Mandy Lowe, MSc, BScOT (University of Toronto, Centre for Interprofessional Education).
2010 College and Association of Respiratory Therapists of Alberta 2010 Educational Forum and Trade Show (Calgary, Alberta). Key Note Speaker – Presentation Entitled: A Breath of Fresh Air: Respiratory Therapy and the World of Interprofessional Practice.
Jeff Dionne, RRT, BSc. Dip. RT.
2010 College and Association of Respiratory Therapists of Alberta 2010 Educational Forum and Trade Show (Calgary, Alberta). Presentation Entitled: Working Together, Working Smarter: Enhancing Interprofessional Practice through Team Based Coaching.
Jeff Dionne, RRT, BSc. Dip. RT.
2010 Collaboration and Integration Forum for Older Adults with Mental Health or Complex Needs. (York Region, Ontario). Presentation Entitled: Interorganizational Collaboration Across the Continuum: Lessons Learned.
Jeff Dionne, RRT, BSc. Dip. RT, Scott Graney, MSW, RSW.
2010 All Together Better Health 5 International Interprofessional Conference (Sydney, Australia). Presentation entitled: Interprofessional Educational Events: Key Enablers & Practical Applications. Stacey Johnson, RN, BScN, MN (c), Elizabeth McLaney BA, BScOT, MEd, Lynne Strathern, RN, BScN, Med (c), MEd, Dayle Allen-Ackley, RN, BScN, CPN (c).
2010 All Together Better Health 5 International Interprofessional Conference (Sydney, Australia). Presentation entitled: From Rhetoric to Reality: Interprofessional Practice Brought to Life.
Michael Heffer, RPh, BSc.Pharm., MHSC, Mary Kapetanos, BScN, MEd (c), Tracey Lawson, RPh., BSc.Pharm., ACPR, Pharm.D., Jeff Dionne, RRT, BSc. Dip. RT, Janice Klutt, RN CRE Jenny Seah, RPh CRE, Sarah Enriquez, BSc RRT CRE, Noreen Chan, BSc., RRT, Sheryl Bernard, RN, MN(c), CHE.
2010 American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Presentation entitled: From Competition To Collaboration – The Next Wave In Sustainable Cultural Change.
Jeff Dionne, RRT, BSc. Dip. RT, Scott Graney, MSW, RSW.
2010 IPE Ontario (Toronto, Ontario). Presentation entitled: Learning Together Before Working Together. Impact of IPE and IPC at the Clinical Point of Care.
Michael Heffer, RPh, BSc.Pharm., MHSC, Mary Kapetanos, BScN, MEd (c), Tracey Lawson, RPh., BSc.Pharm., ACPR, Pharm.D., Jeff Dionne, RRT, BSc. Dip. RT, Janice Klutt, RN CRE Jenny Seah, RPh CRE, Sarah Enriquez, BSc RRT CRE.
2010 IPE Ontario (Toronto, Ontario). Presentation entitled: Interprofessional Educational Events: Key Enablers & Practical Applications.
Lynne Strathern, RN, BScN, Med (c), Elizabeth McLaney BA, BScOT, MEd, Stacey Johnson, RN, BScN, MN (c), Dayle Allen-Ackley, RN, BScN, CPN (c).
2010 Nursing Leadership Network of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario). Presentation entitled: Documentation is Everyone’s Business: Improving our Practices Through an Innovative and Interprofessional Education Event.
Stacey Johnson, RN, BScN, MN (c), Dayle Allen-Ackley, RN, BScN, CPN (c), Lynne Strathern, RN, BScN, Med (c), Elizabeth McLaney BA, BScOT, MEd.
2010 Nursing Leadership Network of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario). Roundtable discussion entitled: What’s in it for me? Impact of Interprofessionalism on Nursing Practice.
Mary Kapetanos, RN, BScN, MEd(c), Professional Practice Leader, Janice Klutt, RN, CRE, Team Leader, Intensive Care Unit, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto “Mary Kapetanos, BScN, MEd (c).
2010 Journal of Interprofessional Care, 24 (4). July 2010. P. 466-469. An interprofessional education approach to teaching collaborative documentation practices: Exploring development, delivery and outcomes using the presage, process, product (3P) model.
Elizabeth McLaney BA, BScOT, MEd, Lynne Strathern, RN, BScN, MEd (c), Dayle Allen-Ackley, RN, BScN, CPN (c), Stacey Johnson, RN, BScN, MN (c).
Kinny Quan-Velanoski, Physiotherapist OP PT Recognition Award for Clinical Instructor, University of Toronto presented Jan 2011. Who won the Canadian Physiotherapy Association National Clinical Education Award for making an outstanding contribution as a clinical tutor in the education of undergraduate students through innovative teaching.
Barbara Iwasiuk, Manager, Library Services Joan Leischman Award of Merit for Excellence in Health Science Information University of Toronto Health Sciences Libraries, Health Science Information Consortium of Toronto
Gita Lakhanpal, MES, OT Patient Education Specialist , Urban Family Health Team who won the Community Partners Sustained Outstanding Teaching Award from the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto. This award is for an individual who has excelled as a lecturer over many years.
Marie Eason Klatt B.Sc. (OT), CHT Professional Practice Leader - Occupational Therapy Advanced Practice Clinician - Hand Therapy who won Community Partners Outstanding Significant Contribution in Teaching Award from the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto. This award is for an individual who has demonstrated excellence in education of OT students.