Please take the time to watch this amazing video created by the good folks at the National Health Sciences Students’ Association.

It showcases their creativity, dedication and energy. Good job, everyone!

An amazing video on future directions for medicine and health care from the classic TEDMED lectures in February 2009.

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Students in the University of Arizona’s Health Sciences Center to participate in interprofessional training.

Interprofessional student teams collaborate with community professionals and residents to promote health by changing something in the community, for example, the services offered to victims of domestic violence.

Communities love to collaborate with the students because it allows the community to increase their ability to improve the health of residents.

For more information visit http://vihsta.ahsc.arizona.edu/

Welcome to the first post that I’ll be writing to help friends and colleagues at CIHC understand the power, scope and potential of social media.

I am working on finishing a document right now called “Social Media 101: A simple guide to understanding how to utilize and interact with the CIHC Blog, Facebook, Twitter and RSS Feeds.”

It’s a catchy name, I know.

That document will be available here on the Blog, too, but I think that it’s important for friends and colleagues to see some of the true visionaries of our time discuss these ideas.

I believe that these documents and videos will help us to further develop our approach to using social media tools to improve interprofessional collaboration and increasingly put the patient first.

If you have not yet watched Dr Jennifer Gardy’s amazing TEDx Terry lecture on Health Care in the 21st Century then that’s an excellent place to start.

Please comment below with any questions or suggestions that you may have.

This is a great video produced by the good folks at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center on their Interprofessional Education Program.

Please take the time to watch this excellent presentation by Dr. Jennifer Gardy from the TEDx Terry 2009 event at UBC.

A truly ‘TED-worthy’ presentation. Inspiring work from the GlobeCampus Nerd Girl herself!

You can also follow her on twitter @jennifergardy and, while you’re at it, you can follow us on twitter @cihc_ca.

Let’s make new connections and improve our collaborative networks!

John Gilbert, Humber Virtual Scholar in Residence, Addresses Students and Faculty

CIHC’s Project Lead, Dr. John Gilbert, spoke today at the Humber School of Health Sciences’ 2nd Annual Interactive IPE Session.  John has been honoured to be the Virtual Scholar in Residence at Humber for the past year. 

Read the Humber article on John’s presentation.

Watch streaming video of John’s presentation.  (High | Low)

Click to watch Stephanie's journey through the healthcare system after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

This is great!  BRAID (Bridging Relationships Across Interprofessional Domains), which is one of our IECPCP projects has just launched a new video about collaborative patient-centred care.  The video follows the story of a fictitious young woman who’s diagnosed with lung cancer and how her healthcare providers worked with her and each other to provide really excellent care! 

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