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Ontario is running a pilot project to see if physician assistants might help alleviate some of the pressures on physicians and nurses within the healthcare system.  A number of the new PAs are working on interprofessional teams.  The Toronto Star recently ran an article on the pluses and minuses of adding this new profession.   Read the article here http://www.thestar.com/living/article/682414

What do you think?  Are we ready to add this new profession?   Is it realistic that other professions are worrying about protecting their scope of practice?  Is there room for everyone to collaborate?

Over the past week or two, we’ve received a couple questions from project managers looking for resources on patient experiences with interprofessional care, and any case studies that are available for viewing in the library. We answered back individually (and you’re always welcome to inquire about library resources by emailing library@cihc.ca), but then thought it might be a good idea to blog a few of the answers, in the case of future requests.

One good place to start any interprofessional search would be two literature reviews that we received from Scott Reeves. One is an environmental scan and literature review for all types of collaborative practice settings, and the other reviews solely primary care settings. Read the rest of this entry »

Lesley Bainbridge at the College of Health Disciplines recently submitted a large body of work that has been published for the advancement of Interprofessional Practice! We are very excited to make these materials available in the CIHC Library, and they have already been a great addition to the Library resource pool.

You can browse the collection here!