This is the same slide show that was presented at the NaHSSA Conference in Hamilton, Ontario in March 2010.
Here’s a sample:
Social Media 101 Powerful tools for real-time collaboration & interprofessional knowledge sharing. These social media tools provide huge opportunities for collaboration, interactivity, knowledge sharing and real-time information updates.
They help to increase our ability to put the patient first and to share information very quickly about public health risks around the world or across the city.
Q: “But what are these tools and how do they work?” A: “In order to understand how these tools work together to create these exciting opportunities for collaboration we need to look at the most important piece of our Social Media strategy: The CIHC Blog!
Recently, I presented on the topic of student-run clinics (SRCs) at the National Health Sciences Students’ Association conference. After our presentation, I was able to connect with representatives from most of Canada’s 6 SRCs. From those discussions, I got a sense that it would be useful to compile a list of (in my opinion) important papers on SRCs. If you’re unfamiliar with SRCs, here’s a short explanation:
What is a SRC?
Since 2000, student-run clinics have been a popular activity for medical, nursing and allied health students across Canada. SRCs are promoted as both an opportunity for students to work collaboratively with other disciplines, and for the health benefits they provide to marginalized populations.
The is no set structure for SRCs in Canada, but they typically are A) developed and managed by an interdisciplinary team of student health professionals, B) offer 2-5 hours of health services per week, C) operate out of an existing community health clinic and D) are in partnership with preceptors (i.e., regulated health professionals who supervise students in a clinical environment).
Students, educators and other professionals from the health care practice community descended on the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Hamilton, Ontario this past weekend to participate in the 2010 NaHSSA Conference.
The National Health Sciences Students’ Association did a great job of organizing their yearly gathering and bringing together some of the brightest lights in the future of Canada’s collaborative interprofessional health care.
The three day event featured some cool events like the Ontario Health Care Team Challenge as well as inspiring and informative speakers, and the election of the incoming executive council at the Annual General Meeting.
One of the highlights of the weekend was the Conference Gala that was held at the excellent Art Gallery of Hamilton.
All in all a great weekend in Hamilton. The organizers should be proud of their work.
I hope that the strong feeling of community and collaboration that existed among all the participants this past weekend continues into the future.
You can check out more photos from the 2010 NaHSSA Conference on their Facebook Page. Click @NaHSSA to follow them on twitter.
And… because social media is a huge collaborative tool the CIHC would like to invite you to join us on Facebook, too. And click @CIHC_ca to follow our tweetings.
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/
Awards of Merit for Excellence in Interprofessional Education
Awards of Merit are available annually:
o Excellence in Interprofessional Education Teaching
o Outstanding Leadership in Advancing Interprofessional Education
o Outstanding Team Role Modeling Interprofessional Care
• Closing date for nominations is April 15th, 2010 at noon. No late submissions will be considered.
• As part of your nomination package, please specify in which of the three categories the nominee should be considered.
• Individuals/teams who have been previously nominated and have not won an award remain eligible to apply.
We are thrilled to announce that the first version of CIHC’s National Competency Framework is now online and being disseminated across Canada. We know this is a document that many have been eagerly awaiting, and we hope you find it helpful and useful to your work.
In keeping with tradition, we welcome comments, suggestions, corrections or recommendations for this document, and we will consider all comments with care. Feel free to leave feedback as a comment to this blog post!
There are two documents, a ‘Quick Reference Guide’ (which is also contained within the larger document, or can be extracted for those who want to quickly scan an overview of the competencies), and the longer, complete Competency Framework.
The Student-to-Clinician Task Force is always looking for new and enthusiastic students, clinician and educators with an interest in the transition process from education to practice.
They would love to build a partnership with your group and would be very happy if you would send a representative(s) to their next meeting on Sunday February 7th, 2010.
Please email Susan Tam (susan.tam[at]hamilton[dot]ca) with the name and contact info for your representative and she will connect with them to work out the details.
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.
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