Post-Licensure Curriculum for Respiratory Therapists

An IP Collaborative Project to articulate the roles respiratory therapists play on interprofessional primary care teams and the competencies required to fulfill these roles.

Lead Organization: Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT)
Focus: Respiratory Therapists

Project Team:

• Carolyn McCoy, Director of Accreditation and Professional Practice, Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists

• Dr. Andrew West, CEO, Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists

• Michelle Maynard, Project Consultant and Project Manager

Integrating Musculoskeletal Care (Chiropractic)

An IP Collaborative Project to to enhance primary care clinician knowledge and skills in integrative practice through the lens of best evidence care for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and to integrate new MSK providers or enhance current MSK services within participating interprofessional primary care teams.

Lead Organization: Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, University of Toronto, Canadian Chiropractic Association
Focus: Chiropractors

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Deborah Kopansky-Giles, DC, FCCS, MSc, Professor, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Dept. Research and Innovation Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Dept. Family & Community Medicine

• Project Co-Lead: Ayla Azad, DC, MBA CEO, Canadian Chiropractic Association

• Project Co-Lead: Silvano Mior, DC, PhD Professor, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Dept. Research and Innovation.

• Project Co-Lead: Fok-Han Leung, MD, MHSc Assoc. Professor, University of Toronto, Dept. Family & Community Medicine

• Project Co-Lead: Julia Alleyne, PT, MD, MScCH Assoc. Professor, University of Toronto, Dept. Family & Community Medicine

• Project Co-Lead: Judith Peranson, MD, MPH Asst. Professor, University of Toronto, Dept. Family & Community Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

• Project Co-Lead: Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD Professor, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Dept. Research and Innovation

• Project Co-Lead: Steven Passmore, DC, PhD University of Manitoba

• Project Co-Lead: Jairus Quesnele, DC, FCCS, APP Assistant Professor, Northern Ontario School of Medicine

• Project Co-Lead: Darrell Wade, DC Centre of Hope, St. John’s, NL, Newfoundland Chiropractic Association

• Project Co-Lead: Diana DeCarvalho, DC, PhD Assoc. Professor, Memorial University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Community Health & Humanities

• Project Co-Lead: Crystal Draper, DC Canadian Chiropractic Association

• Project Co-Lead: Sunny Dhillon, Director, Primary Health Care, Mount Carmel Clinic, Winnipeg

• Project Co-Lead: Soruba Vijayaratnam, NP, Unity Health Toronto, St. Michael’s Site

• Pegah Rahbar, DC Chiropractic Intern, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

• Megan Logeman, Project Manager

• Mark Fillery, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Family Medicine In-Practice Certification

An IP Collaborative Project to co-create a new national curriculum to inform national accreditation and certification standards for family medicine residency education.

Lead Organization: College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
Focus: Family Medicine

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Tatjana Lozanovska, Project Lead, College of Family Physicians of Canada

• Dr. Nancy Fowler, Executive Staff Lead, College of Family Physicians of Canada

• Dr. Roy Wyman, Senior Staff Lead, College of Family Physicians of Canada

• Danijela Stojanovska, Project Management Lead, College of Family Physicians of Canada

• Dr. Brian Geller, CCFP (EM), (ESS), Consultant

• Dr. Ryan Falk, CCFP (ESS), Consultant

Family Medicine Residency Training

An IP Collaborative Project to co-create a new national curriculum to inform national accreditation and certification standards for family medicine residency education.

Lead Organization: College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
Focus: Family Medicine

Project Team:

• Dr. Nancy Fowler, Executive Director, Academic Family Medicine

• Dr. Roy Wyman, Director, Certificates of Added Competence

• Dr. Ivy Oandasan, Director, Education

• Michelle Mayne, MEd, Manager, Academic Family Medicine

• Tatjana Lozanovska, MEd, Manager, Assessment Design, Development and Production

• Lorelei Nardi, MSc, Manager, Education Evaluation and Research Unit

• Andrea Good, MSc, Project Management Lead, Academic Family Medicine

HIT2 Collaborate: Midwifery Students

An IP Collaborative Project to improve midwifery students' acquisition of team collaboration competencies.

Lead Organization: Ontario Midwifery Education Program
Focus: Midwifery

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Karline Wilson-Mitchell, RM

• Bounmy Inthavong, RM

• Jennifer Brewer, RM

• Mona Abdel Fatta, RM

• Tama Cross, RM

• Lauren Columbus, RM

• Marie-Pierre Tendland Frenette, RM

• Lauren Columbus, RM

• Marie-Pierre Tendland Frenette, RM

• Althea Jones, RM

• Wendy St. Laurent-Coutts, RM

Role of Social Work in Primary Care

An IP Collaborative Project to develop professional resources to enhance practice capacity for social workers in interprofessional primary care teams, provide enhanced direction for integrating and sustaining social work in interdisciplinary primary care and collaborate with other interdisciplinary healthcare provider (IHPs) groups in primary care to enhance the capabilities of all IHPs in primary care settings.

Lead Organization: University of Toronto, Canadian Association of Social Workers
Focus: Social Work

Project Team:

• Rachelle Ashcroft, University of Toronto, ON

• Keith Adamson, University of Toronto, ON

• Fred Phelps, Canadian Association of Social Workers, ON

• Glenda Webber, Canadian Association of Social Workers, NL

• Louis-Francois Dallaire, Centre Integre Universitaire en Sante et de Services Sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, QC

• Deepy Sur, Ontario Association of Social Workers, ON

• Connor Kemp, Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario, ON

• Jennifer Rayner, Alliance for Healthier Communities, ON

Physician Assistant Primary Care Work Integration

An IP Collaborative Project to develop, implement, and evaluate an enhanced skills program consisting of domain specific curriculum and work-integrated training for Physician Assistants to extend comprehensive primary care capacity and care delivery in vulnerable, underserved, or marginalized populations.

Lead Organization: Canadian Association of Physician Assistants
Focus: Physician Assistants

Project Team:

• Project Co-Lead: Kristen Burrows, PhD CCPA

• Project Co-Lead: Leslie Nickell, MD; Project partner - Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA)

Integration of Midwives into Primary Care

An IP Collaborative Project to integrate two salaried registered midwives as a pilot intervention to strengthen comprehensive primary care to youth clients aged 12-24 at the Victoria Youth Clinic Society (VYCS) and promote an alternate model of employment and practice to address workforce mental health challenges experienced by midwives working in a fee-for-service model.

Lead Organization: Victoria Youth Clinic Society (VYCS)
Focus: Midwifery

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Cecilia Benoit, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria

• Andrea Mellor, PhD, Post-doctoral fellow, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria (Research Coordinator)

• Brett Koenig, MSc, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria (Research Assistant)

• Ricki Justice, Executive Director, Victoria Youth Clinic Society (Community Partner Lead)

• Nathalie Pambrun, Registered Métis Midwife, Victoria Youth Clinic Society (Indigenous Midwife)

• Melanie Mason, Registered Métis Midwife, Victoria Youth Clinic Society (Indigenous Midwife)

Occupational Therapy in Collaborative Primary Care Teams

An IP Collaborative Project to develop a suite of online modules and resources. The aim is to enhance the capacity of both occupational therapy learners and practitioners as well as interprofessional health providers to practice in collaborative primary care teams.

Lead Organization: Queen’s University
Focus: Occupational Therapists

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Catherine Donnelly, Queen’s University

• Project Co-Lead: Nicole Bobbette, Queen’s University

• Andrew Freeman, Université Laval

• Lori Letts, McMaster University

• Carri Hand, Western University

• Pam Wener, University of Manitoba

• Cara Brown, University of Manitoba

• Lisa Diamond-Burchuk, University of Manitoba

• Leanne Leclair, University of Manitoba

• Kaarina Valavaara, Dalhousie University

• Hélène Sabourin, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

• Josée Séguin, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

Interprofessional Dietitian Education

An IP Collaborative Project to develop, implement and evaluate an innovative interprofessional educational toolkit featuring asynchronous virtual simulation-based learning modules (VSs) for pre- and post-licensure dietitians to strengthen key practice competencies for team-based primary health care settings in Canada.

Lead Organization: University of Ottawa
Focus: Dietitians

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Isabelle Giroux, RD, PhD, BEd, PHEc, FDC, University of Ottawa, GReFoPS, Institut du Savoir Montfort

• Jane Tyerman, RN, PhD, CCSNE, University of Ottawa, Queens University, Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation

• Joie Shaw, RD, MSc(c), University of Ottawa

• Wendy Madarasz, RD, MPE, CDE, Clinton Family Health Team

• Jaclyn Adler, RD, MAN, CDE, Hamilton Family Health Team

• Serena Beber, RD, MScCH, CDE, University of Toronto, DFCM, South East Toronto Family Health Team

• Denis Tsang, RD, MSc, CDE, CHE, University of Toronto, DFCM, Woodbridge Medical Centre Family Health Team

• Mary Anne Smith, RD, PhD, Dietitians of Canada Raphaëlle Laroche-Nantel, RD, MSc, University of Ottawa

Competencies and Educational Modules for Physiotherapists

An IP Collaborative Project to enhance team-based primary care by identifying and supporting the development of competencies of physiotherapists working or planning to work in team-based primary care settings.

Lead Organization: Queen’s University
Focus: Physiotherapy

Project Team:

• Jordan Miller, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University

• Lisa Carroll, Canadian Physiotherapy Association

• Julie Richardson, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University

• François Desmeules, École de Réadaptation, Université de Montréal

• Amy Hondronicols, Ontario Physiotherapy Association

• Kadija Perreault, École des sciences de la réadaptation, Université Laval

• Emily Stevenson

• Andrews Tawiah, School of Physical Therapy, Western University

• Patricia Thille, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba

• Sarah Wojkowski, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University

Virtual Educational Toolkits for Medical Laboratory Technologists

An IP Collaborative Project to build capacity for virtual interprofessional education/training using gamification to enhance IPCP that includes MLTs within primary care.

Lead Organization: Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Scientists
Focus: Medical Laboratory Technologists

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Brenda Gamble, Associate Professor, & Program Director Bachelor of Allied Health Sciences and the Bachelor of Health Administration, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University.

• Lavern Bourne, Senior Teaching Professor, Practicum Coordinator & QA Coordinator, Medical Laboratory Science Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University.

• Greg Hardy, Assistant Teaching Professor, Medical Laboratory Science Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University.

• Bill Kapralos, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University, Technical Lead of the Collaborative Human Immersive Interaction Laboratory, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

• Kathleen Gamble, Research Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University.

• Andrei Torres, Professor, Seneca Polytechnic &PhD Candidate, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University.

• Pam Calverley, Medial Laboratory Technologist, Calverley Quality Management Consulting.

• Brent Cowan, Independent Contractor.

• Dr. Edward Osborne, Primary Care Physician, Bowmanville Ontario.

• Christine Nielsen, Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science.

• Dr. Tim Willet, Simulation Canada.

Pharmacist Training for Comprehensive Primary Care

An IP Collaborative Project to develop and implement training modules with a focus on primary care skills, for pharmacists working in community pharmacies or primary care clinics.

Lead Organization: Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC)
Focus: Pharmacists

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Association of Faculties of Pharmacy (AFPC)

• Janet Cooper, Executive Director, AFPC; Project Manager of PT4CPC Projects

• Christine Papoushek, Pharmacotherapy Specialist – UHN-Toronto Western Family Health Team; Assistant Professor (Status), University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine; AFPC PT4CPC Project 1 Manager

• Marie Rocchi, Associate Professor (Emerita), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Instructional Designer and Content Developer; AFPC PT4CPC Project 2 Manager

• Amy Lamb, Executive Director, Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada; AFPC PT4CPC Project 3 Manager

• Jason Min, Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia; AFPC Academic Electronic Health Record (aEHR) Academic and Technical Lead

Academic Electronic Health Record (aEHR)

An IP Collaborative Project to enhance technology-enabled interprofessional communication, clinical documentation and e-prescribing skills by using a bilingual academic electronic health record platform that simulates clinic-based electronic medical record software.

Lead Organization: Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC)
Focus: Pharmacists

Project Team:

• Project Organization: Association of Faculties of Pharmacy (AFPC)

• Janet Cooper, Executive Director, Association of Faculties of Pharmacy; Project Manager of PT4CPC Projects

• Jason Min, Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia; aEHR Academic and Technical Lead

• Brett Forsyth, Senior Full Stack Developer for PT4CPC aEHR

• Mike Chong, Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta

• Leslie Guo, Pharmacy Student, University of British Columbia

• Tracy Shu, Pharmacy Student, University of British Columbia

• Irene Luong, Pharmacy Student, University of British Columbia

Educational Program for Registered Nurses in Primary Care

An IP Collaborative Project developing a strong nursing workforce nationwide by the creation of the Team Primary Care Nurse Post-Licensure Educational Program, which is aligned with the Patient’s Medical Home model (The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)) and the National Competencies for RNs in Primary Care (Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association (CFPNA)).

Lead Organization: Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association (CFPNA)
Focus: Primary Care Nursing

Project Team:

• Marie-Eve Poitras, RN, Ph.D., Department of Family Medicine and Emergency medicine, CRMUS Research Chair on Optimal Professional Practices in Primary Care, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, Québec, Canada.

• Julia Lukewich, RN, Ph.D., Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada.

• Treena Klassen, RN, BN, ASMH, MEd, DBA., Project Management Consultant, Alberta, Canada.

• Suzanne Braithwaite, RN, MNSc, CCHC(C) President of Canadian Family Practice Nurse Association, Ontario, Canada

• Robin-Devey Burry, RN, Ph.D., Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada.

• Sheila Epp, RN, Ph.D., University of British Columbia Okanogan, School of Nursing, British Columbia, Canada

• Mireille Guérin, M. Sc., Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Sherbrooke and Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, Québec, Canada.

• Anne-Sophie Langlois, M. Sc., Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Sherbrooke and Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, Québec, Canada.

• Dana Ryan, MA, Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada.

• Donna Bulman, RN, Ph.D., Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada.

• Anaëlle Morin, RN, M. Sc., Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, Québec, Canada.

• Crystal Vaughan, RN, MN, Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada.

• Monica McGraw, RN, M. Sc., Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, Québec, Canada.

• Deanne Curnew, RN, MN, Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada.

• Marie-Dominique Poirier, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, Québec, Canada.

• Toni Leamon, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada.

Paramedicine in Interprofessional Primary Care

An IP Collaborative Project to co-design competencies and curriculum with stakeholders that supports paramedicine’s growing role and contribution to high functioning interprofessional primary care teams across Canada and to adapt and support the integration of existing interprofessional primary care education programs, competencies and/or strategies into entry to practice and specialist paramedicine education and accreditation standards nationally.

Lead Organization: University of Toronto
Focus: Paramedicine

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Dr. Walter Tavares, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, Director, Paramedicine Collaborative at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto. York Region Paramedic and Senior Services, Community Health and Social Services, Regional Municipality of York.

• Dr. Ian Drennan, Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), Associate Director, Paramedicine Collaborative at DFCM, University of Toronto

• Dr. Paula Rowland, Assistant Professor, Wilson Centre for Health Professions Education, University Health Network, University of Toronto

• Dr. Elizabeth Donnelly, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Windsor McNally Project for Paramedicine

• Dr. Megan Landes, Division Head, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), University of Toronto

• Sanne Kaas-Mason, PhD (c), Education Research Fellow at The Wilson Centre, University Health Network (UHN), University of Toronto

• Dr. Phil Moran, Emergency Physician, Oak Valley Health Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health Emergency Health Services Branch

• Dr. Alan Batt, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Monash University Curriculum Lead, Paramedicine Program, Queens University Scientist, McNally Project for Paramedicine Research

Traditional Healing and Wellness

An IP Collaborative Project to create high-impact strategies to address workforce challenge's within the Traditional Healing Sector.

Lead Organization: Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC)
Focus: Traditional Healers

Project Team:

• Caroline Lidstone-Jones, CEO IPHCC

• Nicole Blackman, Director of Integrated Clinical Care

• Mandy Mack, Manager of Traditional Healing and Wellness, IPHCC, IPHCC membership

• Neda Debassige-Toeg, Sweet Grass Pharmacy Rx

Curricula for Patients with Communication Disorders

An An IP Collaborative project for an extended community of practice targeting interprofessional teams of healthcare providers.

Lead Organization: Western University, Speech Language & Audiology Canada
Focus: Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

Project Team:

• Sheila Moodie, School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, National Centre for Audiology, Western University

• Danielle Glista, School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, National Centre for Audiology, Western University

• Robin O’Hagan, National Centre for Audiology, Western University

• Bonnie Cooke, Speech-Language & Audiology Canada

• Grecia Alaniz, Wilson Centre for Research in Education, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

• Anne Carey, Bruyère Continuing Care

• Jana Bataineh, National Centre for Audiology, Western University, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

• Dawn Wilson, Speech-Language & Audiology Canada

• Margaret Kathleen Pichora Fuller, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University

• JB Orange, School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University

• Kate Pfingstrgraef, National Centre for Audiology, Western University

• Jennifer Cameron-Turley, Speech-Language & Audiology Canada

• Miranda Cooper, Halton Hills Family Health Team

• David Sindrey, National Centre for Audiology, Western University, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

• Adam Gavarkovs, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University

Certificate Program for Nurse Practitioners in Long-Term Care

An IP Collaborative Project to increase knowledge, capacity and confidence of NPs to deliver quality, evidence-based, integrated and interprofessional primary care to LTC residents.

Lead Organization: Toronto Metropolitan University
Focus: Nurse Practitioners

Project Team:

• Project Lead: Erin Ziegler, NP-PHC, PhD. Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Project Co-Lead: Carrie Heer, NP-PHC, BScN, MN. Nurse Practitioner, Toronto Metropolitan University Adhiba Nilormi, HBSc, MPH. Research Assistant, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Kelly Kay, MA, PhD. Executive Director, Provincial Geriatrics Leadership Ontario

• Luisa Barton, NP-PHC, BScN, MN, DNP. Athabasca University

• Shirin Vellani, NP-Adult, PhD. Nurse Practitioner

• Katherine S. McGilton, RN, PhD, FAAN, FCAHS, FCAN. Senior Scientist, KITE Research Institute: Toronto Rehabilitation Institute: UHN

• Michelle Acorn, DNP, NP PHC/Adult. CEO, Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario (NPAO)