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)