This module provides an overview of interprofessional (IP) collaboration in the health and human service delivery system. Improved communication and interaction among different health and human service providers as well as patients and families is critical to improving health and patient outcomes. The module identifies barriers to collaboration and suggests solutions that focus on benefits for patients, practitioners and the health and human service system.
Module length: 90 minutes.
Contributors: Tony Flavell, Terry Reid
Created for In-BC with support from the College of Health Disciplines, UBC.
Released and undergoing review. This module explores your personal learning style and needs, and your
understanding and experience of working in groups. It introduces different members of the health care team
and their various roles, and examines how well-functioning teams improve health care delivery.
Please note most of the videos used in this course are repeated from module1.
Module Length: 60-90 minutes.
Contributors: Lee Ann Fox, Constance Sutherland, Shayna Watson
The Queen's University QUIPPED office, using tools developed for the Gender and Health Collaborative Curriculum, is pleased to present the e-learning module above, which introduces interprofessional education (IPE) to undergraduate health sciences students. This is one of the modules at: www.collaborativecurriculum.ca
This module presents the concept of patient and family-centred practice and describes how an interprofessional team can use this approach to provide optimal, holistic healthcare. A common goal shared by team members and the patient/family is one of the key principles that underscores the potential for a team to achieve so much more than one person. The module provides the opportunity to learn a patient/family-centred skill set that will enhance interprofessional collaboration and teamwork.
Module length: 90 minutes.
Contributors: Katrina Ludwig, Heather Fowlie, Tony Flavell, Terry Reid
Created for In-BC with support from the College of Health Disciplines, UBC.
This module provides an overview of an interprofessional (IP) approach to the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage. This common complication of birth requires a thoughtful logical approach and and also requires teamwork. This module outlines three cases of Post Partum Hemorrhage and describes prevention, cause, management and the roles of various team members.
Module length: 40 minutes.
Contributors: Sue Harris, Melanie Basso, Duncan Etches, Lehe Elarar, Petra Selke, Terry Reid
Created for In-BC with support from the College of Health Disciplines, UBC and Collaboration for Maternal & Newborn Health.
This module presents the content of an Interprofessional Workshop on Normal Birth and is offered every six weeks to Medical, Midwifery and Nursing students at BC Women's Hospital. The workshop was developed through collaboration between health professionals working with childbearing families. The focus is on best evidence and best practice with the intent to reduce unnecessary interventions and help to keep normal labor normal. This module has also been made available to other institutions.
Workshop length: 3.5 hours.
Contributors: Melanie Basso, Marie-France Delisle, Lehe Elarar, Kathie Lindstrom, Barra O'Briain
Created for In-BC with support from the College of Health Disciplines, UBC and Collaboration for Maternal & Newborn Health.
This module provides an overview of how health care professionals can support healthy infant sleep and breastfeeding, particularly in infants at 6 to 12 months of age. Infant sleep disruptions can be a common concern for parents and health care professionals require the content to assist them as well as effective ways to collaborate as a team in terms of sharing information and providing support. The module presents two patient-based cases, one of difficulty with infant sleep for a family with a 7 month old infant and the other with a mother who is having difficulty with breastfeeding her 8 week old infant. The module includes interactive sessions with students and mothers in the video clips.
Module length: 35 minutes.
Contributors: Wendy Hall, Marion Clauson, Kathie Lindstrom, Acorn Communications
Created for In-BC with support from the College of Health Disciplines, UBC, Acorn Communications, and Collaboration for Maternal & Newborn Health.