Seamless Care Interprofessional Education Research Project

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Seamless Care Interprofessional
EducationResearch Project

• Senior Students
• School of Nursing
• Monday, November 27, 2006

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• Goal of Seamless Care
• To prepare pre-licensure health professional
  learners from Dalhousie University to become
  competent, collaborative practitioners by
  creating an innovative model of care for patients
  with key health conditions who are transitioning
  from acute care to the community

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Participating Faculties Programs

• Health Professions - Nursing
• - Pharmacy
• Dentistry - Dental Hygiene
  - Dentistry
• Medicine

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Participating Clinical Sites

• Centre for Health Care of the Elderly
• Diabetes Case Management
• Heart Function Clinic
• CH Integrated Palliative Care Services
• Acute Stroke Program
• Physical Medicine Rehabilitation
• Gastroenterology
• New site subject to CDHA Research Ethics Approval

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Students

• Volunteer to participate in this research pilot
• Work collaboratively with students from
  participating programs over an 8-week period
• Are guided by designated Integrative Preceptors
  at each clinical site
• Have access to a Discipline Preceptor from their
  program for discipline-specific support
• With their team, are assigned to work with a
  patient ( family)

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Student Safeguards

• Completely voluntary
• Withdrawal from Seamless Care elective will
• not affect academic performance

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Administrative Evaluation Requirements

• Consent form
• Capital District Health Authority (CDHA)
  placement (confidentiality agreement)
• CDHA security ID
• Online pre-surveys
• Online post-surveys
• Focus group
• Online 3-month post surveys

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Student Benefits

• Hands-on clinical IP team experience
• 512 MG USB flash drive
• 150 honourarium upon completion
• Certificate of Completion
• Appreciation and gratitude
• Possible elective credit on transcript (if
  negotiated)

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Student Learning Objectives

• Engage in patient-centred interprofessional
  collaborative practice to develop team,
  communication, conflict resolution, and
  leadership skills (Hall Weaver, 2001)
• Demonstrate an understanding for 7 essential
  elements of team collaboration mutual trust
  respect, autonomy, responsibility, communication,
  coordination, assertiveness, and cooperation (Way
  Jones, 2000)

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Student Activities

• Member of an interprofessional team for 8 weeks
  in clinical site and community
• Learn with, about and from students in 4 other
  programs
• Develop new knowledge, skills attitudes
  (patient self-management, interprofessional
  patient-centred care)
• Special interests accommodated when possible

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Student Activities (cont.)

• Pre Orientation Activities
• Scope of Practice Discussion with DP
• Further develop expertise in WebCT
• Orientation Day
• All students, DPs and IPs
• January 6, 2007
• Interactive, fun learning environment

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Student Activities (cont.)

• Post Orientation Mini - Workshops
• Collaborative Teams
• Communication
• Reflective Practice
• Learning Styles
• Conflict Resolution

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Student Activities (cont.)

• Individualized Learning Contract
• Team meetings at clinical site - 60-90 minutes,
  develop patient-centred care plan
• Attend Grand Rounds
• Attend Team Planning Meetings
• Student handbook
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Place for notes and reflection
• Checklist easy reference

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Contacts
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Questions? Comments?
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Acknowledgements

• Acknowledgements Seamless Care Project
  Team www.seamless.dal.ca
• Financial Support Production of this
  presentation has been made possible through a
  financial contribution from Health Canada. The
  views expressed herein do not necessarily
  represent the views of Health Canada.