Poster Presentation
Friday, July 13, 2007
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Friday, July 13, 2007
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Developing an Innovative Care Delivery Model: Interprofessional Practice Teams
Sonia Poochikian-Sarkissian, PhD, ACNP, CNN(C), Krembil Neuroscience Program, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, JoAnne F. Hunter, RN(EC), BScN, MHSc, Family and Community Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sandra J. Tully, RN, BScn, MAEd, ACNP, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Health Network Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Neil Marshall Lazar, MD, FRCPC, Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Toronto General Hospital; University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Katherine Patricia Sabo, RN, BAS, MHA, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, and Christine Cursio, BSc, MLT, University Health Network, Toronto Medical Laboratories, Toronto, ON, Canada.
| Learning Objective #1: The learner will be able to identify the enablers and barriers to interprofessional collaborative practice. |
| Learning Objective #2: The learner will be able to identify the resources which can be used to measure and enhance the implementation of interprofessional practice. |
As delivery of health care continues to evolve to more effectively meet patient needs, emphasis on strengthening collaborative interprofessional practice is gaining momentum. In order to examine the benefits of interprofessional team practice and develop processes to support this model of care, an Interprofessional Project Team (IPT) attending the Rotman School of Management/ University Health Network (UHN) Leadership Development Program at the University of Toronto, completed this project. The team's objectives were: to develop an Interprofessional Patient-Centered Practice (IPCP) Framework, explore the enablers and barriers to collaborative practice, and make recommendations for implementing a model of innovative care delivery and interprofessional practice.
The IPT conducted a literature review on interprofessional team concepts and care delivery models, and examined current team-based models within our organization and externally to gain an understanding of current team functioning. The IPT made the following recommendations to facilitate interprofessional care from the conceptual stage to the reality of the practice environment: adopt the proposed IPCP Framework as the basis for development of interprofessional practice teams; implement an IPCP tool kit as resource for transforming the team to an interprofessional model; develop evidence-based interprofessional collaboration interventions across health care teams; and educate health professionals on IPCP.