Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Primary Health Care Initiative

Regional Workshops

Overview

In December 2004, the Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Primary Health Care (EICP) Initiative held regional workshops in five cities across Canada. These one-day sessions facilitated input from health care providers, professional organizations, policy-makers, academics, educators, regulators, the legal profession and provincial and territorial health officials.

The workshops provided an opportunity to:

  1. discuss and comment on the research findings on issues related to interdisciplinary collaboration in primary health care;
  2. receive information on how aspects related to interdisciplinary collaboration in primary health care are expressed and addressed across Canada; and
  3. engage the health care community in cross-discipline discussions.

These workshops validated findings from the small group consultations, further refined the EICP Initiative's core deliverables (principles and framework) and started to build the leadership network that will be required to sustain interest and support for initiatives that encourage interdisciplinary collaboration.

Presentation materials and results from these consultations are posted below.

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Spotlight on Collaboration

The Collaboration Toolkit is now available for your reading pleasure. This toolkit contains our last research report—Interdisciplinary Primary Health Care: Finding the Answers—and a vast warehouse containing tools that have been designed across the country to support interdisciplinary practices. The Collaboration Toolkit offers practical tips and tools such as checklists, vision and policy statements, floor plans, transfer of function agreements, and many others. It is a must-read for anyone considering—or involved in—interdisciplinary care.

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