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| Title: | Final Report: July 2007 |
| Authors: | Patients First, PF |
| Keywords: | British Columbia
Final Reports
First Nations
Aboriginal Health Care |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2007 |
| Abstract: | The Patients First project was initiated to explore the status of interprofessional teams working within a rural First Nation context in northern British Columbia (BC). Patients First also explored what was needed to optimize current team function and preparation requirements for health science students to work within interprofessional teams in target communities. Structured as a twenty-four month project, Patients First was funded by a Health Canada initiative administered by the Interprofessional Network of British Columbia (IN-BC). Initial team assessments indicated that interprofessional team work has been undertaken with varying degrees of success at all sites. Each team’s ability to practice interprofessionally has been complicated by access to funding, competing mandates among health care agencies, lack of consistent staffing, and the transient nature of the clients/patients served,. Community based teams also were subject to inter-community challenges and member burn out – leading to the dissolution of teams. Health science students expressed a lack of interprofessional knowledge and limited knowledge of rural First Nation practice. In addition, the ability of students to gain experience and knowledge of interprofessional team work was complicated by a lack of collaborative education opportunities. |
| Description: | The final report detailing the major outcomes and successes of the project. For more information, please contact Katrina.Ludwig@northernhealth.ca or visit the Northern Health home page at http://www.northernhealth.ca/ |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10296/278 |
| Appears in Collections: | Final Reports
Patients First, PF
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