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Project title:
A Theory-based Approach to IP Interventions for a Sustainable Workforce
Principal investigator(s):
Bainbridge, Lesley A; Achilles, Sheila J
Co-investigator(s):
Hezsely, Helen B; McDougall, Deborah L; Metge, Colleen J; Mickelson, Grace M; Sheppard, M. Suzanne; Deutschlander, Siegrid; Grymonpre, Ruby E; Harrison, Elizabeth L; Kreindler, Sara A; Suter, Esther
Supervisors:
N/A
Institution paid:
University of British Columbia
Research institution:
University of British Columbia
Department:
N/A
Program:
Planning Grants-Priority Announcement:Partnerships for Health System Improvement
Competition (year/month):
201210
Assigned peer review committee:
Planning Grants
Primary institute:
Health Services and Policy Research
Primary theme:
Health systems / services
Term (yrs/mths):
1 yr 0 mth
CIHR contribution:
Contributors:
Amount:
$25,000
Equipment:
$0
External funding partner(s):
Partner Name:
N/A
Amount:
N/A
Equipment:
N/A
External applicant partner(s):
Partner Name:
N/A
Amount:
N/A
Equipment:
N/A
External in-kind partner(s):
Partner Name:
N/A
Amount:
N/A
Equipment:
N/A
Keywords:
Collaborative Practice; Evaluation; Health Human Resources; Healthcare; Indicators; Interprofessional Education; Interprofessional Practice Education; Workforce
Abstract/Summary:
Team-based healthcare, or interprofessional collaborative practice, has been shown to improve patient function, reduce patient care costs and create better workplaces for healthcare providers. The health sector and government organizations also see potential of health care teams to provide solutions to the increasing demand for more health professionals. Gaps in knowledge exist about the best ways to grow high quality teams and how interprofessional collaborative practice can positively impact health workforce needs. For the past five years our team, involving researchers, professionals, decision makers, educators and students across the four Western Canadian provinces, has examined the role of interprofessional education and collaborative practice in improving health human resources management and health system reform. In 2010, we completed a CIHR-funded Knowledge Synthesis exploring the impact of interprofessional collaborative practice on health human resources. The findings were shared with over 150 stakeholders using a variety of methods, including technology supported meetings across the western provinces. The stakeholders emphasized that future Interprofessional interventions must be built on solid theory and advised about relevance and feasibility of potential approaches. Our team is planning a multi-site study to investigate the impact of theory-informed interprofessional collaborative practice interventions on a number of health human resources outcomes such as recruitment and retention. Over this year we will examine best theories to advance development of interventions and work with our partners to ensure we have access to high quality human resource data. The grant will support development of a high quality research proposal by funding meetings and communication (face to face, web-based), and by hiring of research staff to work with our team to update and synthesize new literature and develop high quality health human resource databases.
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