Interprofessional Education Activity Application Form
Please complete this form to have your interprofessional learning activity added to theInterprofessional Education (IPE) Passport and assigned an IPE point value.
NAME OF ACTIVITY
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Activity Lead/Primary Contact
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/Provide as much information as possible. The College of Health Disciplines will use this information to determine your activity’s eligibility for the Interprofessional Education Passport. Once your activity has been approved, it will be assigned a point value indicating the depth of interprofessional learning and classified as exposure or immersion, based on a standardized rubric (see companion document).
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTSEnsure your activity meets the following criteria before proceeding:
☐ Involves learners from 2 or more professions
(Learners should be pre-licensure students)
☐ Includes interactivity
(Refer to glossary of terms at the end of this document)
☐ Makes interprofessional learning explicit through learning objectives communicated to students
(See learning objective section for a list of suggested objectives)
ACTIVITY SUMMARY
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If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation to get support completing this form, please email our Education Program Coordinator:
PROFESSIONS INVOLVED (STUDENTS)
☐Audiology
☐Counselling Psychology
☐Dental Hygiene
☐Dentistry
☐Dietetics
☐Genetic Counseling
☐Nursing
☐Occupational Therapy
☐Physical Therapy
☐Speech Language Pathology
☐Medicine
☐Midwifery
☐Pharmacy
☐Social Work
☐Other:
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How many students can attend this event? Click here to enter text.
Are there any discipline limitations for this event? (Ex. Only 5 students from each selected discipline) Click here to enter text.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY(Max. 300 words)
Please include website links if this activity is being marketed online.
LENGTH OF ACTIVITY AND DELIVERY
Please include dates, times, location
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MODE OF DELIVERY
☐ / Face-to-Face / Number of Hours / Number of face-to-face meetings☐ / Online exclusively / Number of Hours
☐ / Paper-based / Number of Hours
☐ / Blended (Online and Face-to-Face) / Number of Hours / Number of face-to-face meetings
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSMENT
Provide a clear, written description of what interprofessional skills and knowledge learners should have by the end of the learning experience. These should be appropriate given the stage of student development and be assessed. You should have a plan to communicate these learning objectives to the students.
Choose from the example objectives below or list those you develop yourself. For all selected learning objectives, please specify how students will accomplish each over the duration of the activity. For help developing learning objectives, refer to the accompanying Interprofessional Learning Objective Development Tool.
COMPETENCY DOMAIN / EXPOSURE LEVEL LEARNING OBJECTIVES / IMMERSION LEVEL LEARNING OBJECTIVESInterprofessional Communication
Learners/practitioners from different professions communicate with each other in a collaborative, responsive and responsible manner. / ☐Describe the principles of effective interprofessional communication
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Articulate the unique factors that influence interprofessional communication
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Describe the importance of effective communication in support of interprofessional collaboration
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Describe key concepts related to interprofessional collaboration
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Evaluate evidence to support the need for effective interprofessional communication within and across health care settings
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Practice using communication skills, strategies and tools to support interprofessional communication
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text. / ☐Critically reflect on your own communication style and how this may influence an interprofessional work environment
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Recognize other communication styles and how to modify your behaviour in a way that ensures more effective communication across professions
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Analyse unique factors that influence interprofessional communication in a health care setting
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Evaluate various communication styles to identify approaches that best support strong interprofessional communication
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Engage in challenging conversations to support increased patient safety
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Integrate and apply frameworks to support overall learning and interprofessional communication development
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text.
Patient-Centred Care
Learners seek out, integrate and value, as a partner, the input and the engagement of the patient/client/ family/community in designing and implementing care/ services. / ☐Contextualize patient-centred care within interprofessional practice
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Develop a common understanding of what it means to be patient-centred
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Practice collaborative approaches to sharing information that actively engage patients and families in their own care.
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text. / ☐Apply approaches most effective to both interprofessional collaboration and patient-centred care
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Analyse strategies that support interprofessional groups of health care providers to communicate with patients and families effectively and collaboratively
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Explore and practice shared decision-making approaches to support patients and families
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text.
COMPETENCY DOMAIN / EXPOSURE LEVEL LEARNING OBJECTIVES / IMMERSION LEVEL LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Role Clarification
Learners understand their own role and the roles of those in other professions, and use this knowledge appropriately to establish and achieve patient/client/ family and community goals. / ☐Describe your own role and that of others
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Recognize the diversity of other health and social care roles, responsibilities, and competencies
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Use appropriate language to communicate roles, knowledge, skills, and attitudes
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Recognize how to access others’ skills and knowledge appropriately
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Distinguish similarities and differences between their own professional role and others’ and translate what this might mean for interprofessional practice
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Recognize how discipline-specific language can impact collaboration
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Use appropriate language to communicate roles, knowledge, skills, and attitudes
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text. / ☐Consider the roles of others in determining your own professional and interprofessional roles
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Implement communication strategies to ensure role understanding amongst all team members involved in specific cases
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Actively seek to understand others' knowledge, competencies and scope of practice
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Initiate purposeful collaborations and create opportunities to maximize the contributions of each discipline involved in care
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Share their professional culture and values to help others understand their point of view
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Demonstrate respect for others' professional cultures and values in order to understand their frame of reference
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text.
Team Functioning
Learners understand the principles of team work dynamics and group/team processes to enable effective interprofessional collaboration. / ☐Describe the complex nature of ‘teams’ in health care
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Outline the stages of team development
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Describe the complex nature of ‘teams’ in health care and locate teams within their specific environments
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text. / ☐Assess your team to identify areas for improvement
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Strategize ways to improve interprofessional team functioning
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Critically evaluate systems issues that affect team functioning
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Apply principles of effective team functioning in both formal and informal teams
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Collaborate with other professions to set common, patient-centred goals and share decision-making.
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text.
COMPETENCY DOMAIN / EXPOSURE LEVEL LEARNING OBJECTIVES / IMMERSION LEVEL LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Conflict Resolution
Learners actively engage self and others, including the client/patient/family, in positively and constructively addressing disagreements as they arise. / ☐Describe the potential positive nature of conflict
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Analyze the unique nature of interprofessional conflict
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Articulate the potential value of effectively managed conflict
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text. / ☐Recognize the potential for conflict to occur and take constructive steps to address it
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Develop strategies to deal with conflict
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Identify and practice conflict management strategies to deal with interprofessional conflicts effectively
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text.
Collaborative Leadership
Learners understand and can apply leadership principles that support a collaborative practice model. / ☐Articulate the benefits of a collaborative leadership model and what this means for their practice
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Distinguish collaborative leadership from consensus building and traditional forms of leadership
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Articulate the key principles of collaborative leadership and provide examples of principles in practice
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Identify the unique processes and structures needed to support collaborative leadership
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Articulate how collaborative leadership supports shared decision-making and patient-centred care
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text. / ☐Strategize ways to bring collaborative leadership into health systems within your sphere of influence - in both formal and informal ways
How will the learners meet this objective?
☐Other: Click here to enter text.
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ASSESSMENT
Indicate how you will assess student learning.
☐No Assessment
☐Individual or group presentations
☐Case-based essays or care plans
☐Portfolios
☐Self-Assessment
☐Peer-Assessment
☐Examinations
☐Reflective Journal
☐Assignment
☐Other:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO ASSESSMENT OF THE LEARNER
In addition to the assessment strategies that you have selected above, please provide further details on your assessment processes such as where/how the assessments takes place; who provides the assessments; and how learners will receive feedback. If students are required to complete a written assessment (case-based essay or care plan, portfolio, self-assessment, peer assessment, reflective journal, assignment, etc.) please attachan electronic copy of the assessment outline when you submit you Activity Application form.
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FACILITATION
Number of and profession of facilitators and their role
Have faculty/facilitators had any prior IPE education? Please specify (e.g. workshops, courses, session preparation)
Will a session debrief take place? In what form will it occur?If a session debrief will take place, please list the debrief questions and items for discussion below.
EVALUATION OF THE ACTIVITY
Please attach any supporting documents or links.
Provide details about the evaluation of the activity (e.g. follow-up survey, focus group). Please include all follow-up questions or activities students may complete.
Please provide details on the sustainability of the session (can this activity be repeated in future academic years?)
ACTIVITY DOCUMENTS
Please send an electronic copy of any materials that may be shared with students to the Passport Administrator with your Activity Application. This includes marketing materials (flyers, brochures, posters, etc.) and activity handouts.
GLOSSARY
Competency
A complex ‘know act’ that encompasses the ongoing development of an integrated set of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and judgments enabling one to effectively perform the activities required in a given occupation or function to the standards expected in knowing how to be in various and complex environments and situations (CIHC 2010). Found at
Competency domain
An interacting grouping of activities that comprise part of a whole (CIHC 2010). Found at
Competency statement
A strong overarching statement that guides behaviour and that lasts over long periods of time (CIHC 2010). Found at
Collaborative Patient-Centred Practice
Promotes the active participation of each health care discipline in patient care. It enhances patient and family-centred goals and values, provides mechanisms for continuous communication among caregivers, optimizes staff participation in clinical decision-making within and across disciplines and fosters respect for disciplinary contributions made by all professionals. (Health Canada 2003). Found at
Collaborative Practice
An interprofessional process for communication and decision making that enables the knowledge and skills of care providers to synergistically influence the client/patient care provided. (Way, Jones, & Busing 2000) Collaborative practice is interlinked to the concept of teamwork. Found at
Profession
An occupation, vocation or career requiring special training (for example, doctor, licensed practical nurse, respiratory therapist, air traffic controller, lawyer, accountant). Found at
Teamwork
Describes an interdependent relationship that exists between members of a team. It is an application of collaboration. “Collaboration” deals with the type of relationships and interactions that take place between coworkers. Effective health care teamwork applies to caregivers who practice collaboration within their work settings. (D’Amour, Ferrada-Videla & San Martin Rodriguez 2005). Found at
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