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St Joseph's Community Health Centre model of community‐based interdisciplinary health care team education
Author(s) -
Horst MaryLou,
Turpie Irene,
Wendy Nelson,
Beverley Cole,
Sheila Sammon,
Sniderman Pamela,
Mary Tremblay
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1995.tb00004.x
Subject(s) - health care , nursing , unit (ring theory) , medical education , community health , health education , community project , psychology , medicine , sociology , public health , political science , social science , mathematics education , law
As our reliance on interdisciplinary health care teams for meeting the multidimensional needs of the community becomes greater, new interdisciplinary education programmes and learning experiences are needed to educate students and health care professionals to become better team players. The St Joseph's Community Health Centre (SJCHC) model of community‐based interdisciplinary health care team education was developed with support from McMaster University and the Educational Centre for Aging and Health's Clinical Teaching Unit Without Walls. The SJCHC model is structured as one 3‐h session each week for eight consecutive weeks and is an elective learning experience for students. Six to eight senior health, social science and other health‐related students work with two group facilitators as a team on discussion theme topics: team dynamics; role issues and professional values; collaboration and conflict; communication, leadership and power; client‐centred goal‐oriented care; and consumerism issues. The success and impact of the SJCHC model has been measured by several primary and secondary outcomes outlined in the Charting the Outcomes of Educational and Clinical Approaches (COECA) model.