The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative

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The Canadian Interprofessional Health
Collaborative CIHC

• learning to work together, working to learn
  together

www.cihc.ca
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What is the CIHC?

• Since 2006, the CIHC has operated as a Health
  Canada Contribution Agreement.
• The CIHCs goal is to be an innovative,
  interactive, and permanent hub for
  interprofessional activity.
• The CIHC works with education and health policy
  makers as well as practitioners, students and
  researchers to build a more patient-centred
  approach to healthcare delivery.
• The CIHC is made up of health organizations,
  health educators, researchers, students and
  health providers primarily from Canada, but also
  all over the world

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Why is the CIHC Important to Canadian Healthcare?

• Evidence shows that interprofessional education
  and collaborative patient-centred practice can
  positively impact not only the health system but
  the patient experience as well.
• The CIHC has identified interprofessional
  education and collaborative patient-centred
  practice as an important strategy for
  strengthening the health system worldwide.
• The CIHC strives to transform healthcare and
  improve patient outcomes.

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Cross Canada Linkages

• The CIHC is proudly linked with
• The Accreditation of Interprofessional Health
  Education (AIPHE) www.cihc.ca/aiphe .
• The Western Canadian Interprofessional Health
  Collaborative www.cihc.ca/wcihc .
• And the National Health Science Students
  Association www.nahssa.ca .
• To name a few

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Important Resources

• The CIHC has developed numerous important
  resources since its inception.
• These resources include
• The CIHC National Competency Framework
  http//www.cihc.ca/files/CIHC_IPCompetencies_Feb12
  10r.pdf
• Knowledge Exchange materials http//www.cihc.ca/f
  iles/CIHC_KE_Feb2010.pdf
• And much more!
• Visit the Toolkit and Publications page to see
  more
• http//www.cihc.ca/resources/toolkit and
  http//www.cihc.ca/resources/publications .

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Social Media

• In addition to resource development, the CIHC is
  an innovator in the use of social media in
  healthcare.
• Visit our Facebook page https//www.facebook.com/
  !/CanadianInterprofessionalHealthCollaborative
• Follow us on Twitter _at_CIHC_ca
• Check out and contribute to our blog
  www.cihc.ca/blog
• Contribute to the first, CIHC developed,
  interprofessional Wiki www.cihc.ca/wiki

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Looking to the Future

• The CIHC is in its final year under the Health
  Canada Contribution Agreement, which ends on
  March 31, 2012.

• The CIHC will incorporate as a not for profit
  society by the fall of 2011 and will continue to
  support interprofessional education and
  collaborative patient centred practice beyond the
  end of the Contribution Agreement.

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Join us!

• Its free to become a member. We invite you to
  join us in ensuring that interprofessional
  education and collaborative patient-centred
  practice are firmly embedded into the Canadian
  healthcare system.
• Visit our website at www.cihc.ca to learn more.
• Or email us at info_at_cihc.ca for more information.
• We look forward to engaging you in our dialogue!