Integrating Health Care and Academia: Partnership for Change

INTEGRATING HEALTH CARE AND ACADEMIA: A PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE

Why is this work important?

The Academic Health Quality Network (102 members)

If we were successful in graduating students who: A) accept that quality and safety is a foundational

part of their work, and B) have the knowledge and tools to change the

health system they are working in, what needs to happen between then and now?

John Falconer MD, FRCPC Neurology UBC Clinical Associate Professor Director: - FMED Course Southern Medical Program - KGH TIA Clinic & Stroke Unit - UBCO eHealth Research Office

Cost - Wait Times - Quality

Cost

Wait Times Quality

Best Use

Available Budget

+ Best for One = Best for All ?

Mike Lemphers RRT, MA, FCSRT

• Respiratory Therapist • Faculty, Thompson Rivers University,

Kamloops, BC • Past-President, Canadian Society of

Respiratory Therapists

Students need the proper tools to elicit change Review formalized theory regarding leadership, patient

safety and creating and sustaining change Apply this knowledge by identifying gaps in care for real

healthcare issues Determine causes for these gaps, possible solutions and

potential barriers to these solutions

Jenna Smith

• Graduate student, Neuroscience, UBC • Quality Improvement Project Director,

IHI Open School, UBC Chapter

Kathy Fukuyama

• Dept Head, BScN Program, Vancouver Community College

Communication Between Academia and Practice

Lenora Marcellus

• Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria

• Faculty Sponsor, UVIC IHI Open School Chapter

• UVIC representative, BC Health Quality Network

Between then and now…

• Development of faculty that are knowledgeable and skilled in infusing and threading quality improvement and patient safety concepts through all elements of programs: – Theory – Practice – Program operations

If we were successful in graduating students who: A) accept that quality and safety is a foundational

part of their work, and B) have the knowledge and tools to change the

health system they are working in, what needs to happen between then and now?

Crowdsourcing for excellent ideas….. What do academic faculty need to teach quality improvement knowledge, methodologies, and tools to health students? • Step 1. Reflection (1 min) • Step 2. Write down your most innovative,

fantastic, realistic idea on an index card (write legibly, 1-2 sentences, no names) (2 min)

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