Vancouver Primary Care Networks
Team Based Care Education
The Vancouver Division of Family Practice has partnered with UBC Continuing Professional Development (UBC CPD) to develop an education series for teams working together in Vancouver Primary Care Networks (PCNs). A foundation of PCNs, team-based care (TBC) allows teams to work more collaboratively and effectively together to support the needs of their patients. This leads to better experiences for patients and providers alike.
The Vancouver PCN TBC Education Series was adapted from the Practice Support Program’s TBC training. It was built with the support and guidance from a Physician Lead, as well as collaboration with the Vancouver Coastal health Allied Health Practice Leads and staff, The Practice Support Program TBC Team, Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses. We are very grateful for their support.
This education focuses on interprofessional collaboration and aims to address communication barriers, role ambiguity, dynamics between corporate and clinical care issues and more. There are both in-person and online options available for team-based care training.
In-Person Learning
This training consists of 4 x 2 hour sessions – each focusing on a different theme of team-based care:
- Session 1: Recognizing Your Team
- Session 2: Understanding Scope and roles
- Session 3: Optimizing Communication
- Session 4: Practice Integration & Workflow
Who should take this training?
Online Education
The TBC online course will teach you the basics of team-based care, from defining your team and understanding roles, to communication skills and integrating workflows to enhancing peer support and team development. The course is approximately 1 hour in length and can be taken as a primer for the 4-part team based care training or as a stand-alone learning opportunity.
Lessons include:
- Recognizing your team
- Understanding scope and roles
- Optimizing communication
- Workflow Integration
Who should take this training?
People working in healthcare teams that are interested in individually learning or reviewing the foundational basics of team-based care.
“Anyone interested and wanting to learn about team-based care approach to patient care would benefit from this workshop.” – Past Participant, 2023
“It brought the team together and very quickly produced results.” – Past Participant, 2023
“Team building ideas. Helping with communication.” – Past Participant, 2023
Find out more about the TBC Education on the UBC CPD site here. If you have any questions or require more information, please reach out to your Community Network Manager or pcn@vancouverdivision.com.
Facilitate Team Based Care Education
We are currently recruiting Physician Facilitators to support the Team-Based Care Education in-person learning sessions. Physician Facilitators co-facilitate sessions along with a Community Network Manager, and share their own experiences and wisdom around building a culture of team-based care within their clinics and the PCNs.
Think about applying for this opportunity if you are:
- Working in a Vancouver-based primary care clinic
- Providing total team leadership in your clinic, or for a health care team
- Referring to the PCN Interprofessional Team
- Working in a clinic with PCN resources embedded (Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and/or co-located Clinical Pharmacist), or have experience working in interdisciplinary teams
- Interested in PCNs and primary health care improvement
- Collaborative and solution-oriented
Training will be provided (includes shadowing sessions). Each education series will be up to 12 hours of time (session and prep time). We are hoping each facilitator can support 2 series a year.
Sessions can be held in-person or online, with clinics indicating their preference. Physician Facilitators will be compensated at the physician sessional rate for training and facilitating.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please click here to fill out an application.
If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Saori Yamamoto at syamamoto@vancouverdivision.com–
