Accepted Type
Oral
Code
OA2-3-3
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Resident
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
Collaboration, Communication, and Counselling: Incorporating Allied Health Professionals into Curriculum Development in a Medical Genetics Residency Training Program
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Team-based care is known to be integral to improving patient outcomes and safety. Many studies outline the importance of interprofessional education in training collaborative care providers, but there are few formalized curricula that incorporate allied health professionals in longitudinal residency training. There are no such curricula in Medical Genetics programs in Canada, despite there being extensive overlap between objectives of training for Genetics residents and the scope of practise of Genetic Counsellors (GCs). In Ottawa, residents work closely with GCs but not all trainees have equal experiences. As such, our program sought to augment resident education and develop new evaluation methods.
Summary of the Innovation
Pre-existing GC-led educational opportunities were identified. Information was solicited about similar opportunities across Canada. Residents, Geneticists, and GCs helped create level-of-training-based expectations. We designed a novel GC-led longitudinal curriculum to improve resident counselling skills, foster positive professional relationships between Geneticists and GCs via a mentorship program, and introduced novel evaluation methods transferable to a CBD model of training. The curriculum aligns with the six interprofessional competencies developed by the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative. In July 2019, it was implemented with the current resident cohort. Feedback to date from educators and trainees is overwhelmingly positive and we have already seen the benefits of a more collaborative environment.
Conclusion
As CBD is implemented, use of allied health professionals as resident educators will be essential. This project has shown that it is appropriate and feasible to use our colleagues' skills to maximize resident education and train collaborative care providers.
Keyword 1
Interprofessional Education
Keyword 2
Curriculum Development
Keyword 3
Mentorship
Level of Training
Post Graduate
Abstract Themes
Curriculum
Curriculum
Inter-Professional
Additional Theme (First choice)
Inter-professional Education
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Assessment
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Postgraduate
Authors
Presenter
Alison Castle
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
