By Way of Introduction

Interprofessional Collaboration... IPC... learning from, with, and about one another. I'm on my way to Ottawa to facilitate such learning with our clinical partners in health care education. I'm looking forward to it and I have a train ride during which I can develop this blog. This is my second road trip as a Professional Practice Educator for The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences in Toronto, Canada.

Having a blog seemed necessary last week when I visited Sudbury Ontario to deliver IPC certificate program to a wide range of health care professionals (126 participants over 6 modules over 3 days). It was a very energizing week - I learned so much and I believe that others did as well. I found myself wanting to share my days with my Michener colleagues - there were so many ideas that I wanted to ensure they made their way home with me. So, for this trip, we have the blog.

The 3-day intensive presentation of the IPC modules is interesting... a bit like an immersion program. Many participants complete the modules during this 3-day period and, since we spend so much time together, we build an IPC leadership team together. In Sudbury, we had a spectacular discussion about team performance. I'm still mulling it over in my mind.

I'm not so sure about blog etiquette but I'm thinking that this might be enough introductory content. There will be more to follow over the next several days.