The National Health Sciences Students’ Association (NaHSSA) was established in 2005 and is the first national interprofessional student association in the world. NaHSSA is a network of local university and college-based chapters that promote interprofessional education and practice within Canada. NaHSSA enables students to advocate for and learn from this form of education through social [...]
CIHC Wiki: National Health Sciences Students' Association (NaHSSA)
by Sean Cranbury on October 2, 2010 in IP Projects
Transcript for #IPChat 02 from July 14, 2010
by admin on July 22, 2010 in Uncategorized
Here’s the transcript for the most recent #IPChat. @NurseKama hosted the event and generated some great discussion and a few new contributors. It’s great to see the discussion take on a life of its own. Also wonderful to see the informative and convivial atmosphere. Please pass this link along to your friends and colleagues who [...]
#IPChat 01: Summary and Transcript
by admin on July 9, 2010 in IP Projects
#IPChat 01 was conducted on twitter on Sunday July 4, 2010 at 8PM ET and was a huge success. We look forward to many more informative, passionate discussions about #interprofessional #collaboration. The next #IPChat will occur on July 14, 2010 at 8PM ET. The focus for that chat will be hosted by the always fabulous [...]
Introducing the CIHC Wiki: An Open Letter
by admin on July 4, 2010 in Announcements, IP Projects
Have you ever used Wikipedia to learn more about a person, a place, an idea or an event? Wikipedia is the largest and most popular general reference work on the Internet, with more than 15 million articles having been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Recognizing the value of this type of community-driven database, [...]
Check Out the CIHC Social Media 101 Slideshow!
by admin on April 8, 2010 in Resources, Social Media 101
Click on the image above to check out the entire CIHC Social Media 101 Slideshow! This is the same slide show that was presented at the NaHSSA Conference in Hamilton, Ontario in March 2010. Here’s a sample: Social Media 101 Powerful tools for real-time collaboration & interprofessional knowledge sharing. These social media tools provide huge [...]
CIHC Competency Framework is HERE!
by admin on February 15, 2010 in Announcements, Committees, Resources
We are thrilled to announce that the first version of CIHC’s National Competency Framework is now online and being disseminated across Canada. We know this is a document that many have been eagerly awaiting, and we hope you find it helpful and useful to your work. In keeping with tradition, we welcome comments, suggestions, corrections [...]
Great Drawing of a John Gilbert Speech on IPE
by admin on January 8, 2010 in Fun Stuff
In 2006 John Gilbert (CIHC Project Lead), gave a speech on Interprofessional Education in Primary Healthcare. For a larger version of this file please click right here.
CIHC Cartoons For Your Downloading Enjoyment
by admin on January 8, 2010 in Fun Stuff
These are some cartoons relating to interprofessional collaboration that have been commissioned by the CIHC and are ‘Open Source‘ which means they are free for all to use. Please feel free to copy them to your computer and share them (right click on your mouse and choose ‘save image as’ in the drop down menu. [...]
Great Video About the National Health Sciences Students' Association (NaHSSA)
by admin on December 29, 2009 in Fun Stuff, Students
Welcome to the Exciting New CIHC Blog!
by Sean Cranbury on November 27, 2009 in Announcements
Here it is, the newly dedicated CIHC blog! Feel the excitement. It’s got a stylish new home and look and we’re very excited to take this major step toward building and connecting the CHIC community. I suppose that this is as good a place as any for me to introduce myself. My name is Sean [...]













