The spring of 2012 is bringing with it all kinds of positive change and transitions. It’s not just that the days are getting longer and warmer, either. The change that we saw with the emergence of social media and the web over the past few years seems to be finally taking root in the day [...]
Tag Archives: IPE
Our Silos Are Bigger Than Your Silos: Challenges of IPE/C for the “CAM” Professions
Article written by: John Weeks, Executive Director, Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC) Sometimes black humor is the right ice-breaker. So when I participate in interprofessional education/care gatherings lately on behalf of the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC – www.accahc.org), I sometimes use this line: Our silos are [...]
#IPChat Returns: January 25th, 2012
2011 has been quite a year for interprofessionalism in Canada, the USA, and beyond! And CIHC is doing its part to continue the amazing dialogue into 2012 by bringing back our popular monthly twitter-based conversation #IPChat! #IPChat will happen on the last Wednesday of every month at 2PM ET (just after #HCSMCA wraps). #IPChat will [...]
International Study for Measurement of Interprofessionl Collaboration
The CIHC Interprofessional Collaboration Competency Framework provides consistent content to guide both learners and practitioners. Although the framework can assist those wanting to know how to demonstrate when IPC is being practiced, it lacks a valid and reliable measure. An international working group from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia [...]
Social Media Readiness for Health Care Organizations: Slides
Please check out the presentation, Social Media Readiness for Health Care Organizations, delivered by Sean Cranbury at the Collaborating Across Borders III Conference in Tucson, Arizona on November 20th 2011. Social Media Readiness for Health Care Organizations: Collaborating Across Borders III Conference, Tucson, Az. 2011 View more presentations from Sean Cranbury
5 Ways that Health Professionals Can Take Back the Internet by Daniel Hooker
One Tuesday May 24th at the new W2 Media Cafe in Vancouver DTES a few brave health care professionals gathered to talk about new ideas in health care and social media. This meeting was held as a part of our growing local group of #HCSMCA (Healthcare Social Media Canada) participants. It should be noted that [...]
Talking Interprofessional Collaboration at #HCSMCA on Wednesday April 20th
On Wednesday April 20th at 1PM ET health care practitioners and people interested in healthcare from across Canada and beyond will gather on twitter to participate in the weekly #HCSMCA (Health Care Social Media Canada) conversation. #HCSMCA has been gathering followers and participants – more than 1000 and counting – since it launched in September [...]
Sharing a Few Thoughts on HCSMCA
The tide continues to rise around the HCSMCA as more and more people join the network and participate in the weekly tweetchat.
Everyone paying attention to this space will know that I have interviewed Colleen Young – the hugely respected woman who created the hashtag #HCSMCA and started a movement – a few times for this blog.
Audio Interview with Colleen Young! #HCSMCA
Check out this great audio conversation between #HCSMCA’s Colleen Young and CIHC’s Sean Cranbury. Recorded on March 14th 2011 at the MaRS Building in downtown Toronto.
Hashtag for NaHSSA 2011 Conference is #NaHSSA11
The 7th Annual NaHSSA conference is happening this weekend in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto, and we’ll be encouraging everyone to participate via their preferred social media channels.
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