Evolution and 15-year effect of a pan-Canadian training program transdisciplinary understanding and training on research–primary health care

Amanda L. Terry, Judith Belle Brown, Robert Van Hoorn, Moira Stewart, Rachelle Ashcroft, Marie Dominique Beaulieu, Onil Bhattacharyya, Mylaine Breton, Fred Burge, Simone Dahrouge, Lisa Dolovich, Catherine Donnelly, Lynn Farrales, Martin Fortin, Jeannie Haggerty, Anita Kothari, Christine Loignon, Emily G. Marshall, Ruth Martin-Misener, Viv R. RamsdenSandra Regan, Graham J. Reid, Bridget L. Ryan, Tara Sampalli, Roanne Thomas, Ruta Valaitis, Evelyn Vingilis, Erin Wilson, Sabrina Wong

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Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)475-476
Número de páginas2
PublicaciónCanadian Family Physician
Volumen64
N.º6
EstadoPublished - jun. 1 2018

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This 12-month program brings together 12 Canadian and 2 international trainees from various PHC disciplines (including family medicine, nursing, epidemiology, psychology, social work, pharmacy, occupational therapy, sociology, education, and interdisciplinary studies); the group also includes trainees who currently work as decision makers. The trainees participate in a 3-day, face-to-face symposium, followed by online elements that include research-oriented workshops, feedback on the trainee’s proposed research by peers, and the development of a mock grant proposal as an interdisciplinary team. While trainees gain research knowledge, the main objective is to help these learners, who come from disparate disciplines, understand the perspectives and skills that they each bring to the research task and learn how to work within an interdisciplinary team. The interdisciplinarity of the TUTOR-PHC program is reflected in its structure; there are currently 27 co-investigators or mentors from a breadth of PHC disciplines, representing 12 universities and 5 provinces across Canada. The trainees have also observed that the “course leaders and mentors were also from a wide range of backgrounds and were really knowledgeable and passionate about interdisciplinary research.”4 During the initial 10 years, TUTOR-PHC was funded by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research grant. Subsequently, funding to support the program was obtained from national, provincial, and organizational sources.5 The success in continuing to secure funding speaks to the important role the program plays in PHC research in Canada.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Family Practice

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