This course is rooted in Clinical Public Health to explore the principles, strategies, and practices of team based healthcare. The curriculum provides learners with the opportunity to explore the intersection of primary care, interprofessional competencies and patient outcomes to thoughtfully design service delivery models that are evidence based, forward thinking and foster a culture of safety and quality in healthcare settings.

Within Canada and internationally, there is a growing realization that team based primary care is the transformational model to address health human resource shortages, timely patient access to care and improvement of patient outcomes especially related to chronic disease management.

Yet, in order to launch effective care models, the healthcare leaders of today will need to understand the required interprofessional competencies of health care workers, the seamless transition of patient care between team members and the need for a service delivery model that supports ongoing quality improvement and importance of relevant key performance indicators to improve patient and population healthcare outcomes.

Students will progress through the curriculum that provides theory and practice with a focus on the development of a team based primary care model of practice that suits their practice environment and patient profile.