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This briefing is the second in a series of four that aims to provide an analysis of the impact of inter-professional teams on the Canadian primary health care system.

Countries with robust primary care systems have residents in better health at lower costs. One way to achieve a more robust primary health care system is to optimize the use of inter-professional primary care (IPC) teams. IPC teams can improve health outcomes for patients with chronic and complex conditions.

This briefing is the first in a series of four that aims to provide an analysis of the impact of inter-professional teams on the Canadian primary health care system.
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Over the past decade, there has been increased uptake of the interdisciplinary team model for delivering primary care services. However, so much more could be done.

This report Curriculum Renewal for Interprofessional Education in Health (CRS) is the final deliverable in the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) funded study of the same name. It focuses on the design, delivery, development and future of pre-registration interprofessional education (IPE) in Australian universities. The study was conducted during 2011-2013 by a consortium led by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) which included nine Australian universities, two government bodies and a non-government organisation.

In recent years, more mainstream delivery organizations are including licensed acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners (LAc) as part of their care teams.

In recent years, more mainstream delivery organizations are including licensed acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners (LAc) as part of their care teams. Professional education for the field has not historically focused on competencies for such practices. This 2007 project was part of a two-part survey/interview project that provided useful information that helped shape the ACCAHC Competencies for Optimal Practice in Integrated Environments.

A two-year (2009-2011) interprofessional collaboration of the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care that was engaged after leaders of the licensed ACCAHC disciplines determined that their principal shared area of interest was to respond to the growing interest of community clinics, hospitals and health systems in integrative health services.

A two-year (2009-2011) interprofessional collaboration of the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care that was engaged after leaders of the licensed ACCAHC disciplines determined that their principal shared area of interest was to respond to the growing interest of community clinics, hospitals and health systems in integrative health services.

The conference brought together on a national scale equal numbers of leaders (120 in all) from the major health professions to define the issues in the increasingly important matter of interdisciplinary education, in order to give impetus to more detailed considerations of institutional, regional, and ultimately national levels of health education. The report comprises a description of the organization of the conference and the development of the report, the chairperson's introduction; and the recommendations and conclusions of the steering committee.