Welcome to Introduction to Collaborative Team-Based Care

Welcome to this e-book on collaborative team-based care.

As individuals, as learners, clinicians, administrators, educators, and researchers, the authors recognize the traditional Indigenous territories in which we find ourselves including treaty lands and unceded lands. We pay our respects to the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ancestors and we affirm our commitment to respectful relationships with one another and this land, water and all living beings. We endeavor to live these values in our professional and personal interactions including relationships grounded in safety and humility, respect for all peoples and their world views, reciprocity in all relationships, relevance to holistic wellness, and responsibility for informed pedagogy and practice.

This resource is designed to provide you with a foundation for collaborative teamwork in your education and career.

The content is based on the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative CIHC Competency Framework for Advancing Collaboration (CIHC, 2024). This resource will review each of the six competency domains that make up the framework, that is, relationship-focused care/services, team communication, role clarification and negotiation, team functioning, team disagreements/differences processing and collaborative leadership. Throughout this e-book, a variety of health and social care providers as well as service users/patients/clients will share their insights with you based on their own lived experiences.

“Interprofessional events are an opportunity to learn with, from, and about other professions. They provide you the opportunity to put what you’ve learned into practice. It’s truly about building a relationship with your colleagues and building a relationship with the person that you’re caring for. So it’s an investment in the future.”

Sarah Beckman, nurse