South Health Campus (SHC) is dedicated to providing patient care in a collaborative approach. Collaborative practice is health care providers working together with patients and families to contribute their knowledge and skills to care through a process of continuous communication and shared decision making (Health Professions Strategy & Practice, AHS 2011).
What Collaborative Practice Means
Safe and quality care
Patient and family centred care
Joint decision making
Respecting and valuing different roles
Trusting and open communications
Sharing accountability in a just and equitable way
Building and preserving dignity and respect
Examples of Collaborative Practice at SHC
Clinical Design Team (CDT): An interprofessional team developed the principles, vision and high level service models that helped shape SHC.
Zone pre-hire plan: SHC management worked with partners in their zone to create a plan to minimize the impact of hiring 3,500 staff.
Interprofessional training plan: Site-wide orientation and training plans include all professions where relevant. Department orientation and training also takes an interprofessional approach.
Decentralized staffing model: This model is applied to many support services, including hiring dedicated staff for a specific department or program.
Our work takes place on historical and contemporary Indigenous lands, including the territories of Treaty 6, Treaty 7 & Treaty 8 and the homeland of the Métis Nation of Alberta and 8 Métis Settlements. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous communities that have been forged in urban centres across Alberta.
