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).
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.
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
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.
