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Lessons Learned: Implementing UK-Developed Interprofessional Simulation Training Courses in a Canadian Setting

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Abstract

Objective

In response to the need for practitioners to improve their skills in integrating mental and physical healthcare, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) (Canada) invited education specialists from Maudsley Simulation (UK) to pilot two of their existing interprofessional simulation courses on the mental-physical interface in Toronto. Participants’ experiences as well as the courses’ educational impact were evaluated.

Methods

Participants completed pre-and post-course questionnaires, a 2-week follow-up questionnaire, and individual interviews 6 months after course completion.

Results

Participants (n = 23) found the courses to be relevant and applicable to their practice. Over half of the participants interviewed (8/15) reported changing their practice as a result of the course. However, concerns regarding the sociological fidelity of these courses within the Canadian context were noted.

Conclusion

The findings support the transferability of interprofessional simulation courses developed in other countries. It is important, however, to contextualize course material to fit local healthcare systems and to ensure sociological fidelity where professional roles may vary.

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Acknowledgements

Thank you to Dr. Sean Cross for supporting collaboration between Maudsley Simulation and CAMH in design and delivery of the SWAMPI courses in Toronto.

Funding

This work is supported by the Medical Psychiatry Alliance, a collaborative health partnership of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Trillium Health Partners, and the University of Toronto, as well as the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and an anonymous donor.

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Correspondence to Alyssa Kelly.

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The authors completed the ARECCI Ethics Screening Tool to determine if Research Ethics Board review was necessary for this project. This tool concluded the project was minimal risk and for the purposes of quality improvement and program evaluation and therefore did not require REB review.

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On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there are no conflicts of interest.

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Kelly, A., Nirula, L., McDiarmid, E. et al. Lessons Learned: Implementing UK-Developed Interprofessional Simulation Training Courses in a Canadian Setting. Acad Psychiatry 42, 659–663 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-018-0943-1

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