Publications by authors named "Sheena Bhimji-Hewitt"

Novel Corona Virus Disease-19 (nCov-19, COVID-19) was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. As of June 14, 2020, this contagious viral disease has afflicted 188 out of 195 countries in the world with 7,893,700 confirmed cases and 432,922 global deaths.Canada has 98,787 people infected and 8,146 deaths.

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Small group learning is an interactive activity that requires a skilled teacher with the ability to facilitate and debrief. Approximately 250 students from seven health professions were enrolled in a first year interprofessional education course that focused on the importance of communication and collaboration. Weekly faculty debrief sessions were conducted and were utilized to share the teachers perspectives with facilitative teaching as well as for feedback and improvement strategies.

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Introduction: At the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, an interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum has been integrated into all health professional programs. A significant component of the introductory course in this IPE curriculum is on teamwork.

Objective: Our aim is to share the experiential strategies that we integrated into our didactic curriculum to demonstrate the importance of teams and their value to the future collaboration in clinical practice for our students.

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