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The Practice Education Committee (PEC), a sub-committee of the BCAHC Operating Committee, works towards coordinating a systematic approach to student practice education, facilitating the development and implementation of strategies to:
- Expand BC’s capacity for practice education placements
- Improve planning and decision making
- Focus on quality
- Strengthen management
- Leverage technology
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Preceptoring is time intensive and requires clinical teaching skills that not all health care professionals possess. To ensure quality practice experiences for students it is essential that we are aware of the importance of the preceptor/mentor role; that preceptors are provided with the appropriate training to develop the necessary competencies; and that this education is followed up with continued support and recognition. Training, support and recognition are all factors that are key in the success of the preceptor role.
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The Interprofessional Rural Program of BC (IRPbc) offers a unique opportunity for students from various health professional programs to experience work and life in a rural BC community.
In addition to discipline-specific learning and supported by local health professionals, student participate in a number of interprofessional team activities.
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The BC Academic Health Council’s Operating Committee has endorsed the formation of an International Practice Experiences Forum (IntPE) to discuss issues and possible areas for collaboration and knowledge exchange surrounding international practice experiences.
- Infrastructure and supports
- Information sharing and promotion of international practice experiences
- Knowledge development and transfer
- Addressing issues and opportunities of reciprocity and social responsibility
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HSPnet is a comprehensive, web-enabled practice education management system that supports health human workforce development by managing and coordinating practice education activities. HSPnet’s integrated functions help to support placement coordination, preceptor development, capacity management, student orientation and more.
HSPnet Practice Education Committee Update - March 2009 (.pdf)
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Support the established Nurse Practitioner Programs in BC (UBC, UVic, UNBC) by supplementing their student placement efforts and lending some cohesion and insight to the enormity of contacts that have to be made. The goal certainly is to attain more placements in order to meet the high academic and professional standards, but also participate with the schools and placement contacts as a neutral setting within the BCAHC. This is done through:
- Information outreach and relationship building with Doctor's offices, corporate clinical settings and health authority contacts
- Development of a contact list that documents health care settings according to a variety of criteria that allows sustained use and coordinated search details as to location, specialty or openness to follow up etc.
- Liaisons with university school coordinators on a regular basis as a means of projecting for shared placement need over the school terms
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The Health Authorities Working Group (HAWG) is comprised of members from BC's six health authorities. HAWG continues to exchange and share knowledge which supports infrastructure building in Health Authorities. HAWG has developed standardized, inter-professional guidelines that are endorsed by the Practice Education Committee and then posted on HSPnet.
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RAHP engages a range of stakeholders in the province in examining the benefits and essential components for strengthening rural practice education. It builds on ‘best practices’ from a range of current initiatives relating to rural health and interprofessional education in British Columbia and other jurisdictions.
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