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. 2001 Jul 1;92(4):I10–I16. doi: 10.1007/BF03404971

Achieving Cardiovascular Health Through Continuing Interprofessional Development

David M Kaufman 120,✉, Jacqueline McClaran 220, Millicent Toombs 320, Sue Beardall 320, Isra Levy 320, Arun Chockalingam 420
PMCID: PMC6980056  PMID: 11962121

Abstract

In order to achieve cardiovascular health for all Canadians, the ACHIC (Achieving Cardiovascular Health in Canada) partnership advocates that health promotion for healthy lifestyles be incorporated into practice, and that the consistent messages and professional skills required to motivate patients and the public be acquired through interprofessional education and development. Professional education specialists are essential members of health care promotion teams with expertise to develop educational interventions that impact behaviours of health professionals and subsequent patient outcomes. Continuing medical education (CME) is in evolution to continuing professional development (CPD), and then to continuing interprofessional development (CID). Providers of health promotion, public health, and health care can work with health educators to complete the cascade of learning, change in practice, and improvement in patient outcomes. The Canadian health care system can empower Canadians to achieve cardiovascular health, the most important health challenge in the 21st century.

Footnotes

Name of department & institution to which the work should be attributed: ACHIC (See Appendix A for full list of partners), CMA Secretariat, Attn: Millicent Toombs, Canadian Medical Association, 1867 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6

This work was in part funded by a Health Canada grant to the Achieving Cardiovascular Health in Canada (ACHIC) partnership administered by the Canadian Medical Association ACHIC secretariat. ACHIC is a national intersectoral partnership for improving cardiovascular lifestyles of Canadians through improved practice.

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