Appendix 1:
Descriptions for Professional Roles
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Primary Care Toolkit for Family Physicians
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Reference materials for descriptions of professional roles and responsibilities related to individual members of a primary care team are found at http://www.eicp.ca/en/toolkit/hhr/job-desc.asp on the Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Primary Healthcare (EICP) website:
- Occupational Therapists
- Social Workers
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Psychologists
- Family physicians
- Dietitians
In addition, this site has examples and further details on how these roles are constructed and interact within an interdisciplinary primary care team related to the following primary care sites:
- Dr. Charles L. LeGrow Healthcare Centre
- A multi-functional district health centre located in the town of Port-aux-Basques on Newfoundland's southwest coast; 44-bed, fully accredited, non-denominational, multi-functional district health centre that provides inpatient and outpatient acute care and community services - Mid-Main Community Health Centre
- A non-profit community health centre located in central Vancouver; medical clinic partnered with a dentistry clinic - Nor'West Co-op Community Health Centre
- A non-profit accredited health agency located in north Winnipeg; established by community members as part of a co-operative community health centre - Rosedale Medical Group
- One of the oldest and most well-established interdisciplinary medical practices in Ontario in the east end of Hamilton