The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) Library is a central repository for materials related to interprofessional education, created in 2008. It contains resources like fact sheets, curricula, evaluations, reports and more. The library facilitates access to materials that may otherwise be difficult to find. Content is submitted directly or located by CIHC staff, and is reviewed for consistency. The goal is to support the growing field of interprofessional education and collaboration.

1. Canadian Interprofessional
Health Collaborative Library
Alix Arndt, CIHC Library Project Manager
Lindsay Burke, NaHSSA President
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2. The Canadian Interprofessional Health
Collaborative (CIHC) is the national hub for
interprofessional education, collaborative practice
and patient-centred care.
This presentation will focus on one of CIHC’s
initiatives, the CIHC Library.
www.cihc.ca/library

3. Presenters
Alix Arndt
• Project manager, CIHC Library
• Joined library in September 2008
• Responsible for locating material and
promoting the library
Lindsay Burke
• Nursing, Dalhousie University School of
Nursing
• NaHSSA President
• IP Champion
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5. Project History
February 2008
• Library project begins; goal is to create a
central repository for materials related to
interprofessional education
• Library Steerting Group is formed
February 2008–March 2009
• Contacting projects, populating the library,
establishing best practices
• Library Working Group meets monthly
May 2009
• Broadening of scope, updated look and feel,
official library launch
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7. Library Resources
The CIHC Library accepts a variety of materials:
• Fact sheets
• Evaluation tools
• Unpublished research presentations
• Posters
• Curricula materials
• Conference presentations
• Videos
• Learning objects
• Audio Files
• Reports
• And more!
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8. • The Interprofessional Network of BC (In-BC)
began as a Health Canada and BC Ministry of
Health Services funded project in 2004.
• In-BC brings together health and education
partners in transforming healthcare through
interprofessional methods.
• It has funded and has initiated a range of
regional projects led by health authorities
across British Columbia.
• Since the inception of the CIHC Library project,
In-BC has been extremely supportive of our
work.
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9. Materials
Workshops
Competencies
Curricula
Evaluations
Reports
Newsletters
Videos
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10. Basic Material
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11. Searching the Library
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12. Search Results
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13. Information Retrieval
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15. Library Quality
• CIHC Library facilitates
the location of otherwise
inaccesible materials.
• Metadata is created by the
content provider, or by the
CIHC team. In either case,
review and quality control
is conducted for consistency.
• List of IP subject headings
is in the works to support
the burgeoning field.
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16. Practical Applications
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17. Benefits
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18. Looking Ahead
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