Educational Initiatives

CERAH has been delivering interprofessional education in Northwestern Ontario since 1993 in healthy aging, palliative care and geriatric mental health.

CERAH Principles of Education (CCAIR)

Collaborative

• education planned and delivered in partnership with local and regional service providers

Capacity-building

• development of interprofessional experts to be local resource people
• providing ongoing consultation and educational materials

Accessible

• education delivered centrally (Thunder Bay), onsite in agencies throughout Northwestern Ontario, and via telehealth
• distributed learning model

Interprofessional

• includes family physicians, long-term care and interdisciplinary community care professionals, para-professionals and volunteers
• interdisciplinary and discipline specific

Regionally Responsive

• curriculum designed to meet needs of primary care and generalist providers
• timely program reaction using appropriate formats