Bringing a Scholarly Lens to Interprofessional Education (IPE) Practices and Curriculum to Innovate Inclusively

This CoP Joint Research Rounds will explore:

• Co-created change and bidirectional knowledge mobilization through listening, collaborating and valuing different knowledge sources;

• Including past history, present voices and future ways - of seeing and doing - to interprofessional curricular reform and roles;

• The how, why and who of applying scholarly theory to practice through the following curricular opportunities:

  • Cultivating Team Partnership – IPE Foundational Activity
    Presenters: Sacha Agrawal & Kateryna Metersky

  • Longitudinal Interprofessional Facilitator Training Program (LIFT)
    Presenter: Kristina Lisk

Presenter Bios:

Sacha Agrawal from CAMH joined CACHE as Inclusion & Co-Production Advisor. A psychiatrist and clinician-educator, Sacha has interprofessional practice experience and education scholarship expertise that intersects with co-production and IDEA/EDI. Sacha’s advisory role supports CACHE as it grows in how it embodies and enacts meaningful inclusion, per our strategic aspirations. The inclusion of advisors is an important piece is creating real shifts and recognizing where growth is needed in a team, Centre, and organization.

Kateryna Metersky from Toronto Metropolitan University joined CACHE as a patient partner. An Assistant Professor in Nursing, a practicing nurse in general internal medicine, a researcher with UHN’s The Institute of Education Research, and a Board Member with the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative, Kateryna brings both personal and professional experiences of person-centered care and collaborative practice, education, and research

Kristina Lisk from the University of Toronto and the ExCEL lab joined CACHE in 2022 to 2024 as a Scholar-in-Residence. During her time with CACHE, Kristina contributed her expertise in education science to support the renewal of the University of Toronto’s IPE curriculum and led the development of the Longitudinal IPE Facilitation Training (LIFT) program. In her role as an Affiliate Scholar at CACHE she continues to collaborate on the development of practical, education science-informed, and high-yield change opportunities that are offered by the Centre.