Interprofessional teams: Who are FPs working with?

Vol 55: april • aVril 2009 Canadian Family Physician•Le Médecin de famille canadien

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Fast Facts National Physician Survey

Interprofessional teams

Who are FPs working with?

All people in Canada will have access to a family practice/primary care setting that offers each person the opportunity to have his/her care provided by each of the following: a personal family doctor and a regis- tered nurse and/or a nurse practitioner. Other health professionals, including pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dieticians, social workers, and physician or medical assistants, may also be part of these practices.

CFPC Vision Statement on Inter-Professional Care¹

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esults from the 2007 National Physician Survey (NPS) indicated with whom family physicians regularly collaborated in providing patient care, and

whether or not that collaboration was part of a formal arrangement (Figure 1).

The NPS is a collaborative project of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Additional results are available at www.nationalphysiciansurvey.ca. If you would like the opportunity to develop and write a future Fast Fact using the NPS results, please contact Scott Butler, Manager of the National Physician Survey, at 800 387-6197, extension 416, or sbutler@cfpc.ca.

reference

1. College of Family Physicians of Canada. CFPC vision statement on inter-professional care. Mississauga, ON: College of Family Physicians of Canada; 2007. Available from:

www.cfpc.ca/local/files/Communications/Health%20Policy/CFPC-CNA%20 Vision%20ENG.pdf. Accessed 2008 Dec 17.

FAMILY PHYSICIANS (%)

80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Pharmacists Physiother

apists

Nurses (RN, LPN, RPN)

Social workersNutritionists Occupational ther

apists Psychologists

Mental health counselors Speech language pathologists

Addiction counselorsPsychiatric nursesNurse pr actitioners

Chiropractors Chiropodists

CAM pr

actitioners Midwives Physician assistants

OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

Regular collaboration Formal arrangement

Figure 1. Percentage of FPs collaborating with other health care providers on a regular or formal basis

RN—registered nurse, LPN—licensed practical nurse, RPN—registered practical nurse, CAM—complementary and alternative medicine.