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- Choosing Wisely in Paediatrics Health Hub
Choosing Wisely in Paediatrics Health Hub
Terms of Reference – Choosing Wisely in Paediatrics Community of Practice
BACKGROUND
- The Choosing Wisely in Paediatrics Community of Practice (CoP) mandate is to foster knowledge sharing and collaborative learning to promote high-quality, value-added care by focusing on overutilization of certain tests and therapies. This will be facilitated through:
- Building capacity in QI / resource stewardship (Choosing Wisely) by sharing lessons learned and successful initiatives;
- Supporting continuous QI / resource stewardship (Choosing Wisely) efforts;
- Promoting consistency in recommendations locally, provincially and nationally;
- Supporting the spread of evidence-based best practices related to the delivery of paediatric health care;
- Developing a central repository for idea sharing; and • Engaging in new opportunities for collaboration
COMPOSITION AND TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
- Membership will include representation from
- Tertiary hospitals, Community Hospital champions, Primary Care/Clinic
- Physicians
- Nursing
- Allied Health
- Trainees
- SickKids Choosing Wisely team (Project Manager) will provide administrative support to the CoP
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERS
- Membership and participation in the CoP is voluntary with no appointment term. The responsibilities of members include:
- Attend and participate actively in meetings;
- Provide subject matter expertise to assist the CoP to achieve its mandate and objectives; and
- Successfully perform tasks that have been allocated for completion, where applicable
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROGRAM FACILITATOR
- Chair meetings or appoint a delegate if required;
- Ensure that information needed for discussion or decision is collected in advance of meetings; and
- Lead coordination of Program Accreditation for the CoP
- Help develop infrastructure supports to enable sharing of information/ideas
PROGRAM FACILITATOR AND LEAD MODEL
- A subgroup of self-identified Program Development Leads will ensure the CoP benefits from an all teach, all learn all improve model to achieve better outcomes. The responsibilities of the Program Leads will include:
- Help build the webinar schedule for the CoP including topics
- Volunteer or identify speakers for future CoP webinars
- Membership and participation in the community of practice as a lead is voluntary with an appointment term of one (1) year
FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS
- The CoP will meet quarterly. Meetings will be scheduled by the Program Facilitator.
- Meetings will be facilitated through the videoconferencing software Zoom.
DECISION MAKING
- The Community of Practice will strive for a shared vision supported by a consensus-based decision making approach that engages all members.