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Edmonton's Cross Cancer Institute Awarded George Brown College Collaborative Practice Health-care AwardTORONTO (November 21, 2007) –George Brown College (GBC) today announced that the team from the Rapid Access Palliative Radiotherapy Program (RAPRP) at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton is the winner of the first annual George Brown College Collaborative Practice Health-care Award. The award honours collaboration among different health-care professionals to support excellence in patient-centred care. The RAPRP’s interprofessional approach to treating patients requiring palliative radiotherapy successfully demonstrates how teams can work together to enhance patient care by improved sharing of information and resources. George Brown College welcomed Clinical Leader Dr. Alysa Fairchild to its annual Health in the City event, to accept the award on behalf of her team. “The submissions were impressive, spanning several different professions,” said George Brown College Dean of Community Services and Health Sciences, Lorie Shekter-Wolfson. “The adjudication committee selected the Cross Cancer Institute for the way it is improving patient and family care by involving different providers in a professional and holistic way. This project has the potential to be a real model for collaborative health care.” "On behalf of the entire RAPRP team, we thank George Brown College for this honour and are delighted to be recognized in this way,” said Fairchild. “At our interprofessional clinic we strive to always make the patient our first priority, so this award is especially encouraging.” About the Centre for Health Sciences at George Brown CollegeGeorge Brown College is one of the first colleges in Ontario to make a total commitment to an interprofessional approach. GBC’s Centre for Health Sciences has two on-site applied learning facilities, the Interprofessional Learning Clinic and the Simulated Practice Centre, where students apply their theoretical knowledge to collaborative practice in controlled workplace settings. George Brown prepares graduates for work in a number of health professions through specialized programming across four schools including Nursing, Dental Health, Health and Wellness and Health Services Management.
About George Brown CollegeToronto’s George Brown College has established a reputation for equipping students with the skills, industry experience and credentials to pursue the careers of their choice. From its two main campuses located across the downtown core, George Brown offers 148 full-time and 1,600 continuing education programs across a wide variety of professions to a student body of approximately 63,000 (including those enrolled in full-time, part-time and continuing education programs). Students can earn diplomas, post-graduate certificates, industry accreditations, apprenticeships and four-year bachelor degrees. -30- For more information, please contact: Paul Zanettos Return to: Press Releases at George Brown College
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