Team Up! Team-based primary and community care in action

In this special episode of TeamUP!, Morgan and Sarah host a roundtable discussion with friends of the Innovation Support Unit to talk about the past, present, and future of Primary Care change in British Columbia. The guests are both optimistic for the future and a bit sad as context of the episode’s conversation: the ISU, a unit that began eight years ago to strengthen and support Team-Based Prim...

Wrapping Up Season 7: Reflections and Future Directions In this final episode of Season 7 of TeamUP! Sarah and Morgan wrap up the season integrating nurses into primary care practices. They discuss the value of a team-based approach, their learnings about nursing roles, and how proper clinical policies and scope maximization can enhance care delivery. They address their take aways from the season...

An Ask Us Anything episode!  Producer Michael makes a rare appearance on the podcast where he brings your questions to Sarah and Morgan. They discuss key topics such as nurse role in primary care health promotion, disease prevention, and care coordination, highlighting the impact of nurses on patient care quality. The episode revisits topics discussed in previous episodes to drive their point home...

In this special episode of TeamUP!, Morgan and Sarah explore a nurse’s transition from acute care to primary care with seasoned nurses Diana and Nikki. They’re asked what questions they have as nurses curious about entering primary care. Diana and Nikki ask about the skills required, job expectations, and specialty training necessary for primary care, as well as the importance of team dynamics and...

Episode 13 is a teamBIT that focuses on how nurses can support frail patients with complex needs through home visits and virtual touchpoints . Morgan emphasizes the benefits of nurses assessing primary care needs in an environment that patients feel most comfortable in: their home. Morgan suggests a good starting place is with patients that are not yet currently receiving home care. Another approa...

In this teamBIT episode, Morgan discusses how nurses can facilitate care coordination in primary care to support complex patients. Care coordination is less intensive than case management and involves assessing patient needs, connecting with community supports, and maintaining ongoing patient relationships. Morgan describes how, in care coordination, the role of nurses in optimizing care plans is...

In episode 11 of TeamUP!, Morgan and Sarah explore the significant role of nurses in aiding patients with mental health needs, particularly mood disorders, in primary care settings . The hosts discuss how common anxiety and depression are, and how nurses' skills in connecting with patients are vital in providing comprehensive care. The conversation covers the different scopes of practice for Licen...

In this episode, Morgan and Sarah discuss how nurses can provide diabetes management in team-based primary care. Kacey, who is a certified diabetes education nurse, describes ways to introduce a nurse to diabetes management in a clinic. Morgan and Sarah also share insights into how nurses can provide patient education, streamline follow-ups, and emphasize foot care to prevent complications. The ep...

In episode 9 of TeamUP!, the focus is on exploring the integral role nurses play in medication management within primary care teams . We will hear interview clips from Kacey, a registered nurse, who explains the responsibilities nurses hold, including taking comprehensive medical histories, assessing medication impacts, advocating for patients, and educating them about their medications. The discu...

In episode eight of TeamUP!, we learn about the benefits of shared visits with a primary care provider and a nurse . Morgan and Sarah discuss how these shared visits can enhance team capacity, improve care for complex illnesses, foster team building, and create immediate capacity in the moment. With insights from nurses, the episode highlights the importance of synchronized care plans, trust-build...

In this TeamUP! teamBIT Morgan is on his own again. This time he's talking about how to plan and promote a dedicated “ nurse clinic ” in your primary care practice to boost the presence of new nursing staff in your practice. The discussion includes selecting a focus area for the clinic, organizing appointments, and effectively promoting the clinic through various channels. Examples given include c...

In this episode of TeamUP!, Morgan and Sarah discuss promoting a new nurse to patients in your practice. Our hosts discuss the integration of nurses into primary care teams and highlight the importance of effective communication with patients regarding team-based care transitions. The conversation includes examples and scenarios for promoting new nursing staff within clinics, individual patient en...

In this mini teamBIT of an episode, Morgan is podcasting solo and looks into what a certified practice means in nursing, specifically in the context of British Columbia. There are five distinct areas of certified practice for nurses in BC, and they allow for autonomous diagnosis and treatment within specific scopes. Morgan goes into detail for each certified practice: reproductive health, STI trea...

In this episode of TeamUP! we learn about the complexities of being an employer of a primary care nurse within smaller private clinics . Our hosts, Morgan and Sarah, discuss the complexity of being both a clinical team member and an employer, emphasizing the need for clear clinical policies and role definitions. Major topics include the challenges of holding multiple roles, the impact of power dyn...

In this episode, we dive into the differences between Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Registered Nurses (RNs) within primary care settings. Morgan and Sarah look at how each role fits into a primary care team, considering their distinct scopes of practice, training, and the types of patients they typically manage. Importantly the hosts give key clinical examples to highlight where one type of...

In this episode, Morgan and Sarah dive into the distinctions between doctors and nurses. They explore the value nurses bring to primary care and discuss how autonomy shapes the role of a nurse. Morgan introduces the four domains of nursing: clinical practice, education, research, and leadership. There is an emphasis on the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork, the different approaches to patie...

In the first episode of Season 7 of TeamUP!, hosts Morgan and Sarah introduce the season's focus on the role of nurses in primary care . This season will feature interview insights from a range of nurses. In this episode, Morgan and Sarah discuss the new Nurse in Practice program in BC and explore how nurses can enhance team-based care in primary care clinics. This first episode gives a brief over...

This episode focuses on Stage 5 of the Learning Pathway: Team Evaluation, and the importance of evaluation in the context of team based primary care. The hosts explore how evaluation acts as both the end and beginning of the cyclical process of enhancing primary care teams. Sarah and Morgan delve into the distinctions and overlaps between Quality Improvement and evaluation, methods of performing m...

This episode focuses on Stage Four of the learning pathway, emphasizing team performance and quality improvement within primary care settings. The hosts discuss the continuous learning approach as a key element of a healthcare system — which aims to improve patient-centred and team-centred care by applying evidence to practice. Morgan and Sarah explore the concept of quality improvement as an iter...

In this episode, Morgan and Sarah move into Stage 3 of the Learning Pathway for Primary Care Teams. The focus here is on — after we have built a team, how do we develop it further and showcase the continuity of care to patients? The hosts discuss how patients may perceive team-based care as a disruption to their healthcare continuity, and they provide ways to think about communicating this positiv...

Morgan and Sarah continue their discussion on Stage 2 of the Learning Pathway for Primary Care Teams. This episode is focused on Team Building, and specifically, seeing Patients as Team Members. The hosts make a point that patients are essential team members, and understanding the patient perspective when transitioning to team based care is important. If a practice is moving to team based care, pa...

Stage 2 of the Learning Pathway for Primary Care Teams is focused on Team Building. In this episode of Team Up, Sarah and Morgan focus on a key element within this stage: the importance of building relationships within a team. We explore the value of returning to shared purpose and shared goals as a tool to support effective team building and collaboration. We also provide practical tips and discu...

In this episode, Morgan and Sarah continue their discussion of the first stage of the learning pathway: Where to start with team based care . Our hosts focus on the importance of thinking about both service design and team readiness when transitioning to team-based care in primary care clinics. They emphasize the need to consider the existing services in the community when designing or redesigning...

In this episode, Morgan and Sarah introduce the first stage of the Team Based Care Learning Pathway and focus on the importance of getting to know your patients . Morgan and Sarah explore two ideas related to getting to know patients, Utilizing EMR data for demographic insights and chronic condition trends and Conducting patient surveys to uncover needs. Special thanks to Amie Hough , a Leader in...

In this episode, Morgan and Sarah introduce Season 6 of Team Up and discuss the new team-based care pathway. They highlight the motivation behind creating the pathway and how the pathway will structure the season. The episode also includes a tangible takeaway for listeners, as Morgan and Sarah suggest trying out the team effectiveness tool available on the teambasedcarebc.ca website as a place to...