CVP Program Advisory Committee

1. CVP Program Advisory Committee Annual Report 2009

2. Disgruntled Employees in all Professions

3. CARDIOVASCULAR PERFUSION ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGTHE MICHENER INSTITUTEFebruary 12, 2009 • Chair: Constantine Dalamagas (SMH) • Secretary: Mike Aubin (TMI) • Present: Dr. Karim Bandali (TMI) Colleen Gruenwald (SCH) David Holt (UN) Ken Gardiner (QEII) Mike Courtney (OSCP representative) Rochelle Straker (TMI) • Teleconference: Graham Walsh (LHSC) David Nash (BC) Maggie Savelburg (LHSC) • Regrets: Dr. David Latter (SMH) Dr. Mac Quantz (LHSC) Maria Adliff (THC) Andrew Cleland (CSCP representative)

4. Agenda • Follow up from PAC recommendations from last meeting: • All positions on the PAC were filled • The PAC was expanded and 2 students were added • The curriculum changes have been made was recommended • The suggestion that students return to TMI simulation suite for a high stakes evaluation following the clinical education period may be implemented after the upcoming cohort of students are through • David Holt and Mike Aubin will review the entire curriculum for gaps and redundancies.

5. PAC wants to ensure a cross reference with the CSCP competency profile is maintained. The current CSCP profile has gaps and is being reviewed. • The ACE committee would like to be apprised of PAC decisions. The profession establishes its own competencies and advises TMI about new ones. • TMI should be able to provide feedback to the CSCP in a consultative fashion.

6. 2. Developments with the CVP Community: • PAC Chair has not received any communication from the community about concerns. • The Michener responded to the OSCP’s “Together Tomorrow Report”. This response was published in the Canadian Perfusion Journal. • Teleconference and email correspondence to be maintained regarding the issues raised. • At the recent CCS (October 2008), TMI CEO gave a presentation the status of Perfusion Education at The Michener Institute. • PAC is required to meet annually. It is difficult to get everyone to attend meetings more frequently.

7. The current PAC has been meeting and functioning at a more rapid rate than preceding years. • PAC would like to see TMI represented at OSCP and CSCP meetings regularly. • Reported that TMI open to collaborate with the societies on a more frequent level. • Despite numerous efforts it appears that there still is a lack of communication between the Michener and the community. • PAC consensus: Communication needs to improve on both sides. • Regular communication with the Journal has been established.

8. Update on Curriculum and Courses • Presentation made by Michener regarding all curriculum updates (See Michener presentation) • The development and efforts to fill identified gaps is clear and the educational offering of the program has come a long way. • PAC: Impressive curriculum that has clearly taken into consideration the feedback of multiple stakeholders and will no doubt serve the students even more so as the program is offered in Sept 2009. • David Holt: Very positive feedback and appreciative of how the students have an opportunity to become aware and are informed of all the competencies that they are responsible for during the course of their education

9. Upon review and offering of this revised curriculum version with the clear emphasis on orientating the ‘new student’ – this program may eventually evolve into a 5 semester program from the current 4 semesters • An extra semester would help to ensure an even more robust orientation that is required for new cohort of students. • We will not know till we prepare these students in the manner reflected in this new curriculum if this semester change is required.

10. PAC: How will this committee communicate with the community? • Commitment to contact the profession’s journal to ensure a clear opportunity to provide the community with updates as well as ensure the requirements of being a clinical educator are made clear to the community. • Chair noted there were reports of student abuse during their most recent clinical education phases. He suggested such sites should be reviewed and possibly denied future students. • Student representative agreed that students were periodically abused. She asked what mechanisms were available to report these sites to TMI and to the respective Clinical Coordinators at that site. • PAC proposed that all Clinical Coordinators should be educators as well as clinical perfusionists.

11. Michener reported that it has established a clinical education office. It is the schools mandate that if you want to teach our students, you must have a clinical status appointment. • Michener has the cross appointment piece ready to submit to the CSCP – this will be in an upcoming CSCP Journal. • Chair of PAC will submit letter to CSCP outlining several key areas: • - re-establishment of the PAC • - requirement for status appt with Michener • - new curriculum • - vision for moving forward

12. This requirement will be coming within this year. The program is outlined on the schools website. • PAC discussed that there may be too many sites for the number of students and therefore we should limit their number. • The Michener agreed but emphasized that Cardiovascular Perfusion at Michener Institute is a national program and requires representation from across the country.

13. Action Plan: Summary • PAC will send a message to the ACE committee to establish a mechanism to open discussion regarding a review of the current and proposed competency profile. • The Michener will send Terms of Reference of the PAC to all stakeholders. • Chair and Michener to work on an annual document to be disseminated to the national perfusion community through the use of Perfusion Canadian Journal (Letter from PAC Chair ).

14. The topic of student abuses will be presented at the next Clinical Coordinators meeting slated for June / July. • Clinical Coordinators meeting rescheduled for November because due to availability from community. • PAC recommendation: In order to be a Clinical Coordinator in the perfusion program, an individual must have a status appointment from TMI by 2010. • All Clinical Coordinators must actively pursue formal education in teaching (courses offered at TMI). This was proposed and passed by the committee.