Dr. Kelsey Harvey, assistant professor, Cape Breton University, is conducting a SSHRC-funded study about interprofessional education (IPE) along with partners from Canadore College, Brock University, and the University of Toronto.

We are surveying and conducting interviews with community service providers in a health and/or social service field who oversaw a student co-op, placement, internship, or similar work-integrated learning experience between 2022-2024. You are eligible to participate if

1.    you are a community service provider in a health and/or social service field

2.    you have supervised (or are currently supervising) a student co-op, placement, internship, or similar work-integrated learning experience anytime in the last two years (2022-2024),

3.    the student(s) were enrolled in a Canadian post-secondary program (university or college).

Please share within your network.

We are inviting you to participate in a brief survey and/or virtual interview. The survey will take about 15-30 minutes, and the interview would take about one (1) hour to complete (using Zoom or Microsoft Teams). Interviews will be conducted in English. To ensure you meet study eligibility criteria, you will be asked a few screening questions prior to participating in this study.

Link to survey: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/453586?lang=en

If you are interested in getting more information about taking part in the study, please contact Dr. Harvey directly at Kelsey_Harvey@cbu.ca. Dr. Harvey will not tell your employer or anyone at the university/college with whom you partnered who participated in this study. Taking part or not taking part in this study will not affect your employment or partnership with the college/university IPE program.

This study has been reviewed by and received ethics clearance from the McMaster Research Ethics Board (#5986) and the UPEI REB (#6012830).

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.