Queen's team wins 1st annual Provincial Health Care Team Challenge - March 12, 2010
A team of Queen’s students from six different professional programs won the first annual Provincial Health Care Team Challenge (HCTC) on March 12, 2010 at the National Health Sciences Students’ Association conference in Hamilton. This was an interprofessional competition with five student teams developing and presenting a collaborative plan of care for a virtual patient. Representing Queen’s were: Justin Brooks (School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Physiotherapy), Karan Cheema (School of Nursing), Fateme Salehi (School of Medicine), Sylvia Magrys (School of Psychology), their faculty mentor, Anne O’Riordan (Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice), Ralph Yeung (School of X-Ray Technology), and Krista Sawadski (School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Occupational Therapy).  They competed against teams from the University of Toronto, McMaster University, the University of Western Ontario/Fanshawe College, and the University of Ottawa. The students were supported in this competition by their respective programs at Queen’s, the Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice (OIPEP), the Queen's Health Sciences Student's Association (QHSSA), and the Queen’s Bookstore.