{"id":450,"date":"2024-04-04T07:59:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=450"},"modified":"2024-04-04T08:13:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:13:44","slug":"3-5-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/3-5-2\/","title":{"raw":"3.5.2 Communities of Practice","rendered":"3.5.2 Communities of Practice"},"content":{"raw":"A Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of practitioners with a shared interest who collaborate to exchange knowledge and experiences and support practice change[footnote]Burgess &amp; Sawchenko, 2011a[\/footnote].\r\n\r\nRole of CoPs:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>CoPs are instrumental for supporting health care professionals in LTC<\/li>\r\n \t<li>CoPs exist province wide and nationally<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing<\/li>\r\n \t<li>CoPs exist for a multitude of reasons including and not limited to; clinical and\/or professional skills and issues, organizational and leadership, and interestingly even from a legal standpoint<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBenefits of a CoP:\r\n\r\nCoP to support NP role development and integration can help to advance the NP role in healthcare\r\n\r\nA collaborative CoP model addresses:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The internal interests and requirements of participating members<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Attends to the external worries of the organization, and<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Contributes to health care enhancement<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nCoPs also provide:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Perspective and understanding of the problems<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Shared practice to reduce duplication, cost and time<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Shared knowledge to foster a stronger workforce and increased sources of expertise<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Meaningful participation and increased trust and confidence<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Building a successful CoP<\/h2>\r\nA CoP can start small as people come together in shared interest, and does not have to proceed in a lock step order\r\n\r\nKey factors that are crucial to the success of a CoP include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identification<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Leadership<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Time[footnote]Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, n.d.[\/footnote]<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">[footnote]Community of Practice, 2016[\/footnote]<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">[footnote]Wenger-Trayner et al, 2013[\/footnote]<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>A Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of practitioners with a shared interest who collaborate to exchange knowledge and experiences and support practice change<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Burgess &amp; Sawchenko, 2011a\" id=\"return-footnote-450-1\" href=\"#footnote-450-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Role of CoPs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CoPs are instrumental for supporting health care professionals in LTC<\/li>\n<li>CoPs exist province wide and nationally<\/li>\n<li>Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing<\/li>\n<li>CoPs exist for a multitude of reasons including and not limited to; clinical and\/or professional skills and issues, organizational and leadership, and interestingly even from a legal standpoint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Benefits of a CoP:<\/p>\n<p>CoP to support NP role development and integration can help to advance the NP role in healthcare<\/p>\n<p>A collaborative CoP model addresses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The internal interests and requirements of participating members<\/li>\n<li>Attends to the external worries of the organization, and<\/li>\n<li>Contributes to health care enhancement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CoPs also provide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perspective and understanding of the problems<\/li>\n<li>Shared practice to reduce duplication, cost and time<\/li>\n<li>Shared knowledge to foster a stronger workforce and increased sources of expertise<\/li>\n<li>Meaningful participation and increased trust and confidence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Building a successful CoP<\/h2>\n<p>A CoP can start small as people come together in shared interest, and does not have to proceed in a lock step order<\/p>\n<p>Key factors that are crucial to the success of a CoP include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identification<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Time<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, n.d.\" id=\"return-footnote-450-2\" href=\"#footnote-450-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Community of Practice, 2016\" id=\"return-footnote-450-3\" href=\"#footnote-450-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Wenger-Trayner et al, 2013\" id=\"return-footnote-450-4\" href=\"#footnote-450-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-450-1\">Burgess &amp; Sawchenko, 2011a <a href=\"#return-footnote-450-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-450-2\">Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, n.d. <a href=\"#return-footnote-450-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-450-3\">Community of Practice, 2016 <a href=\"#return-footnote-450-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-450-4\">Wenger-Trayner et al, 2013 <a href=\"#return-footnote-450-4\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 4\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":16,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-450","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":55,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/450\/revisions\/454"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/55"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/450\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}