Patient Perspectives on Family Care Teams
Patient Perspectives on Family Care Teams
Project Status:In progress
Knowledge User(s)
Patient and Public Partner
Funding Source(s)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance
Project Objectives
To examine research literature on the topic of patient perspectives and selected patient outcomes when primary healthcare is provided by a Family Care Team. Primary outcomes of interest will focus on (1) primary care access, (2) continuity of care, (3) quality of care with health services use and (4) patient satisfaction.
Research Approach
Rapid Review
Project Lead(s)
Cris Carter
Cris Carter lives in St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) where she engages with the health care system as a Patient Partner on the NL Support -SPOR Patient Advisory Council. She joined the Council in 2016 and helped roll out patient-oriented research training for researchers, medical personnel, and prospective patient partners to promote patient engagement in NL. Cris has been engaged as a Patient Partner on several local research projects into treatments for diabetes. When the COVID pandemic began in 2020, Cris became a member of the team investigating, Through the Looking Glass: The impact of COVID-19 isolation on Long-Term Care facility residents – a visitor’s perspective,” a project initiated by the NL Support-SPOR Patient Advisory Council. She is excited to begin research in 2024 on the health topic, “Patient Perspectives on Family Care Teams,” a project funded through the SPOR Evidence Alliance.
The NL Centre for Applied Health Research
The NL Centre for Applied Health Research is a team of researchers with a unique approach to decision support in Newfoundland and Labrador. Since 2007, the Centre’s Contextualized Health Research Synthesis Program (CHRSP) has been a collaborative partnership that includes applied health researchers at NLCAHR, leaders in Newfoundland & Labrador’s provincial health and community systems, and patient/caregiver advisers. An innovative knowledge translation approach, CHRSP puts research in place by creating reports that support decisions on priority issues are identified by our health system partners with a focus on the unique NL context. The CHRSP team at NLCAHR looks forward to supporting a patient-led project that will explore patient perspectives on Family Care Teams, a new model of primary care now being implemented province wide.
Project Outputs
In Progress