Rachelle Ashcroft has been announced the new Chair of U of T’s InterFaculty Curriculum Committee
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Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Associate Professor Rachelle Ashcroft has been announced the new Chair of the InterFaculty Curriculum Committee (IFCC) for a three-year term. The IFCC is responsible for the University of Toronto’s Interprofessional Education (IPE) Curriculum, in partnership with the Toronto Academic Health Science Network, inclusive of 14 hospitals and 12 health and social care professional training programs.
A passionate educator, Ashcroft has served on the IFCC for 7 years, and has over 14 years of experience in social work practice working on interprofessional teams across various healthcare environments including primary care, sexual health, and community mental health. She also practiced as a social worker in Winnipeg’s Health Science Centre in trauma, psychiatry, bone marrow transplant, nephrology, and neurosurgery. In addition to her role at FIFSW, Ashcroft is cross-appointed to the Department of Family & Community Medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
Ashcroft has a long history of Interprofessional scholarship and leadership, evidenced by her recent leadership on a national team-based primary care grant. Since 2013, she has been actively involved in developing curriculum and providing mentorship to TUTOR-PHC – an interprofessional training program focusing on primary care research and leadership. The focus of her research is on team-based practice in interprofessional primary care settings. She is a core member of INSPIRE-PHC – a leading network of primary care researchers, stakeholders, and knowledge users in Ontario who provide data support and expertise for health policy in Ontario. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, Dr. Ashcroft was a member of the IPE team at the University of Waterloo.
In her IFCC chair role, Dr. Ashcroft will focus her first year on enhancing the clarity, structure, and process of the IFCC to ensure the continued evolution and success of the IPE curriculum.
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