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Networks that integrate academic and clinical activities are developing across Canada. The University of British Columbia, Department of Emergency Medicine, is leading the planning and implementation of a network that integrates clinician researchers and clinical experts with all practitioners in emergency medicine across the province. The intention is to facilitate emergency practitioners supporting emergency practitioners in remote to tertiary care settings to deliver best practices to patients in all BC emergency departments. The structure and objectives of the network demonstrate how focusing directly on patient-centred care across a large dispersed group of caregivers with common needs can effectively improve care delivery.

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A Network to Improve Emergency Patient Care by Facilitating Practitioners to Effectively Support Practitioners

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