RESEARCH REPORT Contributing to the sustainability of Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centred Practice (IECPCP): A teaching resource manual PAMELA WENER, MICHELLE NELSON, MONI FRICKE, LAURA MACDONALD, JUDY E. ANDERSON, THE MANITOBA INITIATIVE FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR COLLABORATIVE PATIENT-CENTRED PRACTICE WORKING GROUP*, & DIETER J. SCHO ¨ NWETTER University of Manitoba, Canada As we look toward sustainability of Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient- Centred Practice (IECPCP), interprofessional education (IPE) is a key component (D’Amour & Oandasan, 2004; Royal College of Nursing, 2006). Building capacity to teach IPE is foundational to the sustainability process and thus producing an accessible, user-friendly teaching resource that catalogues the diverse resources available, is an important tool to promote teaching of IPE at both the pre- and post- licensure levels. This report describes the creation of a teaching resource manual (TRM) in the area of IECPCP that was conducted as part of the development of a graduate studies course on IECPCP at the University of Manitoba. The report focuses on the process undertaken to develop the teaching resource manual, presents the content areas covered, and explains how people may use the resource manual. A TRM, as defined by Scho ¨ nwetter and Taylor,(as cited in Scho ¨ nwetter, 2008), is ‘‘an annotated guide that lists essential resources for teaching from general teaching practices to innovative teaching tips’’ (p. 4). Annotated bibliographies are commonly used by academics and researchers, however, publishing of similar resources for teaching purposes is less common (Scho ¨ nwetter, 2008). A review of 155 graduate courses taught to prepare students to teach in higher education found that very few of them required students to prepare an annotated bibliography or compile resources for teaching and those that included this type Correspondence: Pamela Wener, University of Manitoba, Canada. E-mail: pwener@cc.umanitoba.ca *The working group of the Manitoba Initiative at the University of Manitoba includes in alphabetical order Judy E. Anderson, Department of Biological Sciences; Christine Ateah, Faculty of Nursing; Penny Davis, Faculty of Nursing; Moni Fricke, Department of Physical Therapy; Leanne Leclair, Department of Occupational Therapy; Sora Ludwig, Faculty of Medicine; Laura MacDonald, Faculty of Dentistry/School of Dental Hygiene; Colleen Metge, Faculty of Pharmacy; Wanda Snow; Laura Tryhuk; and Pamela Wener, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Manitoba. Journal of Interprofessional Care, March 2009; 23(2): 201–203 ISSN 1356-1820 print/ISSN 1469-9567 online Ó 2009 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. DOI: 10.1080/13561820802293105 J Interprof Care Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of Manitoba on 07/30/14 For personal use only.