Integrated Care Training in Canada: Challenges and Future Directions

Integrated care training affords an ideal opportunity for such exposure in a variety of settings, through which residents can contribute to mental health care delivery and capacity building beyond academic hospitals. Residents will develop skills in knowledge exchange, learn about organizational and team dynamics, contribute to stewardship of limited specialist resources, and become aware of how funding and practice models, as well as health professions training, influence availability of services, individual patient experiences, and population health. Indirect care may include knowledge exchange with other health or social service providers, team-based quality improvement of mental health care, program consultation, development and/or evaluation, or interorganizational coordination activities.