The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, in partnership with The Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team, is proud to provide a supportive environment for the education of the next generation of health care professionals. Our mission is to provide leadership and excellence in comprehensive, innovative, patient-centred primary care through education, research, and care provision in a collaborative, sustainable, interprofessional environment.
Excellence in Research, Education, and Innovation
- Development of inter-professional programs in point-of-care anti-coagulation monitoring, dementia assessment and care, DM care, and mobility-access issues
- Innovation in linking family medicine to pharmacy, social work, optometry, and other professions
Responsible Community Citizenship
- Leadership in building the University of Waterloo Integrated Health Building
- Leadership in local eco-system health and global health initiatives
Leadership in System-Wide Primary Health Care Policy Change
- Mentorship for Family Health Teams and other teams from across Canada
- Leadership in provincial inter-professional care groups
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Excellence in Health Care Delivery to Patients
- Evidence-informed best practice, patient-centred care for 20,000 patients
- Outreach programs to vulnerable populations such as refugees, homeless people, people with mobility-access issues, rural Mennonites, and patients with dementia
Building a Learning Community
- Site for the Kitchener-Waterloo McMaster Family Medicine Residency Program
- Primary care teaching for inter-professional learners in medicine, pharmacy, optometry, social work, nursing (RN, RPN and NP), clinical nutrition and other professions
![Nikki Domanski](/pharmacy/sites/default/files/uploads/resize/4x5-template-portrait-website-4-240x300.jpg)
The future of healthcare is going to heavily rely on interprofessional collaboration to deliver the best care possible for patients and I'm very excited to be a part of this.