2008

By Laura Ryser, Greg Halseth, Neil Hanlon, Dave Snadden, and Joanna Bates

Society has become increasingly interested in how knowledge can be mobilized to produce meaningful change.  Teaching provides one venue to create social learning environments that can transfer knowledge and change how we work.  Using the Northern Medical Program in Prince George, BC as a case study, we will explore how teaching can be a vehicle for knowledge mobilization and organizational change. This presentation begins by exploring how rural health care restructuring pressures in northern BC lead to the emergence of the NMP.  Then we will explore how teaching programs associated with the NMP at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) have impacted the way physicians work in Prince George through the enhancement of social cohesion, social capital, social learning mechanisms, human capital, and institutional capacity.

Visit https://www.unbc.ca/greg-halseth/presentations to learn more.