Please ensure you read the book prior to attending this activity!

Book Discussion: My Leaky Body: Tales from the Gurney, by Julie Devaney 

Her weakest moment spawned a crusade for change. Julie Devaney takes on a journey through the health care system as she is diagnosed and treated for ulcerative colitis. In and out of emergency rooms in Vancouver and Toronto, she's poked, prodded, and abandoned to a closet at one point, bearing the helplessness and indignities of a system that seems hell-bent on victimizing the sick.

Raw, harrowing, and darkly funny, My Leaky Body argues convincingly for fixes to the system and better training for all medical personnel. As she recovers, she sets out to do just that: setting up a gurney on stage at workshops and conferences across the country to teach Bedside Manners 101 and to advocate for repairs to the system.

Part memoir, part love story, part revolutionary manifesto, My Leaky Body is politicially astute, gooey like cake batter, and raw like ulcerated bowels. Devaney writes the book that will heal her aching heart and relax her strictured rectum as she weaves stories from professional and public interactions with tales from her gurney.

About the author: https://www.juliedevaney.com/bio/ 

Available to borrow via the University of Toronto Libraries

Available to borrow from the Toronto Public Library

Available to borrow from the Mississauga Library  

Digital copies available to borrow through the LIBBY Library APP

Available for purchase Goose Lane Editions  (view trailer here)

Available for purchase AMAZON

Available for purchase Indigo

Please ensure you read the book for this activity and prepare a brief half-page (double-spaced) reflection answering the following question:

1.   Describe new insights from this book that apply to collaborative practice in hospital or community.

Please submit your reflection to ipe.utoronto@utoronto.ca by December 3rd, 2024 at 12:00 noon.

Devaney, J. (2012, September 21). My Leaky Body. https://gooselane.com/products/my-leaky-body?_pos=1&_sid=26a4f4474&_ss=r

Learning obectives: 

• Identify the roles of patients as members of an interprofessional team
• Describe what patients seek from a collaborative approach to care
• Outline strategies on how to work in a collaborative partnership with patients
• Reflect on current and future approaches for working with patients as members of the interprofessional team.

This elective will introduce students to the exploration of their attitudes and values about breastfeeding.    Through small group discussion and case based learning we will explore myths related to breastfeeding and provide opportunity to explore the roles of various health care providers in supporting women for breastfeeding success.

Learning Objectives 

• Explore students' own attitudes towards breastfeeding;
• Develop basic knowledge about breastfeeding,  including myths related to breastfeeding;
• Enhance understanding of societal influences on breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration;
• Develop an understanding of how to work as an interprofessional team when caring for breastfeeding families by understanding professionals' roles throughout the continuum of care.
• Consider how core competencies in the National Interprofessional Competency Framework can enhance team collaboration related to breastfeeding

Hello everyone,

CACHE team will be having office hours once a month. This is an opportunity for students to "drop in" and ask any questions you might have about the IPE curriculum. No agenda is required and you can show up anytime between the scheduled hours.

If you have any questions about the IPE curriculum please register and we will share the ZOOM link with you.

Please note that this is NOT an IPE elective.