Grant: Operating Grant: Health System Impact Fellowship - National Cohort Retreat

Our proposal for hosting the Health System Impact Fellowship (HSIF) activities is a fellow-led initiative representing a collaborative and inclusive national consortium of patients, health system leaders, senior academics and healthcare organizations (65 team members, including 22 HSIF fellows and 14 HSIF mentors). Our mission is to advance a sustainable community of practice (COP) - people with a shared common interest - equipped to transform healthcare systems into our vision of high-performing and patient-centered learning health systems across Canada. Our goals are to: 1) Provide tools and learning opportunities in the HSIF core competency areas; 2) Create deliberate, recurring networking opportunities for members of the COP; and, 3) Lay the foundation for commitment to and sustainability of the COP. We will achieve our goals by hosting a two-year National Cohort Training Program (NCTP). This NCTP will provide an interactive environment for learning, connection and collaboration for fellows, alumni and mentors. We will establish a tightly-aligned governance structure consisting of an Executive Team, an Advisory Group, and Working Groups, supported by project management staff and infrastructure as well as additional financial resources ($270,000 in cash and in-kind contributions from our partner organizations) to enable these activities. We believe the proposed NCTP will strengthen our COP and equip members of the COP with the expertise and knowledge required to advance health systems in Canada.