Don't let up: implementing and sustaining change in a new post-licensure education model for developing extended role practitioners involved in arthritis care.
CONCLUSIONS
Across a 9-year period, the Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care program has achieved a set of short-term "wins" giving direction and momentum to the development of new roles for health care practitioners providing arthritis care.


CONCLUSIONS
This is a viable model for post-licensure training offered to multiple allied health professionals to support the development of competent extended role practitioners (extended scope practice). Challenges at this critical juncture include: retain focus, drive, and commitment; develop academic and financial partnerships transferring short-term success to long-term sustainability; advanced, context-driven, system-level evaluation including fiscal outcome; health care policy adaptation to new human health resource development.
Success includes: completed 2-year health services research evaluating 37 graduates; leadership, innovation, educational excellence, and human health resource benefit awards; influential publications/presentations addressing post-licensure education/outcome, interprofessional collaboration, and improved patient care.
Office of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Katie
K
Lundon
Office of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada ; Division of Rheumatology, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Rachel
R
Shupak
Trauma/Neurosurgery and Mobility Programs, St Michael's Hospital, ON, Canada.
Sonya
S
Canzian
Programs and Services, The Arthritis Society, ON, Canada.
Ed
E
Ziesmann
Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, ON, Canada ; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Rayfel
R
Schneider
allied health professionals; arthritis; extended role practitioners; human health resource development; post-licensure education