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Annual Education Report 2015-2016 Page 19 of 31 Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research & Innovation in Long Term Care Funded until March 2017, the Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care (CLRI) are mandated to enhance the quality of seniors' care through education, research, innovation, evidence-based service delivery, and knowledge transfer. As one of three long-term care homes awarded a Centre by the Government of Ontario, the Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care develops and evaluates the use of educational innovations to enhance interprofessional geriatric competencies in the current and future long-term care home workforce. Staffed by a manager, interprofessional educators and an administrative/research assistant, the Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation is housed within the Centre for Education and Knowledge Exchange in Aging at Baycrest. Key programs include: Team Essentials: Leading Practices for Long-Term Care: Proactive, reflective and collaborative teams are essential to enhancing care quality and safety in long-term care. Based in leading practices, evidence and standards, Team Essentials offers innovative educational solutions to priority practice issues. Experiential, team-based learning and interprofessional competencies are integrated to foster discovery, critical thinking, communication and solution-focused team responses. Team Essentials (formerly, Geriatric Training Program) entails five 1-day modules: i. Preventing Acute Deterioration ii. Responding to Acute Emergencies iii. Coordinating Care for Responsive Behaviours iv. Engaging Families in Care v. Enhancing Collaboration and Shared Values Each module draws on a selection of innovative, experiential learning methods such as: simulation, simulated participants, gamification, active learning, clicker technology, interprofessional education, applied drama, and mindfulness techniques. This past year, over 680 staff from 13 long-term care homes and 245 students from 7 schools participated in Team Essentials. In October, the Baycrest CLRI partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association (Fort Frances) to deliver Team Essentials to 68 staff in 4 long-term care homes in Kenora and Fort Frances.