Peter Cornish
Peter Cornish
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr. Peter Cornish is an Associate Professor and served as the Director of the Student Wellness and Counselling Centre (SWCC) at Memorial University of Newfoundland from September 1, 2013 until August 31, 2018. He is currently on sabbatical researching and writing for three books on stepped care. The SWCC is an academic and service unit with a focus on interprofessional wellness programming, training and research. Programming includes primary medical care, psychiatric consultation, counselling and a wide range of other mental health supports and programs, healthy campus development activities, academic teaching and training in the faculties of Medicine and Science. The SWCC co-founded, with the Department of Psychology, a doctoral training program in clinic psychology and is a partner in teaching and administration of this program. The SWCC provides leadership roles in the Centre for Collaborative Health Professional Education which represents the Faculties of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, Education and Human Kinetics and Recreation. The SWCC is accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services and the Canadian Psychological Association. Dr. Cornish is a strong advocate for interprofessional collaboration and encourages the development of partnerships with a broad range of disciplines within the university and within the public health sector. His clinical and research interests include online mental health, stepped care programming, mental health service innovations, change management, interprofessional team functioning, interpersonal and group dynamics, wellness community development and gender issues. His empowerment-oriented approach to professional practice is situated within the context of the multiple determinants of health and draws heavily on feminist, community of practice and interpersonal/psychodynamic theory. Dr. Cornish is a registered psychologist (Newfoundland and Labrador; Saskatchewan) and works part-time in private practice with Cornish & Gilleta. He is also the president of the social enterprise, Cornish & Associates Stepped Care Solutions Ltd.
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Program Collaborator
Jun 17, 2019 | McGill University, Memorial University, Queen's University, University of Calgary, University of Toronto
Categories: Research & Evaluation - Research Projects
This presentation consists of five Canadian Institutes for Health Research- Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (CIHR-SPOR) research teams presenting on how to build capacity and promote student mental health. This presentations provides insight into how to include students and partners as active participants in the research process in a range of relevant and innovative studies on new approaches to campus mental health. The projects include enhancing service delivery through stepped care, the use of student-informed data and evaluation of strategies to develop resilience and support academic outcomes.
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Jun 17, 2019 | McGill University, Memorial University, Queen's University, University of Calgary, University of Toronto
Categories: Research & Evaluation - Research Projects
This presentation consists of five Canadian Institutes for Health Research- Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (CIHR-SPOR) research teams presenting on how to build capacity and promote student mental health. This presentations provides insight into how to include students and partners as active participants in the research process in a range of relevant and innovative studies on new approaches to campus mental health. The projects include enhancing service delivery through stepped care, the use of student-informed data and evaluation of strategies to develop resilience and support academic outcomes.
Mar 20, 2019 | Memorial University
Categories: Research & Evaluation - Research Projects
Re-centring the stepped care model on the patient, supported by a diverse, multidisciplinary team. This involves moving the model to an online platform that allows patients and clinicians to access information at anytime. The project addresses the needs of a variety of patient advocacy groups and policy-makers, reducing barriers to access, including wait times and service fragmentation.
Jun 15, 2017 | McGill University, Memorial University, University of British Columbia
The Stepped Care panel presented a new model for university and college counselling centers to organize in a more accessible, empowering and efficient manner both clinic based and healthy campus activities. The model offers the lowest level of intervention intensity warranted by objective continuous outcome and process monitoring. It integrates a range of traditional and emerging online mental health programs systematically within a healthy campus lens. Panelists from Memorial University, McGill University and the University of British Columbia shared their experiences with Stepped Care transformations and outcomes.