TRIPLE AIM PROJECT INFORMATION
IMMERSION PHASE

Welcome to the Immersion Phase IPE Triple Aim Project Proposal!

The first step in the Triple Aim Project Proposal Activity is to attend an Information session (Kickoff Meeting) about Project Proposal requirements.  Expectations for the project, next steps, and timelines will be discussed.  Information sessions will be held on the dates/times listed below.  Several options are available to help provide flexibility for students’ schedules.

KICKOFF Meetings!

You must attend one of these 1-hour meetings.

No signup necessary.

Attendance will be taken at the meeting.

Date	Event	Start Time	End Time	Place
01/16/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	12:00	1:00	ALC
01/16/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	4:00	5:00	ALC
01/18/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	12:00	1:00	ALC
01/19/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	4:00	5:00	ALC
01/22/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	12:00	1:00	ALC
01/22/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	4:00	5:00	ALC
01/23/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	12:00	13:00	ALC
01/23/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	4:00	5:00	ALC
01/24/18	TAP Kickoff Meeting	12:00	1:00	ALC

This MLK event supports population health and professional wellness aspects of the quadruple aim by providing service and engagement in the local community and giving back to the community. This event is open to students in ALL programs!

UAMS students may participate by bringing their choice of the following:
1 (one) backpack or,
2 (two) composition books or,
2 (two) reading books (children’s ages: Pre-K through 12 yrs.) or,
2 (two) boxes of pens
and participating in the donations assembly process on Jan. 17 from 11:30 – 1:oo pm in RAHN 8101A (Flexible Learning Center).

You MUST sign up by: Tuesday, Jan. 16 @ 12:00 pm (noon).
To register: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094da4aa28a6f49-ipecompetence6

Participants will check in with Dr. Marico Bryant Howe the day of the event.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that “life’s most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others?”  This year, the Chancellor’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee wanted to provide members of our campus community an opportunity to make an impact on the education of children in homeless/domestic violence shelters.  We seek to draw attention to the education gap that often exists in our society and to provide participants the opportunity to “do for others,” by giving educational material to children who are residing in homeless and domestic violence shelters.  This population of children were targeted due to our desire to reach children who may have the deepest need.  It is our hope that our 2018 MLK community service event will make a difference in the lives of young  people facing difficult circumstances.

Date: 01/17/2018 (Wed.)

Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm CST

Location: RAHN, Room 8101A (Flex Learning Center)

The Office of Interprofessional Education (IPE) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received an $118,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation to create an oral health and dental education curriculum available to all students.

The oral health component will be incorporated into the current IPE curriculum. Students in all degree programs at UAMS are required to take IPE courses.

Kathryn Neill, PharmD, director of Interprofessional Administrative and Curricular Affairs in the UAMS Office of Interprofessional Education, said the curriculum will help students be better able to address the significant oral health needs of Arkansans.

“Integrating medical and dental health care is one way to ensure that preventative oral health services can begin even before age one,” said Weldon Johnson, executive director of the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation. “Combining the delivery of oral health and primary care services offers a comprehensive health system that is efficient, patient-centered and has the potential to provide affordable, quality health care to families throughout the state.”

According to 2010 data published by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, 64 percent of children and adolescents had evidence of current or past cavities, and 29 percent had untreated cavities. Among older adults, 23.3 percent of adults 65 and older in Arkansas reported that they had lost all of their permanent teeth — compared with 16.9 percent nationwide.

“The knowledge our students will gain from this curriculum will help ensure that even when Arkansans are unable to see a dentist, other health care providers will be able to look out for their oral health needs, which is vitally important because oral health affects much more than just the mouth,” said Neill, noting that research suggests poor oral health is linked to heart disease and stroke.

The curriculum will include training modules, live lectures and simulation activities, as well as screening events that will support preventive measures and identify patients in need of further intervention.

The course is being developed by an interprofessional team of faculty composed of Neill, Ashley McMillan, D.M.D., assistant director of the Oral Health Clinic and General Practice Residency Program and an assistant professor in the Center for Dental Education; Gene Jines, D.D.S., director of the Center for Dental Education; Mitzi Efurd, Ed.D., associate professor and chairman of the Department of Dental Hygiene in the College of Health Professions; and Wendy Ward, Ph.D., director of interprofessional faculty development in the Office of Interprofessional Education.

The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation is committed to improving the oral health of Arkansans. Overall, the foundation has contributed more than $2.8 million to UAMS, including providing operating support for the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center and the UAMS Oral Health Clinic, as well as scholarships for the dental hygiene program at the UAMS College of Health Professions.

Story by: Yavonda Chase, UAMS Communications

The IPE office University of Central Arkansas will, once again, host their REACH conference on April 19-20, 2018.

Our own Drs. Wendy Ward and Kat Neill will be presenting at the Pre-conference on April 19th.

A call for abstracts has gone out and registration for the conference will open soon.
For more information, check out their website!

We are looking for proposal ideas for the Spring 2018 Triple Aim Presentation event, happening during Student Research Day on March 6, 2018!

Interprofessional teams of students work together to develop a project proposal that addresses a problem that relates to the Triple Aim. Your presentation ideas are necessary so students have a wide variety of project options to choose from.

Project proposal ideas are welcome from students, faculty, staff, and our community partners.

(UPDATED 11/07/17)

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Deadline Extended for Interprofessional Education Small Grants Program

The deadline for proposals to be submitted for the small grant program sponsored by the UAMS Office of Interprofessional Education has been extended to Monday, Nov. 27. The new submission deadline for the grant program, designed to promote interprofessional collaborative practice initiatives, is 5 p.m., Nov. 27, 2017.

Program Goal:

Promote the scholarship of interprofessional collaboration and practice in the areas of clinical care

The project requesting support may include, but is not limited to, a focus on:

1. The impact of interprofessional practice on (for example):

• Patient outcomes
• Patient safety
• Patient experience
• Cost-effectiveness of health care

Or

2. Research on interprofessional practices (i.e., development/validation of interprofessional practice assessment measures)

Award:
Multiple grants will be awarded. Grants will range from $5,000 to $15,000.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PIs and other investigators may be faculty, postdocs, graduate students, or clinical staff — but must be affiliated with UAMS (faculty or staff must be UAMS employees; graduate students must be enrolled in UAMS Graduate School).
• The investigator team must have an interprofessional composition. “Interprofessional” is defined as the representation of two or more professions (e.g., nurse and physician, pharmacist and physician assistant).
• In addition to including investigators representing multiple professions, the proposed project should aim to establish a relationship between interprofessional practice and outcomes.
• Scholarly work that establishes baseline data or demonstrates strong potential for obtaining additional funding will be viewed favorably.

Application Process:
Include abbreviated curriculum vitae (or NIH Biosketch) of all investigators
Include letter(s) of support from the supervisor of the PI and Co-PI (if applicable)

Maximum of five pages including:

1. Specific Aims
2. Significance and Innovation
3. Rationale for the interprofessional team’s composition, along with roles and responsibilities for each project team member
4. A description of how an interprofessional team is required for project design and implementation
5. How the project addresses one or more elements of the Triple Aim (improved patient experience, improved population health or reduced cost for care)
6. Rationale and Approach (including methods, outcome measures, data analysis plans, and project evaluation)
7. A plan to evaluate the project’s outcomes and the function of the interprofessional team
8. Plan for dissemination of results (presentation of work at a relevant national meeting and/or publication is required)
9. References cited will not count as part of the page limit
10. Timeline (including a progress report at six months and project completion within 12 months after receiving funds/IRB approval)
11. IRB approval (if available). Note that IRB approval is required before funding can be awarded.
12. Budget (may include salary support, travel to present at a professional meeting, supplies, participant fees, IRB fee, and other expenses needed to conduct the work.) Entire awarded amount will be transferred after receipt of IRB approval.

ALL MATERIALS MUST BE COMBINED AND SUBMITTED IN A SINGLE PDF DOCUMENT.

For questions about this grant program, please contact the Office of Interprofessional Education, ipe@uams.edu  or call (501)686-5686.

Deadline: 5 p.m., Nov. 27, 2017
Submit completed application packet as a single PDF file to: provost@uams.edu.

Story by Jon C. Parham

By being effective advocates for science funding, researchers can help the U.S. lead the world in science and help their own careers, UAMS students and faculty were told at a recent lecture.

“The public does not understand what we do and they don’t understand why we do it,” said Richard L. Eckert, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, where he is a professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The Sept. 27 lecture was sponsored by the Office of Interprofessional Education and the College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Knowing how to talk to nonscientists about the importance of research is an important skill for researchers, Eckert said.  “Leave out the calcium concentrations. Tell the big picture.”

Whether talking to family or friends at a party, the importance of science and the threats to funding must be communicated clearly.

He noted that the U.S. share of worldwide research and development has fallen in recent years from 35 to 27 percent, while Asia’s share has climbed from 27 to 40 percent.

The good news is that Congress has started to increase funding for research, but current funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) remain below 2003 levels in inflation-adjusted dollars.

Funding stability is especially critical in science, he said, because a sudden cut in funding such as occurred in 2013 can sabotage years invested in science programs.

“This will be very important to your careers because you’re going to be funded by the federal government to do research, and you’ll want to pursue your work,” Eckert said.  “Very few Americans know what the NIH is, and that’s why you have to make an effort to tell them.”

Eckert leads delegations of researchers to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. to speak directly to members of the House and Senate.

“In the years to come you’re going to have to increasingly engage with this kind of activity because lots of people are asking for support from government and sometimes budgets are limited so we have to be there and we have to lobby with our congressmen and senators to do things that are in the interest of science progression,” he said.

At UAMS, such outreach is led by Maurice Rigsby, J.D., vice chancellor for Institutional Relations.

By David Robinson| October 4th, 2017|University News

(From the insideUAMS page)

Muhammad Jaffar

Posted: Monday, April 17, 2017

Meet Muhammad Jaffar, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Director Interprofessional Collaborative Practice.

Muhammad has been with UAMS since 1996 and joined as faculty in 1998.

Jaffar said his commitment to the patient and family focus is part of why he loves UAMS. Their similar core values, caring staff and opportunity to advance are what makes UAMS more than just a hospital.

“UAMS has given me a great sense of purpose in my life,” said Jaffar.