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Congratulations to the Fall 2018 Triple Aim Project Proposal Winners!

And the Fall 2018 Triple Aim Project Winners are…..

1st place: Operation Heart – Team 2!
The student team consisted of:
Cody Timmerman, COM
Hunter Bane, COM
Aaron Mullen, CHP/PA
Kaitlin Wood, COP
Adrienne Golden, CON
Ann Fitzhugh, COP
Their facilitators were: Dr. Eddie Dunn and Dr. Kat Neill (COP)

Their project titled “Cuts N’ Cuff” offered ideas to provide alternative means of hypertension screening to an at-risk population as well as provide them with information on the importance of treatment of hypertension. 

2nd place was a tie!
The two winning teams are Mental Health Awareness – Team 3 and Oral Health – Team 1.

Mental Health Awareness – Team 3 consisting of:
Jen Shaver, CHP/PA
Geoff Loux, COP
Shelby Wall, COP
Gisele Moran, COM
James Harter, COM
Moriah Holloway, COM
Their faculty facilitator was Dr. Purushottam Thapa (COM)

 Their project title was “Increasing Mental Health Awareness in Training Medical Professionals” and their goal was to increase awareness of mental illness among graduate students in the health sciences.

Oral Health -Team 1 team members were:
Emily Riley, COM
Santiago Gonzalez, COM
Autumn Stice, COP
Kaylen Welter, CHP/PA
Their faculty facilitators was Ms. Jennifer Stane (CHP/DH)

Their project titled “Reducing Early Childhood Caries by Education of UAMS Student Healthcare Providers Through an IPE Fluoride Varnish Certification Program” aimed to increase UAMS IPE requirement opportunities for students and the number of UAMS graduates with fluoride varnish application certification.

Winners can stop by the IPE office (RAHN 1210) to collect their certificates and prizes. 1st place receives a stainless steel UAMS tumbler, the 2nd place tie winners can choose between a UAMS t-shirt or a stainless steel UAMS water bottle!

Congratulations to ALL the teams who participated. Every year the competition gets fiercer because the teams are producing top-notch projects. We also want to thank all the facilitators and judges who helped make this Triple Aim Project activity such a success. THANK YOU! 

Student Practice Activity this Saturday! (08/04)

STUDENTS — Here is a chance to complete your Core Activity # 6 – Practice Activity!

6 - Practice Activity

Event Name: ROOTS Pediatric Vision Day 2018

Date: 8/4/18

Time: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Location: University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service; 1200 President Clinton Ave, Little Rock, AR 72201

Description:

Each year in Arkansas over 21,000 children fail their school eye screening and of those 2/3 do not receive follow up care. This year ROOTS, Rural Ophthalmology Optometry Treatment & Screening Non-profit is trying to make a positive difference by gathering volunteers to screen children before the school year starts at a 3,000 backpack giveaway event! Please watch this instructional video to prepare for your time volunteering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMwy06mAV5U

 

Many volunteers will be assessing visual acuity, some will help schedule appointments and arrange follow up. Those children who pass their eye screening (20/20 both eyes) will be given a green wristband. Those who have room for improvement in their vision (20/25-20/40), but it will not affect their quality of life significantly will be given a yellow wristband and referred to local ophthalmology or optometry clinics. Those who are found to have serious vision deficits (>20/40) will be given a red wristband and will be seen through the Shepherd’s Hope Volunteer Eye Clinic.

 

Parking for the event is provided at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. If you have any questions you can reach out to me at 734-612-0850.

 

Please sign up below and Help End Global Blindness 1 Eye at a Time!!

http://signup.com/go/CHxECLz

 

Students should ensure they have a Practice Activity Verification form with them and have it signed by the authority in charge.
Make sure to upload this verification form into the Blackboard Course as well as write a reflection for activity completion!

Congratulations to the 2018 Summer PFCC Triple Aim Project Proposal Winners!

We had  nine teams competing and the scores were so close we had a tie for 3rd place!
Everyone did an amazing job with their projects and we are proud to be a part of the Patient-and Family-Centered Care summer program.

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1st Place
Group 8: Smoking Tobacco Prevention Initiative among Adolescents

Team members (in no particular order):
Meghan Ayers (MPH)
Bailey Lessenberry (CRC)
Lesly Ramos (DH)
Holly Rega (DH)
Estefania Vazquez-Rodriguez (DH)
Haylie Worthington (CRC)

Team Facilitator: Shannon Turley

Winners can pick up their certificates in the IPE office! 
RAHN 1210 (across from parking deck 2, next to the revolving doors.)

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2nd Place
Team 6 – “Train and Be Trained”


Group members (in no particular order):
Michaela Kinley (DH)
Addyson Renee Hipps (DH)
Neha Sharma (COP)
Katherine Montgomery (MHA)
Tiffany Hogue (DH)
Haley Hawthorne (CRC)

Team Facilitator: Jennifer Grimmett Stane

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TIED for 3rd Place
Group 2: Ask Me About DTB

Team members (in no particular order):
Tracie French Cash (DH)
Brittany Clark (DH)
Heather Clemons (DH)
Elisandra Bueno (CRC)
Raleigh Thomas (CRC)
Nkeseobong Essien (COP)

Team Facilitator: Tonya Cook

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TIED for 3rd Place
Group 1: Education of UAMS FMC Staff and Providers Regarding Health Concerns of the LGBTQ Community

Team members are (in no particular order):
Na’Tasha Allen (CRC)
Kristen Aldridge-Knowles (DH)
Jocelyne Benitez (DH)
Michelle Brooks (DH)
Bethany Thomas (DH)

Team Facilitator: Erna Boone

Interprofessional Education teams Improve Patient and Family Care through Medical Error Simulation

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Imagine a medical, pharmacy, health professions, nursing and public health student walking into an exam room together and communicating with a patient’s family member about a medical error that has just occurred.

On May 6, over 70 learners from UAMS’ six colleges (medicine, pharmacy, nursing, public health, health professions and the graduate school) participated in the IPE pilot “Error Disclosure Simulation Event” which is a planned component of the IMMERSION phase for intermediate learners as part of the Interprofessional Education curriculum going into effect, at UAMS in the fall 2015.

In this event, interprofessional teams must disclose an error that has occurred. Teams work collaboratively and talk about their action plan, discuss their role and determine how they will tell the family member as a team about the error and how the patient was harmed. A standardized patient plays the role of a family member.

Each learner has a different approach and perspective to the case provided. Simulations help students understand how to work with other health providers in different fields and how to ask questions outside of their profession.

All teams returned to participate in a large group debriefing where two faculty facilitators led the learners and standardized patients through a structured discussion to highlight the importance of the interprofessional team as a model to conduct difficult conversations that are applicable to all professions.  Evaluations indicate that the learners enjoyed the event and recognize that this experience will positively affect their future practice.