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Office of IPE Small Grant Program Call for Proposals will open Monday, February 3

We are happy to announce the upcoming call for submissions to the 2020 UAMS Interprofessional Education Small Grant Program. In its fourth year, the Office of Interprofessional Education is pleased to collaborate with the UAMS Integrated Clinical Enterprise. This cycle we would like to highlight scholarship that supports UAMS’ goal of achieving Magnet status.

Magnet status is an award by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center (ANCC) recognizes an institution’s commitment to advance nursing excellence, with particular attention to optimum job satisfaction.

Magnet-recognized organizations exemplify a collaborative culture where interprofessional collaborative practice is nurtured. This focus on mutual respect, autonomy, and shared values attracts and rewards talented team members and is associated with decreased attrition and improved patient experience. Numerous studies show that organizations awarded Magnet status exhibit characteristics for Quality and Safety and Patient Outcomes consistent with UAMS goals.

Quality and Safety outcomes include increased:

  • adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices;
  • support for implementation of evidence-based practice; and
  • rating by patients of their hospital experience.

Patient Outcomes include reduced rates for:

  • mortality
  • falls
  • nosocomial infections
  • hospital-acquired pressure ulcer
  • central line-associated bloodstream infection

The 2020 UAMS IPE Small Grant Program will encourage interdisciplinary efforts focused on interprofessional education and collaborative practice to support the Quadruple Aim and nursing excellence in patient care. Multiple grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 will be awarded.

Watch for full details in the Call for Proposals, which opens Monday, Feb. 3.

Deadline for submissions is April 1.

Awards will be announced May 1.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Gardner, PharmD., Ed.D.
Provost and Chief Strategy Officer

Kathryn Neill, Pharm.D.
Associate Provost, Academics
Director of Interprofessional Administrative and Curricular Affairs
Office of Interprofessional Education

Wendy Ward, Ph.D., ABPP, FAPA
Director of Interprofessional Faculty Development
Office of Interprofessional Education
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
UAMS College of Medicine

Proposals Now Accepted for Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Small Grants (10/03/17)

The UAMS Office of Interprofessional Education is now accepting proposals for its small grant program, designed to promote interprofessional collaborative practice initiatives. Deadline for proposal submission is 5 p.m., Nov. 10, 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

  1. 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. 10, 2017
Submit completed application packet as a single PDF file to: provost@uams.edu.

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