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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! 

UAMS Recognized for Interprofessional Education Program by Yavonda Chase

UAMS faculty who worked on the award application include (from left): Kathryn Neill, Pharm.D.; Susan Long, Ed.D.; Wendy Ward, Ph.D.; Amber Teigen, M.M.Sc.; Lisa Rhoden, M.Ed.; and Cherika Robertson, M.Ed.

Oct. 31, 2018 | Oct. 31, 2018 | On the strength of its interprofessional education curriculum, UAMS recently was identified as a Program of Merit by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP).

The award came as part of the association’s Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care contest. Since fall 2015, all UAMS students must complete 25 hours of interprofessional education activities to graduate.

CLICK HERE to read the full story!

Student Practice Activity this Saturday! (08/04)

STUDENTS — Here is a chance to complete your Core 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.

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.)

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

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

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

Faculty Movie Night: “Something the Lord Made” (10/01/18)

If you missed out on our SOLD OUT Inaugural Faculty Movie Night in May don’t let our SECOND movie night slip past you.

Thanks to a generous donation from the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, we are able to reserve a larger theater room at the Riverdale 10.
Your admission is FREE but seats will fill up fast!

Monday, October 1st join us as we watch the award winning, “Something the Lord Made” starring Alan Rickman and Mos Def.  This movie tells the emotional true story of two men who defied the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. (Amazon.com)

An interprofessional pre/post discussion will be held regarding diversity and health disparity issues in the healthcare field.

Register today and reserve your seat (feel free to register a guest!).

Special Faculty Development Offerings

Two special events are coming this fall, make sure you sign up fast as seats are limited!

201E: Facilitator Skills & IPE Event Design

Have you taken the 101 course?

Then it time to take the next step in your facilitator training by completing the 201E course!

This course is offered quarterly so don’t miss out.

Register today for the September 26th workshop.

(want to take the course but haven’t finished your 101? No worries, you can complete the 101 online!) 

201C: How to Build an Interprofessional Clinical Team

Looking to create, or expand, an Interprofessional Clinical Team?

This 3-hour course can help you do that!

Register today for the October 31st workshop. 

If you have completed the 101 and 201E course and want to practice facilitating student events we have a variety of choices this coming fall.

Check out our 301E: Facilitated Shadow and/or Event Co-Lead SignUpGenius here. 

Feel free to contact our office with questions or ideas for other faculty development ideas.

Congratulations to our 2018 IPFCC Presenters!

Team UAMS rocked their IPE presentation at the 8th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care in Baltimore on Wednesday, June 13, 2018! Their presentation, titled: “Integration of Patient/Family Advisors into Interprofessional Education Teaching and Practice to Address Patient and Family Needs” was well received by a riveted audience.

Presenters were (from right to left): Kathryn Neill, PharmD, Director of Interprofessional Administrative and Curricular Affairs; Stephanie Gardner, EdD, PharmD, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost; Larry Taylor, Adjunct (Family) Faculty,College of Health Professions, Department of Respiratory and Surgical Technologies.

Also featured (far left) is former team member Julie Moretz who served as the first ever Vice Chancellor for Patient- and Family-Centered Care at UAMS.

INAUGURAL Faculty Movie Night!

Join the Office of Interprofessional Education for the: INAUGURAL Faculty Movie Night!
We have educational movie nights for students, why not faculty?

June 4, 2018
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Riverdale 10 VIP Theater

Thanks to a generous donation from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, your admission is FREE!
Drinks and food will be at your own cost.

In honor of National Cancer Survivor’s Day we will be watching, and discussing, the movie 50/50 staring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogan.

Only 30 seats available so register today!!