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Moderator
Judy Ortiz, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPADean, College of Health Sciences
Director, School of Physician Assistant Studies
Marshall B. Ketchum University
Presenters
David Farmer, PhD, LPC, LMFTInaugural Director of the Institutional
Department of InterprofessionalEducation and Practice,
University of North TexasHealth Science Center,
Fort Worth, Texas
A Model for Inter-institutional
IPE Collaboration:
The Texas IPE Task Force
David Farmer PhD, LPC, LMFT
Director Department of Interprofessional
Education and Practice, UNTHSC
Assistant Professor Medical Education,
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Member, Texas Interprofessional Education
Task Force
A Model for Inter-institutional IPE Collaboration:
The Texas IPE Task Force
• An IPE Task Force has been created in Texas, to facilitate inter-
institutional collaboration around interprofessional education
IPE).
• The task force is bringing together representatives from the
state’s academic health professions institutions to foster
collaboration around interprofessional education.
• State wide institutional and academic health professions silos are
giving way to collaboration around IPE. The history,
development, purpose and outcomes of the IPE Task Force are
described in this presentation.
Presentation Objectives
1. Describe the history, development, purpose and outcomes
of the Texas IPE Task Force.
2. Share how the Texas IPE Task Force is helping break down
institutional silos and fostering inter-institutional
collaboration around IPE.
MEDICINENURSINGPHARMACYPAPTPUBLICHEALTH
Historically the Health Professions have Trained in Silos
PSYCHSW
With little emphasis on team dynamics
The Institutions Training the Professions
Have also struggled to find a rationale and process for collaboration
Texas IPE Task Force:
History
In September 2013, Raymond S. Greenberg MD, PhD,
became Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
for the University of Texas System.
Dr. Greenberg came to the UT System with 13 years
experience as President of the Medical University of
South Carolina.
Dr. Greenberg is described as coming into his new
position with a highly collaborative attitude,
encouraging increased collaboration among the State’s
health institutions. He is attributed with the idea of
quarterly meetings between these institutions.
Texas IPE Task Force: History
2015 Quarterly Meetings Were Initiated Between:
Raymond Greenburg MD, PhD System Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs. (Campuses in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Brownsville, Dallas, Arlington)
Tedd L. Mitchell MD,
President (Campuses in
Lubbock, El Paso, Dallas,
Amarillo, Abilene, Midland
and the Permian Basin)
Michael Williams DO, MD, MBA, PresidentFort Worth
Paul Ogden, MD Interim Senior Vice President & COO, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Interim Dean, College of Medicine (Campuses in Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Houston, Kingsville, McAllen, Round Rock and Temple)
Texas Tech University
Health Sciences CenterUniversity of Texas
System Health Institutions
University of North TexasHealth Science Center
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Goal of Their Initial Meetings
To Explore Opportunities for the Institutions to Work Together
in Ways that Had Not Occurred Previously
Quarterly Meetings, rotating their meeting site to each institution’s
main health sciences campus or by video conference.
The Presidents present to the State Legislature’s House Committee
on Public Health and have reported on the developing collaboration
between the institutions around IPE and Patient Safety and on how
the institutions are working together in ways that had not occurred
previously.
Task Force Concept: Avenue to Identify
Opportunities for State Wide Collaboration
• Several Task Forces were established to explore ways the
institutions could work together around particular topics:
• Mental Health in Texas
• Telemedicine and Rural Health in Texas
• Ebola in Texas (focused on establishing a plan of how the
institutions would work together around Ebola)
• Interprofessional Education (IPE) in Texas
Representatives from each Institution were identified
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center was asked to chair the task force.
Rial Rolfe, PhD, MBA Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Renee
Bogschutz, PhD, CCC-SLP, Director of Interprofessional
Initial meeting August 25, 2015 at the UT Southwestern campus in Dallas
Presidential Charge to Task Force:
1. Review and summarize the current status of IPE activities at
Texas Health Related Institutions (HRI).
2. Develop future plans with particular emphasis on how the
HRIs can share material and collaborate on development of
future IPE related materials and processes.
Texas IPE Task Force Meeting Executive Summary 2015
• Patricia Stark, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Texas HSC-Houston
• Ricky Joseph, PhD, OTR University of Texas HSC-San Antonio
• Veronica Young, Pharm D, MPH University of Texas-Austin
• Juliana Brixey, PhD, MPH, RN University of Texas HSC-Houston
• Shelley Smith, MEd University of Texas MB-Galveston
• Kristine Kamm, PhD University of Texas Southwestern-Dallas
• Kim Hoggatt Krumwiede, MA, CMI University of Texas Southwestern-Dallas
• Kim Peck, MD Texas Tech University HSC-Lubbock
• Renee Bogschutz, PhD, CCC-SLP Texas Tech University HSC-Lubbock
• Rial Rolfe, PhD, MBA Texas Tech University HSC-Lubbock
• Emily Wilson, PhD Texas A & M HSC-College Station
• Regina Bentley, RN, EdD, CNE Texas A & M HSC-College Station
• David Farmer , PhD, LPC, LMFT University of North Texas HSC-Fort Worth
Initial Task Force Attendees
August 25, 2015
Texas IPE Task Force Meeting Executive Summary 2015
Initial Meeting Outcomes
August 25, 2015
This initial Texas IPE Task Force meeting was met with great
enthusiasm from all institutions and the Task Force members
agreed:
• To meet at least annually rotating meeting locations
• To work to develop a repository for sharing IPE materials and
information
• That a common language and definitions around IPE and
collaboration should be established for use across the institutions
• That collaboration around faculty and preceptor training would be
beneficial
Texas IPE Task Force Meeting Executive Summary 2015
The initial Texas IPE Task Force meeting was met with great
enthusiasm from all institutions and the Task Force members
agreed (continued):
• That IPE assessment tools that we could use in common need to be
developed
• To consider IPE Task Force presentations at state/national meetings
• To administer a survey with Task Force institutions to establish
baseline data on the status of IPE in Texas
Initial Meeting Outcomes
August 25, 2015
Texas IPE Task Force Meeting Executive Summary 2015
Texas IPE Task Force
June 1, 2016 Meeting
• Second annual meeting, University of North Texas HSC, Fort Worth.
• This second meeting focused on two prime initiatives of the Texas IPE Task
Force:
• 1. Statewide implementation of TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and
Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) across the
health professions.
• 2. To share innovations, guidelines, assessment tools, learning
objectives, preceptor-training materials and other resources to
accelerate integration of IPE into clinical education
Texas IPE Task Force Meeting Executive Summary 2016
June 1, 2016 Texas IPE Task Force
Meeting Outcomes
Moving forward the Texas IPE Task Force set the following 4
goals for the coming year:
• 1. Define and outline a set of core IPE concepts that
will be integrated into the curricula of health professions
learners across the state of Texas.
• 2. Draft a position paper on the implementation of the
fundamentals of TeamSTEPPS into the curricula of
health professions learners across the state of Texas.
Texas IPE Task Force Meeting Executive Summary 2016
Moving forward the Texas IPE Task Force set the following 4
goals for the coming year (continued):
• 3. Continue to collaborate and share IPE resources to
better the educational experience of Texas learners,
especially related to integration of IPE into clinical and
advanced practice rotations.
• 4. Continue to grow the IPE Task Force membership and
invite additional private and public Texas institutions with
educational programs/schools for health related professions.
June 1, 2016 Texas IPE Task Force
Meeting Outcomes (continued)
Texas IPE Task Force Meeting Executive Summary 2015
• A sub-committee of seven members has been selected to
work on a position paper on the implementation of the
fundamentals of TeamSTEPPS into the curricula of health
professions learners across the state of Texas.
• This sub-committee will report to the Task Force at their
next scheduled meeting on February 15, 2017, to be held at
the University of Texas, Austin campus.
June 1, 2016 Texas IPE Task Force
Meeting Outcomes (continued)
A Model for Inter-Institutional Collaboration
• The Texas IPE Task Force has created an effective avenue
to bring Texas Health Related Institutions together around
IPE collaboration.
• The membership is growing to include private as well as
state Health Related Institutions.
• Synergy is developing around shared innovations,
assessment, curricular design and resources around IPE.
What’s Going on In Your State to Bring Health
Related Institutions Together Around IPE?
• Participant examples of other models of inter-
institutional statewide collaboration around IPE.
• Could the Texas model be a viable model for your
state?
• What barriers are we facing to such collaborations?
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