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Category: Interprofessional Education
September 16, 2022 • Clinical Practice Group, College of Pharmacy, Interprofessional Education, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Haley McKeefer, joint interprofessional simulation, Kaanan Shah, Kadi Horn, Matt Wieters, Student Initiative in Medical Simulation, Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists,
More than 100 students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and HSC’s College of Pharmacy participated in a joint interprofessional simulation. The goal of the exercise was to promote the kind of teamwork the students will see in real-world emergency departments and intensive care…
October 4, 2017 • Education, Interprofessional Education, Interprofessional Education and Practice, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch An interprofessional team at UNT Health Science Center has developed an innovative curriculum that emphasizes development of students’ emotional intelligence, a model that has drawn interest from organizations devoted to medical education. Emotional intelligence and empathy are critical abilities for health care providers but research shows that those skills may decline…
April 26, 2017 • Interprofessional Education
By Alex Branch UNT Health Science Center is taking a leading role in preparing future Texas medical professionals to practice teamwork for patients no matter what state academic medical institution they attend. UNTHSC is one of four founding institutional members of the Texas Interprofessional Education Task Force created in 2015 at the encouragement of…
October 17, 2016 • Interprofessional Education, Interprofessional Education and Practice, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Incoming School of Public Health graduate students were confronted recently by their perceptions of different public health concentrations and the overall field. Prior to attending the interprofessional education event, the 47 new students were asked to complete a survey of their own backgrounds, academic concentrations, how they would rank statements about…
November 2, 2015 • Education, Interprofessional Education
By Betsy Friauf The international audience was so eager to learn about innovations at UNT Health Science Center, they raised their hands before the speakers clicked past their first slide. The topic was teaching tomorrow’s health care providers to work in teams – interprofessional education, or IPE. David Farmer, PhD, Interprofessional Education Director at UNTHSC,…
October 27, 2015 • Education, Interprofessional Education, Interprofessional Education and Practice, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch The value of team-based health care is clear to Steven Sanchez inside the auditorium at Morningside Elementary School in Fort Worth. That’s where the 2nd-year UNT Health Science Center medical student provides free comprehensive health checks to children twice a month while teamed with student nurses, speech pathologists and oral hygienists from…
May 26, 2015 • Education, Interprofessional Education
The UNT Health Science Center is a leader in helping health professionals work cooperatively to improve patient care. And for the second year in a row, UNTHSC is hosting the Interprofessional Practice Symposium. This year’s theme is “Putting Theory Into Practice.” The symposium will gather health care professionals to share how they work in teams…
October 30, 2014 • Interprofessional Education
More than 800 health professions students from North Texas universities learned to enhance older patients' safety through better communication during two days of activities at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth. Although the event had been planned for months, it was especially timely, said David Farmer, PhD, Director of Interprofessional Education at UNTHSC.…
October 20, 2014 • Interprofessional Education
Brad Cannell, PhD, MPH As the world anxiously follows news from first responders, health care workers and the CDC in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in Dallas, students at UNT Health Science Center are learning valuable lessons to help prepare for their own future service in the field. During a recent disaster preparedness tabletop…
January 23, 2014 • Interprofessional Education
Think a library is a quiet place? Think again. At UNT Health Science Center's Gibson D. Lewis Library, students gather around café-style booths, big screens, virtual dissection tables and semi-private nooks. They talk about projects, research online and practice their presentations. The Lewis Library is leading a revolution to better serve today's health care professionals…
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