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Fourth Annual Symposium Celebrating Interprofessional Collaboration Promoting & Sustaining Resilience in Interprofessional Teams


The Symposium was held on July 29, 2022, at the UAB School of Nursing. Each year we explore how interprofessional teams improve healthcare at UAB and in our community.

Opening Keynote - RESILIENCE THROUGH CONNECTION - Mary K Fey, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN.
Dr. Fey talked about the power we have to help each other; to prop each other up as we deal with the important, stressful, difficult, and sometimes crushing work we do as health care professionals. She looked back in time and talked about how connecting with each other makes us – humans – the dominant species. Then she focused on the listening end of communication, identifying everyone’s preferred listening style. Finally, She shared some lessons she learned from a group that has gotten teamwork right for about 20 million years – honeybees.


Plenary - SWIFT TEAM: TEAMWORK IN EXTREME SITUATIONS – Donald Reiff, MD, India Alford, RN, MSN, Scherichia Hardy, MPH, BS, MSN, OJ Kolodziej, Jimmy Price Jr., Brandon Sharp.
This four-person surgical team from UAB, along with local firefighters and other support personnel, amputated a man’s leg to free him from a dangerously unstable home during an EF-3 tornado. This ad-hoc interprofessional team mobilized to save a man whose leg was trapped under his house which was destroyed in a February 2021 tornado.

Closing Keynote - ORGANIZATIONAL WELLNESS: RESILIENCE AND FORTITUDE FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAMS Genesis Wyne Player, MSW. 
Genesis defined resilience and discussed how resilient people face difficulties head-on instead of falling into despair or using unhealthy coping strategies. She then described how resilience can be cultivated and grow, this takes time, strength, and support from others. Resilience depends on personal behaviors and skills as well as social support systems.


Breakouts:

DESIGN THINKING - Nancy Wingo, PhD, MA.
Participants learnt about the 5 steps of the design thinking process. Working in small groups they applied these principles to solve a healthcare problem.

FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE ER - Ashleigh Allgood, MPH, MBA.
Participants worked in groups to complete an ER simulation. Through the simulation, participants looked at how systems operate and how each individual’s role is important in a complex system. The practiced team collaboration, innovation, and performance.

HEALTH EQUITY SIM - Michelle Brown, PhD, Chrystal Rutledge, MD, Jessica H. Williams, PhD, MPH and Marjorie Lee White, MD, MPPM, MA.
Participants participated in a screen-based simulation that helped participants recognize implicit biases in the healthcare setting. They looked at health inequities and connected them to the social determinants of health. They also discussed opportunities to change behavior related to health equity.

RESILIENT LEADERS - Robin Lanzi, PhD, MPH.
Participants looked at journaling, essentialism, and self-compassion for supporting their mental health and well-being. The session discussed how to incorporate these into a daily lifestyle.

ALABAMA AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC): IMPACTING RURAL HEALTHCARE IN ALABAMA THROUGH IPE - Becky Reamy, PhD.
Participants learnt about the issues facing healthcare in rural Alabama. They learnt about the ways the Alabama Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) are addressing these issues. Participants interacted through a case study and discussed the issues and how to address them.

LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM - Allyson Hall, PhD.
Participants learnt about the history and definitions of a Learning Health Systems. They learnt how LHS can improve quality care. They also learnt about the development and implementation of UAB’s Learning Health System.

ESCAPING THE BORING IP LECTURE: USING AN ESCAPE ROOM DESIGN TO ENGAGE LEARNERS - Rachel Bruce, MSN, MPH, CRNP, FNP-C, David H. James, DNP, MSHQS, RN, CCNS, NPD-BC, LSSGB, Valley McCurry, PhD, MBA, OTR/L and Jennie Alspach, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-BC.
Participants learnt about the need for active learning strategies to keep high levels of engagement. The workshop discussed available software and on-line resources that can be incorporated into your teaching toolkit. An online “escape room” module incorporating these resources was be evaluated during the session.

CIPES and OIPC would like to thank our sponsors and organizing committee for making this event a success.
Mark your calendar for the Fifth Annual Symposium on July 27th and 28th, 2023