Team Up™ Overview
Team Up™, a two-year longitudinal interprofessional education experience integrated within the curriculum of all six LSU Health Sciences Center Schools for first and second-year students, was established in September 2017. The inaugural student cohort consisted of first year students from 5 Schools (Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Public Health). There were approximately 700 first-year students from nineteen academic health programs that convened in sixty-five teams on a monthly basis on a Monday from 4:00-6:00pm from September to April (excluding December) across both downtown and dental school campuses. In September 2018, Team Up™ was inclusive of all six Schools, with the addition of Graduate Studies.
In September 2019, the Team Up™ experience was modified to include 60 student teams, and 6 sessions for Year 1 and 6 sessions for Year 2. Team Up™ includes a rotating Monday afternoon schedule for both first and second year students.
The focus of Team Up™ Year 1 is for students to build their interprofessional team, developing effective communication and collaboration skills. First-year students apply their teamwork skills through the Health Partner Project. Each student team engages with an individual in the community to learn about the Health Partner's healthcare lived experiences and their health goals. Through active listening and communicating across all team members, students provide a community resource list to the Health Partner. The resource list is related to opportunities the Health Partner may consider as he/she works towards reaching health goals.
Team Up™ Year 2 provides second-year students with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge about professional roles while applying collaborative skills through case-based learning. Cases cover a wide spectrum of patient/client conditions with a focus of primary and secondary prevention. The culminating project is the development of an interprofessional primary or secondary annual wellness visit specific to an age or medical condition.
Our IPE curriculum supports the following national initiatives:
- National Steering Committee for Patient Safety. Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety. Boston, Massachusetts: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2020. (www.ihi.org/SafetyActionPlan) - Recommendation 15
- Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. February 2020. (www.teachpopulationhealth.org/) - Components 1, 2 and 3
Team Up™ 2022-2023 Academic Year Dates
Year 1
Monthly Sessions: 4:00-5:00pm
Date | Topic | Teams |
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August 22, 2022 | Session 1 - Getting to know your team | 46-60 |
August 29, 2022 | Session 1 - Getting to know your team | 1-15 |
September 12, 2022 | Session 1 - Getting to know your team | 16-30 |
September 19, 2022 | Session 1 - Getting to know your team | 31-45 |
September 26, 2022 | Session 2 - Developing an interprofessional immunization team | 46-60 |
October 3, 2022 | Session 2 - Developing an interprofessional immunization team | 1-15 |
October 10, 2022 | Session 2 - Developing an interprofessional immunization team | 16-30 |
October 17, 2022 | Session 2 - Developing an interprofessional immunization team | 31-45 |
October 24, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Developing an interprofessional history questionnaire | 46-60 |
October 31, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Developing an interprofessional history questionnaire | 1-15 |
November 7, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Developing an interprofessional history questionnaire | 16-30 |
November 7, 2022 (Zoom) | *Fall Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
November 14, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Developing an interprofessional history questionnaire | 31-45 |
November 14, 2022 (Zoom) | *Fall Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
January 23, 2023 | Session 4 - Coordinating infection control | 46-60 |
January 30, 2023 | Session 4 - Coordinating infection control | 1-15 |
February 6, 2023 | Session 4 - Coordinating infection control | 16-30 |
February 13, 2023 | Session 4 - Coordinating infection control | 31-45 |
February 27, 2023 | Session 5 - Aphasia: Learning to communicate | 46-60 |
March 6, 2023 | Session 5 - Aphasia: Learning to communicate | 1-15 |
March 13, 2023 | Session 5 - Aphasia: Learning to communicate | 16-30 |
March 13, 2023 (Zoom) | *Spring Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
March 20, 2023 | Session 5 - Aphasia: Learning to communicate | 31-45 |
March 20, 2023 (Zoom) | *Spring Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
April 3, 2023 (Zoom) | Session 6 - Health Partner Project Presentations (4:00-6:00pm) | all groups |
Year 2
Monthly Sessions: 5:10-6:00pm
Date | Topic | Teams |
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August 22, 2022 | Session 1 - Learning more about your team | 46-60 |
August 29, 2022 | Session 1 - Learning more about your team | 1-15 |
September 12, 2022 | Session 1 - Learning more about your team | 16-30 |
September 19, 2022 | Session 1 - Learning more about your team | 31-45 |
September 26, 2022 | Session 2 - Polypharmacy, falls and electronic documentation | 46-60 |
October 3, 2022 | Session 2 - Polypharmacy, falls and electronic documentation | 1-15 |
October 10, 2022 | Session 2 - Polypharmacy, falls and electronic documentation | 16-30 |
October 17, 2022 | Session 2 - Polypharmacy, falls and electronic documentation | 31-45 |
October 24, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Poster and Health Box Development | 46-60 |
October 31, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Poster and Health Box Development | 1-15 |
November 7, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Poster and Health Box Development | 16-30 |
November 7, 2022 (Zoom) | *Fall Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
November 14, 2022 (Zoom) | Session 3 - Poster and Health Box Development | 31-45 |
November 14, 2022 (Zoom) | *Fall Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
January 23, 2023 | Session 4 - Prevention strategies for oral cavity cancer | 46-60 |
January 30, 2023 | Session 4 - Prevention strategies for oral cavity cancer | 1-15 |
February 6, 2023 | Session 4 - Prevention strategies for oral cavity cancer | 16-30 |
February 13, 2023 | Session 4 - Prevention strategies for oral cavity cancer | 31-45 |
February 27, 2023 | Session 5 - Sharing professional safety errors | 46-60 |
March 6, 2023 | Session 5 - Sharing professional safety errors | 1-15 |
March 13, 2023 | Session 5 - Sharing professional safety errors | 16-30 |
March 13, 2023 (Zoom) | *Spring Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
March 20, 2023 | Session 5 - Sharing professional safety errors | 31-45 |
March 20, 2023 (Zoom) | *Spring Make-Up Session (6:00-7:00pm)* | |
March 27, 2023 | Session 6 - Poster and Health Box Presentations (4:00-6:00pm) | all groups |