This is one of the final four finalists for the QEP competition at UMMC. This presentation was given on Novemeber 2, 2009 at the Norman C. Nelson building. Proposal presentations for the QEP were administered by Dr. Rockhold, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Summary of Presentation:
Kim W. Hoover, PhD, RN; Sheila D. Keller, PhD; Marcia Rachel, PhD, RN

We propose a program of interprofessional education focused on patient safety and quality improvement. This will involve creating new models for interprofessional collaboration with an emphasis on the basics of patient safety and health care quality. These goals can be met through curricular content and design in conjunction with disciplinary integration and will provide UMMC with the opportunity to meet its academic mission while impacting the health of Mississippians.

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This is one of the final four finalists for the QEP competition at UMMC.  This presentation was given on Novemeber 2, 2009 at the Norman C. Nelson building.  Proposal presentations for the QEP were administered by Dr. Rockhold, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. 

Summary of Presentation:
Jerry Clark, PhD; Lois Montague, M3

The Collaborative Teaching and Learning Center will promote the use of innovative instruction and offer services that focus on the teacher and the learner in both the basic and clinical science arenas.  The center will support an institutional culture that values and rewards excellence and believes that the educator and the student have a capacity for improvement.  It will be both a physical and virtual entity and serve as a hub for connecting an array of institutional resources and experiences.

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This is one of the final four finalists for the QEP competition at UMMC. This presentation was given on Novemeber 2, 2009 at the Norman C. Nelson building. Proposal presentations for the QEP were administered by Dr. Rockhold, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Summary of Presentation:
John Schweinfurth, MD; Anna Lerant, MD; Jeffrey Orledge, MD, MS, FACEP; Michelle Schweinfurth, RN, MSN, CCRN

We propose a campus wide integration of simulation-based instruction to improve learning, communication and collegiality. This intervention will be based on training in interprofessional group environments focused on problem solving, skill acquisition, and clinical reasoning which is engaging and responsive to the needs of learners. Significant infrastructural development will be made to the simulation center providing a highly-visible representation of integrative technology which should have a long-term positive impact on learning and patient care.

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This is one of the final four finalists for the QEP competition at UMMC. This presentation was given on Novemeber 2, 2009 at the Norman C. Nelson building. Proposal presentations for the QEP were administered by Dr. Rockhold, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Summary of Presentation:
Ethics, Professionalism, and Humanities Across the UMMC Curriculum: A Plan for Core Value Enhancement

Ralph Didlake, MD

The QEP process identified expansion of the traditional biomedical curriculum into the areas of ethics, professionalism, critical and creative thinking, communication with patients, families and staff, and team work as opportunities for UMMC to improve its student learning environment.   An Ethics, Professionalism, and Humanities Across the Curriculum Program addresses these needs.  This interdisciplinary, campus wide program leverages existing teaching resources to weave ethics, professionalism, and medical humanities into existing programs using embedded curriculum, e-learning, and simulation.

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Dr. Rockhold conducts an introduction for the quality enhancement plan proposal presentation for UMMC.  The presentation took place on November 2, 2009 at the Norman C. Nelson Student Union.  There are 5 video segments for this presentation in total, the introduction plus one for each proposal.  The four final proposals for this competition where; campus wide focus on patient safety and quality of care, collaborative teaching and learning center; enhancing education through integrating simulation into the curricula,ethics, professionalism, and humanities across the ummc curriculum: a plan for core value enhancement.

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