Showcase Presenter: University of Missouri Kansas City
Showcase title:
Fostering Effective Community Partnerships to Develop Team Identity: Lessons Learned from Rural and Urban Practice Partnerships
Presenter Bios:
Susan Kimble, DNP, RN, ANP-BC
- Clinical Associate Professor, UMKC
- DNP Program Director, UMKC
Dr. Susan Kimble, Associate Clinical Professor, has served as lead on several IPE projects, including rural behavioral telehealth services, improving urban health outcomes, improving interpersonal communication, and improving health care outcomes to veterans. Dr. Kimble is a member of the UMKC IPE task force and has presented at multiple IPE and graduate education conferences on a variety of topics. Kimble has developed graduate curricula along with community coordination with underserved populations, rural and urban in her role as the MSN and DNP Program director.
Carol Schmer, RN, PhD
- Clinical Associate Professor, UMKC
- Interim Director of the PhD Program, UMKC
Dr. Carol Schmer Assistant Clinical Professor and Interim Director of the PhD Program at UMKC SoNHS. She serves on several HRSA funded grants, including grants on IPE and behavioral health for rural populations, for adolescents, and children. She is a member of UMKC Health Sciences IPE task force. She has presented at conferences including AACN and MNRS, on topics of IPE education, and student satisfaction. She has assisted with development of IPE curricula and educational programs.
Content Description:
Participants will discover the importance of fostering current clinical partnerships while developing new relationships prior to embarking on IPE projects, based on lessons learned. Building effect leadership teams while increasing trust and enhancing relationships is essential to the process. Without community clinical practice partnerships, students are unable to fully experience interprofessional training. Many current providers have not experienced formal education on how to work effectively within interprofessional teams. In this project, training was provided to teams of providers, students and staff from the clinics involved, focusing on IPE, incorporating process improvement to address the patient’s behavioral health needs while working to improve the patient’s healthcare outcomes. Teamwork is an essential component to the scheduling and implementation of this training. The benefits of working collaboratively with community stakeholders, fostering interprofessional relationships, focused on improving patient satisfaction, reduction of health care costs, and improving health outcomes in the current NEPQR rural project setting will be discussed. Lessons learned regarding previous urban projects will also be discussed to assist in future project success. Fostering team identity by utilizing collaborative skills early in the process has been found to be essential to team success. The focus of this consultation will include methods to develop the necessary leadership, process development, and team building techniques to provide resolution of issues to ensure project success.
Learner Objectives:
- This presentation will focus on the importance of early identification of issues within projects and the necessary leadership, process development, and ultimate resolution of the issues to ensure project success.
- This presentation will discuss how to implement preclinical didactic modules for students and staff participating in an IPCP clinical setting focused on patient safety and improving patient outcomes utilizing TeamSTEPPS® training.