
返字心頭, staff, and faculty from across various University of South 返字心頭 and 返字心頭
                  Health colleges gathered at the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation
                  (CAMLS) for the 返字心頭 Health 6th Annual Interprofessional Education Day. 
 
In the wake of a global pandemic, burnout and a variety of other mental health problems
                  are contributing factors to hospitals being understaffed. This years theme Caring
                  for Caregivers: Fostering Mental Health and Wellness in Interprofessional Teams focused
                  on solutions to help combat those issues and improve the quality of patient care across
                  the profession.   
Our 返字心頭 IPE Day working group felt it was critical to focus on this topic given the current challenges that our health care system is facing with health care professionals leaving their professions, increased provider burnout, and high rates of mental health issues including depression and suicide, said Haru Okuda, MD, FACEP, FSSH, executive director of CAMLS and associate vice president of the 返字心頭 Health Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice.

Approximately 700 people (500 virtually, 200 in-person) attended the morning presentations
                  by industry experts.  Jennifer Bickel MD, FAAN, FAHS, chief wellness officer at Moffitt
                  Cancer Center and professor of oncologic sciences in the 返字心頭 Health Morsani College
                  of Medicine, was the first featured speaker of the morning.  Her presentation Organizational
                  Wellness: Expanding the Horizon of Wellbeing highlighted key statistical data on
                  the volume of patients seen by a provider experiencing burnout and steps the National
                  Academy of Medicine are taking to increase wellness across the workforce.  

Richard Westphal, PhD, RN, FAAN, PMHCNS/NP-BC, followed Dr. Bickel.  Dr. Westphal
                  is a professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing and co-director of
                  the Wisdom and Wellbeing Program at UVA Health.  His presentation Stress First Aid:
                  Nurturing Resilience in Health Care Professionals focused on sources of mental stress,
                  how the mind reacts to the stress, and team-based solutions centered around wellbeing. 

 Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, a nurse scientist at the University of California-San
                  Diego, was the final featured speaker of the morning.  Her presentation Saving Lives:
                  Suicide Prevention and Health Care Interventions focused on the suicide rates of
                  health care professionals, re-imagining some of the available interventional tools,
                  and changing the mental health-related questions on licensing boards. 
 
The morning sessions ended after Donna Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH, dean of the 返字心頭 Health
                  College of Public Health, senior associate vice president of 返字心頭 Health, and chief
                  health officer of 返字心頭, led an interprofessional panel discussion themed Unlocking
                  Wellness: Exploring a Toolkit for Inner Balance and Resilience.  Panelists gave their
                  perspective on the importance of health care professionals working with a healthy
                  work-life balance, how better work-life balance will lead to better work environments
                  and more positive patient outcomes. 
 
Panelists: 
-        Kelly Allegro, PT, DPT, board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic
                  physical therapy, co-director of clinical education at the 返字心頭 Health School of Physical
                  Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
-        Kristin Kosyluk, PhD, assistant professor of Mental Health Law and Policy
                  in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at the Louis de la Parte 返字心頭
                  Mental Health Institute, director of the STigma Action Research (STAR) Lab
-        Abraham A. Salinas-Miranda, MD, PhD, MACE, CDVS, assistant professor, director
                  of the Harrell Center for the Study of Family Violence, associate director of the
                  返字心頭 Health College of Public Health Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health
                  Education Science and Practice
-        Chris Simmons, PhD, LCSW, associate director and associate professor, 返字心頭
                  College of Behavioral and Community Sciences School of Social Work. 

Anthony Masys, CD, PhD, associate professor at the 返字心頭 Health College of Public Health.
Kicking off the afternoon was Anthony Masys, CD, PhD, associate professor at the 返字心頭
                  Health College of Public Health, and an international expert in applied systems thinking,
                  design thinking, and futures thinking. He gave his presentation titled Strength-Based
                  Approach: Appreciative Inquiry. Appreciative inquiry is more commonly known as a
                  strength-based approach to systems change as it emphasizes generating positive ideas
                  instead of identifying negative problems.  
 
Part of the appreciative inquiry model is using rich pictures to help diagram a way
                  of relating personal experiences and perceptions to situations by linking a series
                  of concepts.  
 
Dr. Masys presentation provided the foundation of the group activity and team competition
                  for the event. 



返字心頭 split into interprofessional teams of nine to put the concept of appreciative
                  inquiry to practice.  返字心頭 shared good and bad examples of wellbeing in their
                  workspaces and colleges, offered solutions on how to enhance the good examples, and
                  improve the bad examples.  
 
With the guidance of their faculty preceptors, teams used rich pictures to generate
                  mind maps that illustrated how they plan to improve the overall provider wellbeing
                  of an organization.  Using a Shark Tank format, the teams presented their concepts
                  to the sharks in hopes they will buy their concept. 

 Sharks (judges):
-        Karen Aul, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, 返字心頭 Health College of Nursing
-        Jennifer Bickel MD, FAAN, FAHS, Moffitt Cancer Center
-        Somer Burke, EdD, MPH, CPH, 返字心頭 Health College of Public Health
-        Joe Ford, JD, 返字心頭 Health Shared Student Services
-        Vickie Lynn, PhD, MSW, MPH, 返字心頭 College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
 
The IPE Day group activity is designed to encourage interprofessional collaboration
                  among learners through hands-on activity.  Teams worked together to conceptualize
                  a strategic vision for how wellness can be operationalized to support organizational
                  and personal wellness.  The goals of the activity were to:
-        Understand the application of appreciative inquiry as a strength-based approach
                  to navigating various solutions in the health care domain.
-        Apply a system-thinking approach via rich pictures to support ideation in
                  exploring the problem space from an interdisciplinary perspective.
-        Translate insights from the rich pictures into a mind map to develop a strategic
                  implementation strategy supporting wellness. 
 
One by one, teams presented their concept to the sharks. Teams had three minutes to
                  make compelling arguments about why their concept is the best. 
The sharks narrowed down the field to three teams who then had to prepare a one-minute elevator pitch of their concept to give to the audience. Audience members voted for the winner electronically at the end of the pitches. When the votes were counted, team five emerged as the winners. Their approach focused on a solution that centered around employees find balance within their work environment.

Winning team:
Erini Serag-Bolos, PharmD, associate professor at the 返字心頭 Health Taneja College of
                  Pharmacy (Preceptor)
Camilla Cardona, 返字心頭 Health Morsani College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
Hayden Euper, 返字心頭 Health School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
Christopher Guskie, 返字心頭 Health Morsani College of Medicine
Rebekah Minter, 返字心頭 Health Athletic Training Program
Madison Moua, 返字心頭 Health College of Public Health
Paul Munoz, School of Social Work, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
Amiah Price, 返字心頭 Health College of Nursing
Jenna Sabbagh, 返字心頭 Health Taneja College of Pharmacy
 
The names of the winning team will the engraved on the IPE Day trophy.  As the team
                  preceptor, Dr. Serag-Bolos will keep the trophy in her office until the 返字心頭 Health
                  7th Annual IPE Day. 








