Number of proposals funded: 4 
Total amount awarded: $69,380

Key Principles of High-Quality Interprofessional Communication: A Web-Based Interactive Curriculum

Darren Fiore, MD, Pediatrics, School of Medicine

We aim to develop a succinct evidence-based online curriculum highlighting principles of interprofessional communication. We will pilot the curriculum in the interprofessional Children's Hospital Mock Code Program, but the ultimate target audience is providers and trainees across disciplines. Use of this curriculum provides a foundation for advanced team training exercises across schools.

Crossing the Interprofessional Chasm: Meeting Current and Future Needs of Our Preceptors

Hattie Grundland, RN, MS, NP, Community Health Systems, School of Nursing

Project faculty will develop an online professional skill development module designed specifically for UCSF clinical professors who work with students within their own professional (intraprofessional) and outside their profession (interprofessional). The campus Collaborative Learning Environment will be the content delivery platform. The innovative curriculum will be evidence-based, practical, and engaging.

Developing and Implementing an Interprofessional Curriculum in Antimicrobial Stewardship to Enhance Patient Safety

Peter V. Chin-Hong, MD, MAS, General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine

Antibiotic misuse can have serious effects on health and patient safety in the inpatient and outpatient setting but it is not comprehensively taught in the pre-doctoral curriculum. We will develop a joint interprofessional curriculum that uses principles of antimicrobial stewardship collaboratively practiced in the clinical setting by physicians and clinical pharmacists.

Development and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Collaborative Case Conference Series

Meg Pearson, MD, Medicine, VAMC

Our project will create monthly collaborative case conferences in which trainees from a variety of health professions will facilitate and participate in an interprofessional discussion about medically and psychosocially complex patients from their primary care panels with the goal of developing an improved plan of care for the patient.

Number of proposals funded: 4
Total amount awarded: $60,990

An Interprofessional Standardized Patient Case to Teach the Musculoskeletal Exam

R. Krishna Chaganti, MD, MS, Assistant Clinical Professor, Rheumatology, School of Medicine

Faculty from three professional schools will develop a standardized patient (SP) for pilot trainees to teach the musculoskeletal (MSK) exam. An interprofessional team of learners will clinically assess the SP and develop a treatment plan. The workshop goal is to improve the care of patients by fostering a collaborative approach to MSK problems.

Introduction to the Care of Adolescents & Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Sophia Saeed, DMD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry

Adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities face disproportionate barriers in accessing health care. One such barrier is the lack of health care professionals who are adequately trained to meet their needs. This project exposes health professional students to the concept of multidisciplinary team management of this vulnerable population.

Case-Based Teaching in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Nursing

Dennis Shusterman, MD, MPH, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Emeritus, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, SFGH, School of Medicine

Occupational and environmental health (OEH) blends toxicology, industrial hygiene, and medico-legal issues with core skills in medicine and nursing. This project has as its objective the development of case-based, web-platform, interdisciplinary OEH teaching modules to provide an interactive learning opportunity for students, residents, and fellows in nursing and medicine.

An Interprofessional Day Activity: Interdisciplinary Training in Disaster Response

Chris Stewart, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, SFGH, School of Medicine

A team of faculty and learners from UCSF schools will produce an interactive, interprofessional curricular experience through the development of an Interprofessional Day learning activity focused on disaster response. The activity will showcase elements of the four UCSF professional schools, as well as introduce core learning principles or skills from five Pathways to Discovery.

Number of proposals funded: 2
Total amount awarded: $28,903

Development and Implementation of High Fidelity Simulation Cases for Acutely Poisoned Patients

Craig Smollin, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine

Faculty from two professional schools and the Poison Control Center will develop simulated patient exercises for use by students and postgraduate residents, with the goals of enhancing knowledge in the assessment and treatment of acutely poisoned patients and emphasizing communication and understanding of the varying roles of a multidisciplinary team.

Chronic Illness Management by Interprofessional Learners using the Chronic Care Model

Susan Janson, DNSc, NP, Professor, Department of Community Health Service, School of Nursing

Faculty and learners from the Schools of Nursing, Pharmacy and Medicine will work together at a weekly clinic to improve healthcare outcomes for panels of patients with chronic illness, engage in learner-driven Quality Improvement projects, and improve understanding of these professional roles among disciplines.