Interprofessional Teaching in Action Matters Award (I-TEAM Award)
The purpose of the I-TEAM award is to recognize a faculty team who has demonstrated excellence in interprofessional practice and education (IPE) through teaching innovation and the advancement of UIC's IPE Mission.
The Mission of IPE at UIC is to create transformational change in health professions education and health care service delivery by delivering evidence-based learning experiences that build collaborative competence and foster interprofessional scholarship and collaborative practice across academic programs, clinical services and community partners with focused attention to the pressing needs of underserved individuals and populations. For more information on IPE, please view Educating for Achievement of Collaborative Practice Competency (Keehn, 2018).
$2,500 will be awarded to a faculty team based on their development of innovative curriculum, organizational change, and IPE practice opportunities that fosters a culture of interprofessional collaboration.
Learn about the 2021 awardees.
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Eligibility
UIC faculty and instructional staff from all campuses are eligible. One team award will be granted annually.
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Award Criteria
Demonstrated exceptional teaching effectiveness in advancing interprofessional practice and education in the following areas:
- The program design is evidenced informed, innovative and addresses important, contemporary interprofessional education or interprofessional practice needs consistent with the mission of interprofessional health professions practice and education at UIC.
- The program evaluation plan is evidence informed, uses valid assessment methods and demonstrates interprofessional learning outcomes.
- The program design is scalable, sustainable and/or transferable.
- The program is designed to create an inclusive and supportive learning environment for all learners.
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Application Requirements
- Completed 2022 Qualtrics application that will provide examples on how the faculty team has met the criteria of the award.
- You can peruse a preview PDF before using the actual form to submit the application. The application Qualtrics Link is: https://uic.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7O0zt6ZsAMfvsYm.
- The 2022 I-TEAM Rubric will be used to evaluate applications.
- One letter of support from a learner, faculty member, or academic administrator (maximum two-page limit).
- Attachments that demonstrates how the program meets the award criteria.
- Completed 2022 Qualtrics application that will provide examples on how the faculty team has met the criteria of the award.
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Timeline
The 2022 I-TEAM application will open in March 2022. Submissions are due on Friday, April 29, 2022 and an award announcement will be made by the end of May 2022.
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Award Recognition
Award recipients will be recognized at the Faculty Awards Ceremony and Reception.
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Review Committee
The review committee will include five members representing faculty and staff from the seven health sciences colleges and related administrative units. Members will serve up to three-year annual term limits and past winners of the award will be invited to participate in the review committee. The committee will use the 2022 I-TEAM rubric to evaluate all applications.
Members will be appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and will recuse themselves from reviewing applications where a conflict of interest exists.
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Additional Resources
The Kirkpatrick model is frequently used for the evaluation of IPE interventions. The four levels of outcomes include reaction, learning, behavior, and results. Please refer to the articles cited below for more information:
- Committee on Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes; Board on Global Health; Institute of Medicine. Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2015 Dec 15. 3, Conceptual Framework for Measuring the Impact of IPE. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK338356/
- Hammick M, Freeth D, Koppel I, Reeves S, Barr H. A best evidence systematic review of interprofessional education: BEME Guide no. 9. Med Teach. 2007 Oct;29(8):735-51. doi: 10.1080/01421590701682576. PMID: 18236271.
- Scott Reeves, Sylvain Boet, Brenda Zierler & Simon Kitto (2015). Interprofessional Education and Practice Guide No. 3: Evaluating interprofessional education, Journal of Interprofessional Care, 29:4, 305-312, DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2014.1003637
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Questions
Please contact Ami Shah, Project Coordinator at the Office of Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, with any questions.