2023 LINC Interprofessional FLASH! Case Competition

Published On: May 2, 2023
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The LINC Co-Curricular IPE Initiative has organized an interprofessional case competition each spring since 2021. Designed to enhance students’ communication and collaboration skills, this year’s competition featured a FLASH! design. Interprofessional student teams were invited to identify a healthcare challenge common to South Central Texas and develop a creative and impactful interprofessional intervention as the solution. Teams submitted 5-minute video recordings detailing the problem they chose, interprofessional solution they proposed, and requisite budget to succeed.

A record number of 30 teams entered the 2023 case competition! Each team consisted of 3-4 students representing at least two educational programs from at least two different schools. Thirteen teams advanced to the submission stage of the competition and four teams were identified as finalists by the following panel of judges.

  • Moshtagh Farokhi, DDS, MPH, MAGD, FADI, FICD, Professor/Clinical, School of Dentistry
  • Irene Chapa, PhD, Director, Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach
  • Michael Geelhoed, D.P.T., OCS, MTC, Associate Professor/Clinical, School of Health Professions
  • Sean Garcia, MD, FHM, Professor/Clinical, Long School of Medicine
  • Le’Keisha D. Johnson, M.B.A., Director, Office of Student Life
  • Pamela Recto, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
  • Melanie Stone, M.P.H., M.Ed., Assistant Director of Community Service Learning, Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics, Long School of Medicine
  • Heidi Worabo, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, Associate Professor/Clinical, School of Nursing

2023 Awardees:

First Place, $1,500 Award – Benjamin Johnson, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program [team leader]; Ana Guerra, Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Program; Lilian Pham, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program; Celine Wang, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program. Healthcare Connections for Children of Incarcerated Parents

Second Place, $1,000 Award – Imran Khan, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program [team leader]; Hannah Battle, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Hansol Haldeman, Physician Assistant Studies (PA) Program. Bento & Beyond: Integration of Mobile Cooking Classes and Portion Control with High-Risk School Districts in San Antonio

Third Place, $500 Award – Meilinn Tram, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program [team leader]; Tony Yu-Hsiu Lin, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) Program; Jessica Jones, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program. Diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley

Honorable Mention – Jacqueline Vazquez, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) Program [team leader]; Avi Patel, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Jay Shah, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program. Tranquility Center

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