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2023 LINC Seed Grant Program awardees announced
August 21, 2023
Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration, or LINC, remains steadfast in its commitment to fostering innovative research in interprofessional education. The LINC Seed Grant Program supports interprofessional teams comprised of members from different schools and programs across UT Health San Antonio that are working together to address educational needs through interprofessional learning opportunities. Priority is given to projects [...]
Inaugural Community of LINC Scholars Event Spotlights Journal of Allied Health Publication
June 8, 2023
The Community of LINC Scholars launched on May 19, 2023, marking a significant step forward in our continued commitment to disseminate high-quality scholarship. This new community—formed in response to the LINC Academic Affairs Council's 2023 priority to implement events and opportunities to facilitate interaction, engagement, and collaboration across LINC Councils—will meet bi-monthly to network, share [...]
2023 LINC Interprofessional FLASH! Case Competition
May 2, 2023
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 [...]
LINC Director Featured Guest on American Medical Association Podcast
May 1, 2023
Published by the American Medical Association, the AMA Journal of Ethics traverses ethical decisions in healthcare by highlighting different themes in each of its monthly issues. Ethics Talk, the journal’s adjoining podcast, releases monthly episodes featuring topical interviews with experts and leaders in healthcare and health professions education to offer additional context and perspective on [...]
LINC Members Honored at 2023 National Academies of Practice Annual Meeting
April 25, 2023
Each year, the National Academies of Practice (NAP) inducts a select number of healthcare practitioners, scholars, and public policy experts into the organization as Distinguished Fellows. This honor is based on significant and enduring contributions to the field of IPE sustained over a minimum of ten years that demonstrates commitment to advancing interprofessional practice and [...]
Register Now for the 2023 LINC IPE Symposium
January 30, 2023
Continuing to bring award-winning interprofessional education (IPE) opportunities to UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff and students, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration, or LINC, is hosting its second annual LINC IPE Symposium on February 23 and 24. The 2023 LINC IPE Symposium, organized by the LINC Student Council, will take place in person on campus and through virtual [...]
LINC Awarded First-Place Poster at AACN Annual Meeting
January 23, 2023
The LINC Didactic IPE Initiative’s signature program and contribution to the Quality Enhancement Plan is the LINC Common IPE Experience. This university-wide interprofessional education (IPE) activity involves synchronous online learning of interprofessional groups of 3-4 students, where each group completes a series of interprofessional socialization activities coupled with innovative video and illustrated case studies. Launched [...]
LINC Poised for Impact through Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice Publications
November 10, 2022
Two LINC publications appeared in the same issue of the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice this fall, the official journal of the National Academies of Practice—positioning LINC for impact within the field of interprofessional education (IPE). Recto P, Lesser J, Farokhi MR, Lacy CJ, Chapa I, Garcia S, Johnson L, Geelhoed M, Stone M, [...]
LINC Collaboration Yields High-Impact Publication in the New England Journal of Medicine
November 4, 2022
The LINC Academic Affairs Council finalized their annual workplan in January 2022, which included a priority to develop a university-wide interprofessional education (IPE) simulation for all UT Health San Antonio students to complete near the middle of their respective programs. An interprofessional team of faculty and staff led by Dr. Sadie Trammell Velásquez, Associate Professor/Clinical [...]
LINC Seed Grant Program e-LOI Available
November 2, 2022
Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), UT Health San Antonio’s award-winning Quality Enhancement Plan housed within the Office of the Vice President for Academic, Faculty & Student Affairs, invites applications from faculty and staff requesting financial support for pilot projects designed to advance interprofessional education (IPE). Projects demonstrating potential in terms of future scalability, sustainability, and extramural [...]