LINC Interprofessional Case Competition
Every spring semester, the LINC Faculty Council’s Co-Curricular IPE Initiative leads a voluntary interprofessional case competition for students at UT Health San Antonio. UT Health San Antonio’s inaugural competition was offered in Spring 2021 for interprofessional teams of highly motivated first-year students to apply IPE knowledge and skills gained through the LINC Common IPE Experience to develop an innovative population health-focused interprofessional intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy in south central Texas. The 2022 competition focused on health inequities and/or disparities within a single zip code in Bexar County. Teams were tasked to develop a written proposal that summarizes their research and describe a creative, impactful, and interprofessional intervention in a population of choice.
This year, the case competition took on a new look. For the 2023 Interprofessional FLASH! Case Competition teams of 3-4 students representing two or more educational programs from two or more schools at UT Health San Antonio identified a vexing local healthcare problem of their choosing, solved it interprofessionally and recorded and submitted a 5-minute presentation scored by an interprofessional faculty & staff panel of judges.
2024 LINC Interprofessional Case Competition Information
The next case competition is scheduled to launch in Spring of 2024. Please check back for more information.
For questions, please contact Casey Redish at redish@uthscsa.edu.
2023 LINC Interprofessional Case Competition
First Place, $1500 Award: “Healthcare Connections for Children of Incarcerated Parents”
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
Second Place, $1000 Award: “Bento & Beyond: Integration of Mobile Cooking Classes and Portion Control with High-Risk School Districts in San Antonio”
Imran Khan, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program [team leader]; Hannah Battle, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Hansol Haldeman, Physician Assistant Studies (PA) Program
Third Place, $500 Award: “Diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley”
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
Honorable Mention: “Tranquility Center”
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
2022 LINC Interprofessional Case Competition
First Place, $2000 Award: “Gardens for Combatting Elevated Rates of Obesity in Low Socioeconomic Urban Communities in San Antonio, Texas”
Howland Chen, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Jacob Buatti, PhD in Medical Physics, Radiation Therapy Program; Hansol Haldeman, Physician Assistant Studies (PA) Program; Becky Wang, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program
Second Place, $1500 Award: “Diabetes in 78220”
Christina Bittle, Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Program; Hannah Battle, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Evelin Diaz, Master of Respiratory Care (RC) Program; Anna Perhach, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program
Third Place, $750 Award: “Prenatal Mobile Health Unit”
Claire Wang, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Adrian Klemm, Physician Assistant Studies (PA) Program; Raquel Martinez, Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program; Ariana Maleki, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program; David Nweke, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program
Fourth Place, $500 Award: “Harmony in Health”
Onyinyechi Duru, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Olumayowa Amu, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Chioma Owo, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program; Nicole Okon, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program
Fifth Place, $250 Award: “A Proposal for Postpartum Care to Reduce Severe Maternal Morbidity in Bexar County”
Samantha Roberts, Master of Science Immunology & Infection Program; Siavash Nia, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Program; Tommye Panuska, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program
Honorable Mention: “Palliative Care in the Hispanic Community”
Priscilla Salazar, Physician Assistant Studies (PA) Program; Carly Tompkins, PhD Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) Program; Joyce Varughese, Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program; Hannah McDermott, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program
2021 LINC Interprofessional Case Competition
First Place, $2000 Award: “Countering Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanic Populations in Bexar County”
Bridget Farrell, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student; Lydia Kayl, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student; Lynn Chuong, Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies student; Alexis Lorio, Doctor of Medicine student
Second Place, $1500 Award: “Vaccine Hesitancy”
Kathy Le, Doctor of Medicine student; Maria Ochoa, Master’s in Personalized Molecular Medicine student; Alexis Gonzalez, Doctor of Dental Surgery student; Aimee Barrera, Bachelor of Science in Nursing student
Third Place, $750 Award: “Reducing Vaccine Hesitancy in Bexar County”
Kaivalya Gudooru, Doctor of Medicine student; Samar Dawy, Doctor of Dental Surgery student; Holly Tran, Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology student; Stephanie Elliott, Doctor of Nursing Practice student
Fourth Place, $500 Award: “Vaccine Advocates Program: A Pyramid Scheme”
Benjamin Johnson, Doctor of Medicine student; Lilian Pham, Doctor of Medicine student; Celine Wang, Doctor of Dental Surgery student; Hannah Burks, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student
Fifth Place, $250 Award: “Utilization of Community Health Care Workers to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy in Bexar County”
John Lee, Doctor of Medicine student; Joseph Kim, Doctor of Medicine student; Jimin Kim, Doctor of Dental Surgery student; Nicole Cho, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student
Honorable Mention Award: “Combatting COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Texas: A Population Specific Approach”
Aiola Stoja, Integrated Biomedical Sciences Doctor of Philosophy student; Lauren Langeberg, Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies student; Simren Lakhotia, Doctor of Medicine student; Emily Liu, Doctor of Medicine student