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The Influence of Teamwork and Interprofessional Networks on Health Care Provider Burnout
Provider burnout is an epidemic that has been linked to numerous devastating outcomes. Many national health care organizations have stated that teamwork is critical to improving the problem. However, it is unclear if the extent of teamwork…
Advancing Critical Care Training for Special Pathogens Using Simulation
The University of Minnesota has a regional biocontainment unit to care for patients with high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) including Ebola virus, Lassa fever and other hemorrhagic illnesses. This unit provides specialized care…
Clinical Connections: Design Thinking
Innovation can occur when things come together that aren’t expected to come together. Here, at the University of Minnesota, we are uniquely positioned to cross disciplines and expertise, from design to health care. Forming connections…
Combating the Opioid Crisis: Duluth Campus and College of Pharmacy Team-Up for Interprofessional Naloxone Training Workshop
Despite recent efforts, the opioid crisis continues to grow in our nation. A report from the National Safety Council revealed that the odds of dying from an accidental opioid overdose surpass the odds of dying from a motor vehicle…
Agile Thinking
Anything that was written in a ski lodge draws a certain amount of skepticism. Despite this, the “Agile Manifesto,” created in 2001 and intended as a set of principles for creating a better software design process, has permeated business…
The Long View
Carolyn Fairbanks and George Wilcox have worked for nearly 20 years on developing a non-opioid treatment for chronic pain management and have received a $4.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to continue their researchAs a…
Clinical Connections: Be Bold
You know how that first snow of the winter looks so beautiful and magical? And how by the end of winter it just looks like a long commute followed by an evening shoveling? But to a young child, that end-of-winter snow may look like one…
Bobbi Daniels, MD, Appointed Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs
Bobbi Daniels, MD, has been appointed associate vice president in the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) and will oversee and provide leadership for clinical practice. Daniels has served as senior strategy advisor for OACA since…
Starting our New Year
A New Year, a new chance to magnify our impact by working together! The Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) was formed a year ago to do just that. Here are some of our new initiatives from 2019 and some ideas for how we will be…
Your Genes Don’t Have to Determine Your Future
Epigenetics is a novel, rapidly growing field of biology and medicine that is transforming our understanding of life. This exciting area focuses on stable changes in gene expression that take place without altering the primary DNA…