IPE-Interprofessional Cross-Campus Collaborative Case 2026

Your Team Task:

Your team is about to take over the care of 14-year-old Daijha Flores, who was seen in the Emergency Department following a motor vehicle accident in which the vehicle she was in was T-boned. Daijha presented with left-sided mouth pain, having difficulty hearing despite a left cochlear implant, pain and bruising over the left collarbone and hip, pain with a laceration on the right hand, and edema of the right 5th finger. ED findings included concussion without loss of consciousness; laceration of right hand; displaced fracture of the base of the 5th metacarpal bone of the right hand; left hip contusion; left clavicle contusion; tooth fracture and oral cavity laceration and unspecified sensorineural hearing loss establishing need for evaluation of cochlear implant device.

You are provided with the following information to help you with your task.

• Written narrative from patient Daijha Flores, mother Sophia Flores, and younger sister Andrea Flores.
• A description of Daijha Flores’ hometown.
• Documentation from the health professions involved in Daijha’s care during her Emergency Department visit and subsequent follow up care.

Your team is tasked with:

1. Identifying the holistic needs of Daijha Flores and her family.
2. Building an interprofessional team with the skills to meet the needs of Daijha Flores and her family
3. Presenting the designed interprofessional total care team for the case to a panel of healthcare professionals.

As you work together to build the team to care for Daijha Flores and her family you must consider:

• The holistic needs of Daijha Flores and her family.
• ​How you can place the interests of Daijha and her family at the center of the interprofessional team.
• The composition of the interprofessional team, identifying the roles and responsibilities of those involved and how they relate to the identified needs for this family.
• Specific team strategies you will use to ensure the interprofessional team functions as an effective team.
• Specific communication strategies the team will use to ensure they practice effective interprofessional communication.
• ​How quality improvement and patient safety will be addressed by the team.

THE CORE COMPETENCIES FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION

Use the 4 core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice to guide you on the issues to consider

• Work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values. (Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice)
• Use the knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations. (Roles/Responsibilities)
• Communicate with patients, families, communities, and professionals in health and other fields in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease. (Interprofessional Communication)
• Apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient/population-centered care and population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable. (Teams and Teamwork)

Teams

Once you register for the collaborative event, you will be placed into a small interprofessional team and will be assigned a team facilitator. Names and contact information for your teammates and facilitator will be sent to you prior to orientation. By the end of the orientation event, your team should have developed a plan as to how you will communicate and function to complete the assigned tasks.

Interaction with Facilitators

A faculty team facilitator will be assigned to each team. The faculty team members who developed the case will serve as facilitators for your group and can help guide you through the task. So please feel free to ask for help in understanding the assigned task. ​Your facilitator is able to:

• Provide feedback/guidance to your team as you work through the case and prepare your presentation.
• Review your plan/presentation prior to your final team presentation.
• Provide feedback and comments during your practice session.

The Presentations

Your end product is an oral presentation, presented via Zoom, which demonstrates your reflection on the life story and care of Daijha Flores and her family, and the professionals you would include in an interprofessional team to meet their needs.

You are also asked to provide a short reflective piece in your presentation on your own team's experience of collaboration in action, including what you have learned about the other professions' roles and responsibilities, team working, and communication issues.

Presentation Structure

Each team will have 20 minutes to present their work. A 5-minute, 3-minute and 1-minute warning will be given to the team. At the conclusion of 20 minutes, the timekeeper will announce time and your team must stop their presentation. No team will be permitted to exceed the allocated 20-minute time limit. If the team completes its presentation prior to the 20-minute time limit, the team should announce that they have completed their presentation. Presentations will be followed by a 10-minute question and answer period with a panel of judges.

Each team member must participate equally in both the oral presentation and the question and answer period immediately following the team presentation.

Judges will complete a scoring sheet for each team presentation. An average score will be calculated for each team. Teams will be provided with their team score and feedback after the event.