What is unique about the University of Queensland Health Care Team Challenge?
The UQ HCTC model has several unique features designed to embed it as an IPE leadership vehicle and ensure its success. These include: Partnership with the University of British Columbia, the home of the only other HCTC in existence. Access to the University of British Columbia’s HCTC event management know-how accelerated the concept-to-implementation phase at UQ; A clear focus on sustainability through external sponsorship; Establishment of a UQ HCTC alumni organisation to encourage student IPE leaders to carry their skills into the workplace; Research on changes in student knowledge and attitudes to IPE, longitudinal behavioural change after graduation, and impact on the audience viewing the live event; Authentic client involvement by recruiting a patient and carers to be interviewed by students and to be members of the judging panel; and Ministerial support for the HCTC from Queensland Health as partners in health workforce reform and IPE.
