Presentation Title: Team Science: The Key to Effective Collaboration and Teamwork
Speaker: Eric Thomas, MD, MPH
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: MSB 2.103
Learning Format: In-Person and Online
Series Objectives:
- Apply the latest evidence with patients and practice evidence-based medicine.
- Discuss current research and its potential for application to patient care.
- Discuss the latest clinical practice guidelines relevant to clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the seven Cs of teamwork.
- Differentiate between traditional teamwork and dynamic teaming, and apply strategies such as shared mental models, psychological safety, and structured debriefs to improve performance in both clinical and scientific teams.
- Explain how transparency, such as through Open Notes, empowers patients to become members of the clinical team and to identify safety issues and contribute to diagnostic accuracy, especially in complex or distributed care settings.
Accreditation Statement:
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation:
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Event Disclosures:
Speakers:
Eric Thomas, MD, MPH, Professor and Associate Dean for Healthcare Quality, Griff T Ross Professor in Humanities and Technology in Health Care, UTHealth has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.
Planners and other Administrative Support:
Tanvi Gupta, MD, Gabriel Aisenberg, MD, Philip Orlander, MD, Jeffrey Chen, MD, Mark A Farnie, MD, Robby Wesley, DO, FACP, Charani Kamath Shenoy, MD, and Andrew Sullivan, MD have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.
Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.
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