ICCC (Hotspotting)

Interprofessional Complex Care Collaborative (Hotspotting) Scholars Program Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Goal
SIU School of Medicine’s medical school experience promotes “empathetic values and a philosophy of treating patients as people, not diseases.” In an effort to prepare undergraduate medical students who work collaboratively on healthcare teams and who display compassion for the most vulnerable patient, they need opportunities to learn from interprofessional collaborative experiences. Benefits of interprofessional experiences include both improved team environment1-2, attitudes towards other professions1-2, and improved patient care1,3. Complex care is defined as “person-centered approach to addressing the needs of a relatively small, heterogenous group of people who repeatedly cycle through multiple healthcare, social service, and other systems, yet do not derive lasting benefit from those interactions.”6 The purpose of the Interprofessional Complex Care Collaborative Scholars Program (ICCC) is to acknowledge the efforts of medical students that deliberately pursue professional development and extracurricular experiences in interprofessional education and complex patient care collaboration, as well as promote scholarship at SIU-SOM and beyond. The ICCC Scholars Program will also provide evidence-based trainings, workshops, and modules relevant to the field of complex care for students in the ICCC Scholars Program and for the practice and educational communities. 

Requirements
Interprofessional education and hotspotting are both Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Medical Education Initiatives and are captured within the Student Hotspotting Program4. Student Hotspotting trains interprofessional students to advocate for their patients and to walk alongside patients to resolve social, emotional, financial, and societal barriers5. The Student Hotspotting program runs September through March. 

Only those students in good academic standing are eligible to participate in the ICCC Scholars Program. Good academic standing is defined as no Student Progress Committee (SPC) activity, which means that the student has not, at any time received a letter of concern from the (SPC).

Students in the ICCC Scholars Program will be required to participate in the following activities each academic year:

 

  1. Interview (first year of participation only)
  2. Kick Off training event
  3. Bi-monthly meetings with their assigned team
  4. Patient visits as their class schedule allows
  5. Weekly team communication through chat platform
  6. Team discussion of six online learning modules (discussed during team meetings)
  7. Wrap Up event
  8. Creation and presentation of team project at both of the following:
    1. Wrap Up event
    2. Regional conference such as Teaching and Learning Symposium
  9. Student Coach in Years 2, 3, and 4 (A Student Coach serves as the leader and facilitator of an interprofessional team)

9a.  If student does NOT participate as a Student Coach in Year 2, then 10 is required.

  1. *OPTIONAL*: Presentation at another regional or national conference, advocacy initiative, program implementation or evaluation, education, or scholarly activity related to complex care. Requires ICCC faculty approval.

Students in the ICCC Scholars Program will be required to participate in the following activities each academic year:

  1. Interview (first year of participation only)
  2. Kick Off training event
  3. Bi-monthly meetings with their assigned team
  4. Patient visits as their class schedule allows
  5. Weekly team communication through chat platform
  6. Team discussion of six online learning modules (discussed during team meetings)
  7. Wrap Up event
  8. Creation and presentation of team project at both of the following:
    1. Wrap Up event
    2. Regional conference such as Teaching and Learning Symposium
  9. Student Coach in Years 3 and 4 (A Student Coach serves as the leader and facilitator of an interprofessional team)
  10. *REQUIRED*: Presentation at another regional or national conference, advocacy initiative, program implementation or evaluation, education, or scholarly activity related to complex care. Requires ICCC faculty approval.

Approval and Tracking Progress of ICCC Endeavors
Students are required to have a faculty member serve as a mentor. It’s recommended that the faculty mentor be involved in Student Hotspotting or have experience in complex care. Students can change this mentor at any time and can be active in projects with other faculty involved with Student Hotspotting and/or have experience in complex care as well. SIU School of Medicine faculty members will oversee the student’s progress in the ICCC Scholars Program. Faculty can be full-time or part-time. Adjunct faculty with an appointment can also serve as ICCC mentors
Students will use the dashboard in MyProgress to upload all evidence of requirements of the ICCC Scholars Program participation, leadership, and scholarship.

Completion Program milestones
ERAS will state that the student is an SIU School of Medicine Interprofessional Complex Care Collaborative Scholar by virtue of completing the necessary scholarly work to earn the distinction.