CLARION Competition 2022

The University of Minnesota's CLARION competition is a student-driven program that focuses on the professional development of health science students and includes content related to leadership, teamwork, communication, analytical thinking, dispute resolution, and business practices. Since 2005, the University of Minnesota Health has hosted this prestigious national interprofessional case competition.

Each year, a new case study is created to test teams' ability to solve specific difficulties. Students who participate in CLARION gain a better understanding of the healthcare system in which they will work. At least two distinct professions must be represented in interprofessional teams of four students, with no more than two students from the same profession. To a panel of senior-level interprofessional health executives, the teams present a root cause analysis of a fake sentinel occurrence. Only the team members examine the cases, and their mentors provide coaching and technical help. The scenarios are made-up, but they are based on real-world difficulties related to patient safety in the healthcare system and how it may be improved. The cases are quite complicated, and they involve triple-aim concerns.

Each team member was reminded of the necessity of interprofessional collaboration in enhancing health care and patient safety in a complicated healthcare environment as a result of this competition. Furthermore, the pleasant experience as an interprofessional team revealed that cross-professional dialogue and problem-solving are possible and required.

Florida Atlantic University is happy to announce that four students from different disciplines participated in the Clarion Competition challenge this year.

 

To learn more about our team members, please see their short bios below:

Briana Paiewonsky  is a rising 4th-year medical student at the Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. She is currently completing a one-year pre-doctoral research fellowship at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Dermatology. Her current research focuses on hair and scalp health, novel scalp treatment devices, and the use of artificial intelligence in dermatologic care.

 

Mumtahinah Rashid  is a fourth-year pharmacy student at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Her areas of interest are infectious disease and critical care. Her plans are to pursue a PGY-1 and then a PGY-2 to become a clinical specialist.

 

 

Shannon Francois  has ten years of experience as a registered nurse. She earned her associate's degree in nursing from Palm Beach State College and her bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University. Her background is in maternal health, where she worked with high-risk pregnant women in Level 3 facilities. She has taught prenatal education courses in the hospital and volunteers as a health educator for the YouMoms Outreach Program. This summer, she will be graduating from FAU with her master’s in nursing education and plans to return to academia to teach maternal child courses at the undergraduate level.

 

Jean Rodriguez  a graduate student of FAU’s Phyllis & Harvey Sandler School of Social Work. Born and raised in Miami, and an alumnus of The University of Florida’s College of Criminology & Sociology, he has always enjoyed helping others. As the first member of his family to graduate college, Jean understands the importance of always being grateful for the opportunities life has granted him and how critical it is to approach life with a desire to be of service. Jean’s future goals are to become a medical social worker and obtain a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).