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| Healthy Fun at 2011 Oz HFTC | |
Teamwork, fun and a bit of healthy competition were the order of the day for those competing in the 2011 3rd Annual National HealthFusion Team Challenge (Oz HFTC).
Eight teams from universities across the country battled it out at the day-long event, which featured a range of new activities designed to test teams on a number of key areas.
The day got off to a noisy start with a health care boot camp administered by event sponsor Tunstall, which tested each group’s team working skills under extreme timed conditions.
Teams were also required to present a prepared patient management package in response to a challenging clinical case study in front of a panel of judges.
This year, the event was based around an Indigenous case that centered on a fictional young Aboriginal man recovering from an acquired brain injury.
Teams were assessed not only their ability to address patient “Stephen’s” physical needs, but his cultural needs and that of his family as well.
When not presenting, competing teams were not afforded much down-time between interviews and poster painting as part of the event’s new intensive format.
Project Director Dr Monica Moran said the event organisers deliberately put up a range of different activities as a way to test teams outside the boundaries classroom thinking.
“In the real world, every team works differently and we wanted to test them not just on their ability to produce, but to think under pressure, and their ability to work creatively as a team”, Dr Moran said.
Finals Judge Professor Susan Nancarrow from Southern Cross University in NSW said she was impressed with the level and sophistication of the teams’ responses.
“I was particularly taken by the different approaches adopted by each team to team working, and the creativity them employed in presenting their cases", Prof Nancarrow said.
"There was a great deal of learning here for everyone."
The competition title was eventually taken by HFTC first-timers, Deakin University, who were ecstatic to win in their inaugural year.
The University of Sydney came a close Runner’s Up and The University of Queensland was awarded the Audience Choice Award by a comfortable margin.
Deakin University, Flinders University, Griffith University, Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland and The University of Sydney all fielded teams in the 2011 event.
The HFTC is the first competition of its kind in Australia and is designed to educate the next generation of health practitioners in effective teamwork and interprofessional collaboration.
Those interested in fielding a team in 2012 are encouraged to email the HFTC Project team at hctc@uq.edu.au.
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