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When H.W., an 85-year-old nursing home resident, is taken to the emergency department complaining of pain in his chest, shoulder and jaw, a team of 10 TTUHSC students has 45 minutes to develop and execute a care plan. Full transparency: H.W. isn’t real, the facility is actually a simulation lab in the University Center in Lubbock, and the students’ tools include lockboxes, a Rubik’s cube and a Sudoku puzzle. The “Escape Room Challenge,” an annual event sponsored by the TTUHSC Office of Interprofessional Education, invites students from multiple disciplines to work together in deciphering clues and completing puzzles to help their virtual patients. Participants earned IPE credit—a graduation requirement for all degrees—and many came away with greater appreciation for the value that each discipline brings to a given situation.
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