TEAM LAUNCH Virtual

• Capability: Do we have the right people, with the right mix of knowledge,skills and attitudes to get the job done?
• Cooperation: Do these individuals have the right attitude? Are they willing to engage with the team?
• Coordination: Do their behaviors support effective team performance?
• Communication: Can these individuals communicate effectively with each other and beyond?
• Cognition: Do team members share a common vision and understanding of priorities, roles and goals.
• Coaching: Can members of the team lead when necessary?
• Conflict Response: Do team members acknowledge and manage conflict?
• Conditions: Are the timing, environment and resources right to support effective team performance?

Launch Pad is an innovative course designed to provide learners with in-depth exposure to and training in critical teamwork skills. The course provides learners with a foundational framework for participating as effective team members.

The course is based on active learning strategies and introduces participants to the essential foundations of teamwork. With faculty facilitators, students engage both in pre-work and competency-based activities to explore the characteristics of effective teams, based on the science of teamwork. Their acquisition of teamwork knowledge and skills is assessed through multi-level rubrics and instruments designed specifically for the course.

Participants who successfully complete Launch Pad will be able to:

• Articulate the characteristics of high-performing teams
• Apply acquired teamwork knowledge and skills to interprofessional team interactions
• Relate the value of teamwork skills and team science to professional development

Launch Pad Modules

Topics covered during Launch Pad include the critical language of team training and education, leadership skills, effective communication, team cognition, cooperation, conflict management, negotiation methods, and strategies for building and optimizing high-performing teams. Specific course modules for the 2019 and 2020 academic years include:

Module 1: Foundations of Teamwork
You will identify the characteristics of high-performing teams and engage in interactive learning experience to advance your knowledge in team training.

Module 2: Tools for Coaching, Communication, Capabilities and Conflict
You will participate in interactive case studies and professional scenarios to build your leadership skills and enhance your effectiveness as a member of multi-professional teams.

Module 3: Tools for Coordination, Cooperation, Cognition and Conditions 
You will consider strategies to enhance coaching/leadership and conflict response in professional teams and explore how capabilities and conditions relate to effective team performance.

Module 4: Wrapping it Up
You will integrate advanced skills and tools to optimize team performance through experiential learning activities; and synthesize the knowledge and experiences acquired throughout the entire course through self-reflection and collaborative team activities.

Team Projects provides students with an authentic and immersive course experience during which they apply their acquired teamwork skills to simulated real-world problems. Through this experiential learning process, participants work in interprofessional teams and apply teamwork skills to solve problems across specialized project tracks, including commercialization, pharmaceutical development, healthcare or other areas proposed by institutional leaders.

The course culminates with a judged competitive Capstone event open to all members of the academic community during which course participants share their project proposals and receive direct feedback from field experts. The winning team will receive a cash prize to support their ongoing professional development.

Team Discovery introduces all members of the Baylor academic community and beyond to core concepts in teamwork through engaging workshops and training sessions led by subject matter experts. Designed by Team Launch program faculty, the interactive workshops focus on a number of teamwork topics relevant to all members of the community, while our training sessions provide customized teamwork instruction to departments, programs and teams upon request. Together, these workshops and training sessions serve as a meaningful adjunct to the other program components.

Team Discovery is open to all faculty, students, postdoctoral trainees, and staff of Baylor College of Medicine as well as to individuals from other institutions throughout the Texas Medical Center.

Training Sessions

The example below represent training sessions Team Launch has presented to various teams. These are presented to give you an idea what our training sessions are like.