TEAM LAUNCH Virtual is now available! Access it through the SuccessFactors Learning Management System!
TEAM LAUNCH Virtual is designed to teach interprofessional and interdisciplinary learners—students, trainees, faculty and staff—how to participate as successful members of highly effective teams.
TEAM LAUNCH Virtual encompasses the foundations of the inaugural TEAM LAUNCH Program; however, is now available as a sustainable and accessible educational online tool which can be applied across the different populations Team Launch has served.
Access Virtual Course
- Go to SuccessFactors
- Login with ECA and password.
- Go to My Learning
- In the ‘Find Learning’ search box, type Team Launch or WBT CP_CORP_1148.
- Select ‘Start Course’ to begin.
Additional Information
- Maintains the focus and spirit of the TEAM LAUNCH program through an innovative virtual format
- Leverages existent curriculum and content from the program to deliver training through an asynchronous learning paradigm
- Features integrated assessments and application of program tools, rubrics and instruments to amplify knowledge acquisition and transfer
Throughout TEAM LAUNCH Virtual, you will learn about the 8 C's of Teamwork – Capability, Coordination, Cognition, Communication, Conflict, Coaching, Cooperation and Conditions - the characteristics of high-performing teams.
- 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?
This will be achieved through a series of interactive case-based modules that include the following key components:
- Module Introduction: Apply vignette to introduce core content
- Core Concepts with decision questions: Real-time situational analysis
- Module Summary and Assessment: Reinforce key principles and assess for understanding
Information about the Inaugural TEAM LAUNCH Program is also available below.
Contact team.launch@bcm.edu with any questions, or fill out this form for detailed assistance.
Inaugural TEAM LAUNCH Program
Team Launch Overview
What can Team Launch Provide?
- Fully customizable formats to fit the unique needs of your team
- Support both for effective teams and teams in distress
- Integrated and interactive learning activities to keep participants engaged
- Offer focused, single session training or a longitudinal experience over time
- Assessment of team and team member effectiveness by instruments/rubrics
- Focus on practical skill application in complex team environments
Why Team Launch?
- Are there team members/teams whose team performance could be improved?
- Have you seen examples/models of effective teamwork which you wish to emulate?
- Do you have members of this team who have asked for teamwork training?
- Have you had incidents for which better teamwork could have changed the outcome?
- Is your already team high-performing, but does it wish to accelerate success?
- Is teamwork part of a broader organizational goal or desire to improve culture?
Team Launch Components
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.
| Time | Focus | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | Overview of learning outcomes for session | Slide presentation |
| 7 minutes | Paper Chain Challenge | Interactive small group activity |
| 8 minutes | Challenge debrief | Facilitated large group discussion |
| 25 minutes | Characteristics of High-Performing Teams | Role play and case discussion |
| 5 minutes | Key Takeaways | Slide presentation |
| 5 minutes | Wrap-up and evaluations | Slide presentation |
Dr. Paul Klotman, president, CEO and executive dean of Baylor College of Medicine, discusses the essential role teamwork played early in his career.
Team-Based Care
Dr. Nana Coleman describes the importance of teamwork in healthcare. Studies have shown that effective teamwork in clinical settings leads to better outcomes for patients with less cost. Team Launch creates an academic and institutional culture that not only appreciates and values the need for team-based care but also provides opportunities to effectively integrate this knowledge and skill into healthcare research or delivery.
Teamwork in Research
Dr. Christine Beeton discusses the role of team-based science in accelerating discovery. Team Launch ensures that Baylor trainees, faculty and staff are prepared to work with professional fields to apply their research from the laboratory to real-world needs. The program ensures that our graduates are equipped with the tools needed to access careers of their choosing in important, often emerging, fields.
Course Policy on Students with Disabilities
Baylor of Medicine is committed to providing equitable access to students with documented disabilities (e.g. mental health, attentional, learning, chronic health, sensory, or physical). To ensure access to Team Launch courses, please contact Student Disability Services to engage in a confidential conversation about the process for requesting reasonable accommodations for Launch Pad and Team Projects experiences.
Accommodations are not provided retroactively. Therefore, students are encouraged to register with Student Disability Services as soon as they begin the program.