"Little Couple" Star to Give Keynote Address at Symposium

WHAT: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will host its Fall Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Symposium focused on interprofessional teamwork. The event will feature keynote speaker Jennifer Arnold, M.D., of TLC’s docu-drama “The Little Couple.”

WHEN: 9 to 10 a.m., Friday (Oct. 26)

Editor’s note: Arnold will be available to answer questions immediately after her presentation in the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center Lobby.

WHERE: TTUHSC, 3601 4^th St., Academic Classroom Building Room 100

EVENT: Arnold, the medical director of the Simulation Center at the Texas Children’s Hospital and is an assistant professor of pediatrics, division of neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, will present, “Interprofessional Teamwork in Simulation.”

Arnold and her husband Bill, co-star on “The Little Couple,” which follows their personal and professional lives and is now entering its fifth season. She has also appeared on TV programs including “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Good Morning America” and “Dr. OZ.”

The Institute of Medicine identifies interprofessional teamwork as one of the core competencies needed for health professionals to be effective in the 21st century. Researchers have established that teams make fewer mistakes than individuals, especially when the members of the team are aware of the different responsibilities of each team member.

TTUHSC selected interprofessional teamwork as the topic for its first QEP in 2009 to build upon its mission to improve health care through education, research and outreach, and to demonstrate continued leadership in health care education.

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