TeamMAPPS

Methods to Advance Processes and Performance in Science

The study of the science of Team Science and its relevance to organizations and the world today.

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Welcome to TeamMAPPS

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the TeamMAPPS (Team Methods to Advance Processes and Performance in Science) training program. TeamMAPPS is a behavioral skills training program specifically developed to increase the collaboration and effectiveness of scientific teams and scientific team members. This program has been developed specifically for scientists and students to develop behavioral skills by learning mastery steps through Team Science cases and exercises, self-assessments, reflective exercises, and back-home application planning.

While TeamMAPPS is available to be delivered in a variety of different modalities, we hope that you engage all modules. We ask that you kindly consent to allowing us to collect data on your learning progress, as well as your insights on how to improve this program. All scientific fields are rapidly changing, and we all know that collaboration is at the very heart of increased innovation, inclusion, and effectiveness. We hope TeamMAPPS will help you in your career journey.

Sincerely,

Kevin C. Wooten, Ph.D.
Program Director

Randall J. Urban, MD
Vice President and Chief Research Officer
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Institute for Translational Sciences

what is teammapps

A highly specific competency model for team science

Involves a specific set of known behaviors that are evidence-based and known to influence effective team processses and performance

Team Methods to Advance Processes and Performance in Science

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Methods are the Behavioral Skills, Techniques, and Strategies of Team Science

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We will help you Advance Individual and Team Development, Team Maturation, and Team Evolutions

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The Processes we address are Individual, Team, and Leader Practices; Communication; Participation; Decision Making; and Conflict Resolution

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The aim is to improve Performance in the areas of Breakthrough Innovations, High Level Publications, Increased Research Funding, Patents, Establishment of Standards of Care, Influencing Population Health Outcomes

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All materials in this program are steeped in the practices and understandings of Team Science

  • teammapps competencies

    Awareness and Exchange

    A set of competencies relating to the facilitation of team members' perspective seeking, reframing, and integrating alternative cognitive views

    Components

    Sharing Unique Information/Promotive Voice

    Inquiring/Probing

    Reframing and Integrating

  • teammapps competencies

    Psychological Safety

    A set of competencies that provide team members a safe environment, including participant acknowledgement, issue identification, and conflict resolution

    Components

    Perspective Seeking

    Acknowledging and Including

    Addressing Issues and Resolving Conflict

  • teammapps competencies

    Adaptation

    A set of competencies that result in team members being able to extend challenges, monitor the team, and improve its performance over time

    Components

    Monitoring/Debriefing

    Reflecting/Analyzing

    Creating Change/Development Plans

teammapps learning model

What you can expect to learn from this training program

  • How to identify components of Psychological Safety, Adaptation & Correction, and Facilitating Awareness & Exchange domains.

  • Theoretical and evidence-based backgrounds for each domain.

  • Steps, stages, and practical tools for implementing each domain's competencies.

  • Experiential exercises and vignettes to practice diagnosing & resolving issues, and mapping to plans for your current team.

Scope of TeamMAPPS

TeamMAPPS involves a specific set of known behaviors that are evidence-based and known to influence effective team processes and performance. It can be:

  • Used for development or developmental evaluation

  • Applied to nascent or to advanced scientific teams

  • Used as a training model or a team diagnostic and intervention

It is not exhaustive, as there are many potential "drivers" of scientific team success. While it does not address specific areas such as team leadership and team structure, it does address foundational behavioral skills that are used in leadership, facilitate overall team processes, as well as establish and reinforce team structure.

For more information, please contact the Institute for Translational Sciences.

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