QEP Internal Grants
Purpose
The purpose of the QEP internal grants is to fund projects and programs that will contribute to the wellness of 甜瓜视频 students. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to apply for a grant. The link to apply is included below, along with a video that can assist you in navigating the application process.
Grant Applications Committee
The following members of the QEP Steering Committee serve as the Grant Applications Committee and are available to assist anyone who wants to apply for a QEP Internal Grant or has questions concerning this opportunity:
Previous QEP Internal Grants Awarded
Cycle Three - 2023-2024
鈥�Connections: Chat with a Social Worker鈥� 鈥� utilizing the knowledge and skills of a TTU social work intern to provide assistance
and support to 甜瓜视频 students. (Project Lead: Ms. Amy Faltinek)
鈥�Art Therapy Workshop for Medical Student Wellness鈥� 鈥� promoting student well-being in the 甜瓜视频 School of Medicine through workshops
offering art therapy techniques. (Project Lead: Khaja Siddiqui)
鈥溙鸸鲜悠� MeetUp鈥� 鈥� fostering the wellness of Texas Tech students in Amarillo through a series of engaging
extracurricular events. (Project Lead: Chandler Boyd)
鈥淣utrition Education for Medical Students: Understanding How Nutrition Affects All
8 Dimensions of Wellness鈥� 鈥� a seminar presented by a registered dietician and a physician to help medical students
understand how nutrition impacts all eight dimensions of our wellness. (Project Lead:
Sarah Horne)
鈥淛ourney Prep: Tools and Tactics for Navigating Graduate School and Your Career. A
Guide for DPT and OTD Students鈥� 鈥� a program of education sessions focused on mental health and wellness, and also
study skills, to decrease stress for health professions students. (Project Leads:
Dr. Joan Potter-Brunet and Dr. Misty Miller)
鈥淕lobal Mindfulness: Sampling a World of Tools to Promote Student Wellness鈥� 鈥� a series of brief mindfulness-based workshops with a cultural engagement component
to promote student wellness. (Project Lead: Dr. Jessica Blume)
鈥淟et鈥檚 Taco 鈥楤out Mental Health鈥� 鈥� a wellness fair during which students will receive wellness information and resources,
and also learn how to use certain wellness tools. (Project Lead: Ms. Keri Shiplet)
鈥淧ositive Life Theme Integrated Narrative Health Practice to Enhance Student Wellness鈥� 鈥� a series of sessions incorporating the Narrative Health model to encourage medical
and PA students to be reflective and discover a positive purpose in life. (Project
Lead: Dr. Dijo John)
Cycle Three - 2022-2023
鈥淧romoting Wellness among Interprofessional Health Sciences Center Students through
a Digital Badging Program鈥� 鈥� exploring the use of a digital badging program to motivate and encourage health
professions students to participate in an optional, web-based multifactorial wellness
program (Project Lead: Dr. Toby Brooks)
鈥淓nhancing Student Wellness through Engagement and Professional Role Modeling with
the 8 Dimensions of Wellness鈥� 鈥� incorporating wellness role modeling by nursing school faculty and staff to encourage
nursing students to utilize wellness tools related to the 8 dimensions of wellness
(Project Lead: Ms. Rachel Chapman)
Cycle Two - Spring 2022
No QEP Internal Grants Awarded
Cycle One - Fall 2021
鈥淔ind Your Zone: Build Resilience, Restore Balance, & Refill Your Tank鈥� 鈥� engaging students in specific creative and leisure activities that facilitate health-enhancing
flow experiences (Project Lead: Dr. Laurie Stelter)
鈥淪oul Hacks Series: A Wellness Initiative for the Edification of 甜瓜视频 PA Students鈥�
鈥� creating a culture of wellness within the PA program through a biweekly wellness
series that includes journaling insights and experiences (Project Lead: Ms. Sarah
Stringer)
鈥�A Formal Investigation of Risk Factors for Burnout among Medical Students in Their
Clinical Years鈥� 鈥� identifying risk factors for burnout at a critical stage of medical training, enabling
preventative measures to be developed (Project Lead: Dr. Joel Barrett)
鈥�QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training for School of Nursing Behavioral Intervention
Team Members鈥�鈥� training SON staff in QPR, an evidence-based approach to suicide prevention, so
that they can train BIT members who work with at-risk students (Project Lead: Dr.
Annette Gary)