UMSON faculty members present at 2021 - 2022 IPE Seed Grant Symposium.
Veronica "Ronnie" Quattrini, DNP, MS ’99, BSN ’85, FNP-BC, assistant professor and senior director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, Eun-Shin Nahm, PhD ’05, RN, FAAN, FGSA, professor, associate dean for the PhD program, and co-director of the Postdoctoral program; Shannon Idzik, DNP ’10, MS ’03, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN, professor and associate dean for the DNP program; and Kristin Bussell, PhD, CRNP-PMH, assistant professor, and Elsie Stines, DNP ’15, MS ’00, CPNP, assistant vice president of special projects and initiatives, and a pediatric nurse practitioner, presented at the 2021-22 IPE Seed Grant Symposium Nov. 16 in the President's Ballroom in the Saratoga Building.
Quattrini, Nahm, and Idzik presented on "Virtual Cancer Cure: Incorporating Education and Interprofessional Collaboration." They were joined by two members of the School of Medicine. The current proposal aims to expand multi-institutional oncologic tumor boards that facilitate treatment recommendations and oncologic care plans for patients designed between various centers, optimizing transition of care, functional, and oncologic outcomes. While the implementation of a virtual meeting platforms has been trialed within multiple hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, this will be the first program in Maryland to bridge oncologists who provide multidisciplinary care for the same patient from different locations.
Bussell was part of a team from the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, the UMB Police Department, and the University of Maryland, College Park. Their project, called "The Resilience Project," is a 10-session interprofessional educational program on adaptive stress response for individuals in high-risk occupations. It brings together experts and trainees from five professions to collaborate learning on trauma and resilience through the lens of police work.
Stines was a member of a team from the School of Pharmacy, the School of Social Work, and the University of Maryland Medical Center, who presented on "Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say: Increasing Plain-Language in Team Based Care." The project is designed to improve interprofessional education by focuing on the importance of health literacy and avoiding jargon in patient-level communication, particularly during telehealth care visits.
pictured, l. to r.: Quattrini, Nahm, Idzik, and Bussell