August 30, 2023

Academic Affairs Accolades and News – August 2023

Accolades

Nexus 2023 Accepts Five Presentations from Office of Interprofessional Education

Five presentations from the UAMS Office of Interprofessional Education were accepted for the upcoming virtual Nexus Summit 2023 hosted by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education.

The presentations include:

  • “Repeated Presentations of Two IPE Wellness Workshops: Busy Professionals and Leaders Creating a Wellness Culture” by Wendy Ward, Ph.D., ABPP, FNAP, FAPA, associate provost for faculty in the Division of Academic Affairs, director of interprofessional faculty development in the Office of Interprofessional Education and professor in the College of Medicine; Amber Teigen, PA, associate program director and assistant professor of physician assistant studies in the College of Health Professions; Wendy McCloud, MA, instructor and program manager in the Office of Interprofessional Education; and Gina Drobena, M.D., associate professor in the College of Medicine and division director of transfusion medicine in the Department of Pathology.
  • “Evaluation of an Interprofessional Education Activity on Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceived Future Practice for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/questioning, Intersex, Asexual Plus (LGBTQIA+) Community” by Lorraine Stigar, DrPH, MPH, CHES, a post-doctoral fellow at Purdue University, and Kathryn (Kat) Neill, Pharm.D., FNAP, CCMS, associate provost for academics in the Division of Academic Affairs and director of interprofessional administrative and academic affairs in the Office of Interprofessional Education.
  • “Teaching the Prioritized Health Literacy Competencies to Interprofessional Healthcare Educators,” by Alison Caballero, MPH, CHES, recently retired associate professor and former director of the Center for Health Literacy in the Division of Academic Affairs; Pamela de Gravelles, Ph.D., RN, CHSE, clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing; Sherry Johnson, BSE, simulation educator in the Centers for Simulation Education in the Division of Academic Affairs; Kathryn (Kat) Neill, Pharm.D., FNAP, CCMS, associate provost for academics in the Division of Academic Affairs and director of interprofessional administrative and academic affairs in the Office of Interprofessional Education; Travis Hill, M.Ed., executive director for the Centers for Simulation Education; and Karen Dickinson, MBBS, BSc, M.D., M.Ed., CHSE, FRCS, assistant professor in the College of Medicine and director of IPE simulation and clinical skills training in the Office of Interprofessional Education and Centers for Simulation Education.
  • “Food for Thought: Integration of Interprofessional Education and Visual Media to Increase Understanding of Food Insecurity,” by Kathryn (Kat) Neill, Pharm.D., FNAP, CCMS, associate provost for academics in the Division of Academic Affairs and director of interprofessional administrative and academic affairs in the Office of Interprofessional Education; and Zeketra Grandy, Ed.D., instructor in the Educational and Student Success Center of the Division of Academic Affairs.
  • “Getting to the SMART of the Matter: Evolution of an Interprofessional Quality Improvement Workshop,” by Kathryn (Kat) Neill, Pharm.D., FNAP, CCMS, associate provost for academics in the Division of Academic Affairs and director of interprofessional administrative and academic affairs in the Office of Interprofessional Education; Wendy McCloud, MA, instructor and program manager in the Office of Interprofessional Education; Kristen Sterba, Ph.D., associate provost for students and administration in the Division of Academic Affairs; and Wendy Ward, Ph.D., ABPP, FNAP, FAPA, associate provost for faculty in the Division of Academic Affairs, director of interprofessional faculty development in the Office of Interprofessional Education and professor in the College of Medicine.

 

Dickinson to Present on Surgical Simulation Training  

Karen Dickinson, MBBS, BSc, M.D., M.Ed., CHSE, FRCS, assistant professor in the College of Medicine and director of IPE simulation and clinical skills training in the Office of Interprofessional Education and Centers for Simulation Education, will present “Computer Assisted Surgery and Training” at the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference in September. The keynote address provides an overview of technology enhanced simulation education in health care and summarizes current evidence for efficacy and recommendations for application as part of an educator’s toolkit. “Technology” refers to “materials and devices created or adapted to solve practical problems” and “Simulation technologies” can include a wide range of products such as virtual reality simulators, models including 3D printed models, high fidelity mannikins, animal models or animal tissue and cadavers.

 

CHL Team Members Present at Conferences

Two members of the Center for Health Literacy (CHL) presented at recent conferences, with one also earning a first-place award in the poster competition for her work.

The presenters were:

  • Emily Taylor, M.Ed., MPH, health educator in the Center for Health Literacy, presented a workshop at the Annual American School Health Association Conference in Minnesota in June. The workshop, Emotional Wellness: Implementing an Online Health Education Module to Reach the Needs of Today’s Young Adults, featured CHL’s online module, How to M.O.V.E. toward Emotional Wellness, and provided opportunities for participants to explore ways to implement the content in and out of the classroom.
  • Anita Bucur, MBA, MPA, bilingual program administrator in the Center for Health Literacy, presented at the Institute for Healthcare Advancement Annual Health Literacy Conference in May. Her poster “Adapting Applied Plain Language Training for Translators Who Communicate Health Information” also won first place in the poster competition, as voted by peers. The poster presented findings from a CHL training pilot that equipped translators with skills to identify and translate health information utilizing plain language best practices. Results from the training evaluations revealed the training content met the intended learning objectives and the training will contribute to efforts to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to advance health equity.

 

Division News

Boagaards Joins CHL

Anna-Kate Bogaards recently joined the Center for Health Literacy as a plain language writer. She has broad experience in health writing, including most recently as a research writer for the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.

Slagell Joins UAMS as Library Director

Jeff Slagell, MA, joined UAMS on Aug. 1 as the new director of the UAMS Library. Slagell previously served as dean of library services at Roberts-LaForge Library at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. Read more at academicaffairs.uams.edu/2023/08/slagell-joins-uams-as-library-director.