2024 Heartland Innovations in Interprofessional Practice and Education (HIIPE) Summit

Innovations in Interprofessional Learning

The HIIPE Summit is a platform designed to promote collaboration and knowledge exchange among professionals from diverse fields. This event focuses on advancing interprofessional learning through interactive workshops, presentations, and keynote discussions. By showcasing innovative research in education and practice, the conference aims to enhance teamwork, communication, and collaborative practice. It serves as a catalyst for the development of effective interprofessional education strategies, that lead to a more integrated and patient-centered approach to healthcare.

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Regular registration: $125
Partner university faculty/staff: $75
Residents, fellows, and full-time students: $50

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Health professions faculty and professional staff, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, speech language pathologists, behavioral heath professionals, counselors, marriage and family therapists, residents, fellows and students interested in academia.

Keynote Speakers

William Cutrer, MD, Med, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Jill Thistlethwaite, MBBS, MMEd, PhD, FRCGP, FRACGP
Professor of Medical Education, University of Technology Sydney

Barret Michalec, PhD
Director for Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research, Arizona State University
 

Featured Panelists

Joan Ziegler Delahunt, OTD, MS, OTR/L

Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy,
Rockhurst University

Sally Stimson, MSN, RN, CPN, CHSE

Interprofessional Simulation Administrator, Community Programing and Innovation, Clarkson College

Bianca Calderon, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Dean and Professor,
Regis University

Teresa M. Cochran, PT, DPT, MA, FNAP

Assistant Dean and Associate Professor,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Schedule

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

12:30 p.m.     
Welcome and Program Overview
Angela Patterson, OTD, OTR/L, FNAP
Interim Director, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Office of Faculty and Staff Development;
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Creighton University

1:00 p.m.     
Opening Keynote: Targeting Adaptive Expertise: Practical Strategies to Guide Health Professions Learners 
William Cutrer, MD, MEd, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics & Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

2:15 p.m.     
Break

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.    
Oral Presentations
All presentations will have 15 minutes to present and including time for questions. (times listed below are approximate)

2:30 p.m. Assessment of Interdisciplinary Service - Learning in the Underserved Community
Kylie Wildhelm, OTD, OTR/L, Creighton University & the Stephen Center 
    
2:45 p.m. Interprofessional Feasibility Study for a Health Professions Center of Excellence
Bianca Calderon, PharmD, BCSPS, Professor & Associate Dean for Interprofessional Education, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University
Melissa Bosworth, MS, Assistant Professor &Chair of Division of Health Services Education, Regis University
Tristen Amador, PhD, MWS, Professor &Associate Dean of Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University

3:00 p.m. Using Interprofessional Learning to Promote Professional Identity Formation
Leslie Jackson, OTD, MEd, OT/L, FAOTA, Associate Professor & Program Director/Chairperson of Occupational Therapy, Drake University, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Andrea L. Kjos, PharmD, PhD, Professor of Social and Administrative Sciences, Drake University, College of Pharmacy &Health Sciences
Richelle M. Williams, PhD, ATC, Assistant Professor, Athletic Training, Drake University, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

3:15 p.m. A Competency-Based Education Partnership between Interprofessional Education & Population Health Nursing
Jennifer Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR, FNAP, Associate Professor of Nursing, Creighton University
Becky Davis, DNP, APHN-BC, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Creighton University

3:30 p.m. An Innovative Interprofessional Learning Experience between Healthcare & Business Students
Brenda Coppard, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Creighton University
Angie Lam, OTD, OTR/L, Creighton University
Maggie Knight, DBA, CPA, CGMA, Creighton University
Yongyue Qi, PhD, Creighton University

3:45 p.m. Connecting Online Graduate Students to Omaha through Academic Service-Learning 
Vicki Bautista, EdD, NBC-HWC, Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine
Amy Cosimano, EdD, RN, DipACLM, NBC-HWC, Assistant Professor, Creighton University School of Medicine
Cheri Dickmeyer, EdD, NBC-HWC, Executive Director FITGirl, Inc.
Christina Katusin, MS, RD, LMNT, Operations Manager, Immanuel Pathways Eastern Nebraska

Thursday, July 11, 2024 

10:00 a.m.     
Welcome and Program Overview
Jenny Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR, FNAP
Executive Director, Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education and Research (CIPER);
Associate Professor or Nursing, Creighton University

10:30 a.m.     
Panel Discussion: Advancing Collaborative Care in Higher Education
Joan Ziegler Delahunt, OTD, MS, OTR/L, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, Rockhurst University
Sally Stimson, MSN, RN, CPN, CHSE, Interprofessional Simulation Administrator, Community Programing and Innovation, Clarkson College
Bianca Calderon, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Dean and Professor, Regis University
Teresa M. Cochran, PT, DPT, MA, FNAP, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center

11:30 a.m.  - 12:20 p.m.   
Poster Presentations
There are three concurrent poster sessions. You are free to move from session to session. All presentations will have 10 minutes to present, including time for questions. (times listed below are approximate)

POSTER ROOM 1
11:30 a.m. Empowering Interprofessional Teams: Exploring GenAI with the Health Sciences Library
Jess D. King, MLIS, Assistant Professor, UNMC
Teresa Hartman, MLS, Professor, UNMC

11:40 a.m. Scoping Review of Artificial Intelligence-Based Pedagogies in Didactic Nursing Education
Michele Gerdes, EdD, RN, CNE, Associate Professor of Nursing, Rockhurst University
Andy Bayne, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, Associate Professor of Nursing, Rockhurst University
Jennifer Wessol, PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Rockhurst University
Leigh Stephenson, DNP, APRN,WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Rockhurst University
Allison Vance, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Rockhurst University 
Kristina Henry, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNE, Associate Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean of Nursing and Chief Academic Administrator for Nursing, Rockhurst University 
Barbara Ludwig, EdD, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Director of the Graduate Nursing Program, Rockhurst University                

11:50 a.m. Immersive Virtual Reality in Healthcare Education 
Colleen Spellman, OTD, OTR/L, Creighton University
Andrea Thinnes, OTD, OTR/L, FNAP, Creighton University
Erin Young, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, Creighton University 

12:00 p.m. Increasing Awareness of Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare Among High School Students
Katie Zander, MSN, APRN, PPCNP-BC/CPNP-AC, Graduate Nursing Student, Creighton University College of Nursing
R.A. Davis, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, Creighton University College of Nursing

12:10 p.m. Intraprofessional Collaboration Involving Physical Therapist & Physical Therapist Assistant Students
Stephanie Schrader, PT, DPT, Director of Clinical Education & Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lauren Hogan, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, FAAOMPT, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

POSTER ROOM 2
11:30 a.m. Simulated Interprofessional Learning to Prepare PTA Students for Clinical Practice
Greta Schoneman, PTA, BSPTA, MS, Instructor, Clarkson College
Jessica Wissink, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor, Clarkson College

11:40 a.m. Standardizing Assessment in Competency-Based Education: The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument  
Lindsay Iverson, DNP, APRN, Creighton University 

11:50 a.m. Effect of Increased Mid-Level Provider Led Education in the PICU   
Kayla Heidbrink, DO, UNMC & Children's Nebraska
Lindsay Blick, MD, UNMC

12:00 p.m. Increasing Interprofessional Learning & Competence with High-Risk MH Patients  
Christine Bartholomew, DNP, MSN, Ed, RN, Columbus Community Hospital
Alicia Mueller, MSN, RN, CHSE, ColumbusCommunity Hospital

12:10 p.m. Job Satisfaction, Retention, Burnout, & Turnover. How are Physical, Occupational, & Speech Therapists Surviving?  
Benjamin Modde, PT, DPT, OCS, Saint Louis University

POSTER ROOM 3
11:30 a.m. Modeling Interprofessional Excellence: Transforming Medical Education for Collaborative Care
Kerry Miller, PhD, Associate Director of Dept. of Education and Child Development, Munroe Meyer Institute
Paige Hardy, DNP, APRN-NP, Assistant Professor, Neonatal PerinatalMedicine,Munroe Meyer Institute
Neil Kalsi, MD, Assistant Professor, FamilyMedicine and Co-Director of IPECoil, UNMC
Nathan Gollehon, MD, MHPPT, FAAP, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Education, UNMC
Liliana Bronner, PhD, MHSA, MBA, Associate Professor, FamilyMedicine and Co-Director of IPECoil, UNMC

11:40 a.m. Navigating the Subjective Intake of Human Suffering through Innovative Simulation 
Julie Peterson, PT, DPT, EdD, Creighton University
Stefany Shaibi, PT, DPT, EdD, Creighton University

11:50 a.m. Family Medical Residents Perception of Interprofessional Staffing in Outpatient Clinics   
Jessica Witt, PharmD, BCACP, UNMC College of Pharmacy
Melanie Menning, MD, MPH, UNMC College of Medicine

12:00 p.m. Simulating Ergonomic Excellence: Integrating Diagnostic Medical Sonography & Occuptational Therapy   
Jessica Umbra, MHPTT, RDCS, RVT, UNMC
Kathryn Wampler, MHPTT, RDCS, RVT, UNMC
Lea Lambing, MHPTT, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, UNMC
Stacy Smallfield, DrOT, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, UNMC
Kimberly Michael, EdD, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, FSDMS, UNMC McKenzie Behrendt, OTD, OTR/L, UNMC
McKenzie Behrendt, OTD, OTR/L, UNMC

12:10 p.m. Taking Interprofessional Learning Competencies into the NCAA Workplace 
Rebecca Downey, PT, DPT, CCS, Assistant Professor, Regis University
Erin Choice, PhD, CSCS, Director, Health & Exercise Science, Assistant Professor, Regis University

12:30 p.m.   
Lunch Break

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.    
Oral Presentations
All presentations will have 15 minutes to present and including time for questions. (times listed below are approximate)

1:30 p.m. Fear of Simulated Change: Inclusive Change through IPE Simulation Experiences
Renee Cadzow, Associate Director for the Center of Doctoral Studies & Research, D'Youville University

1:45 p.m. Knowledge Translation through a Free & Open-Access Journal
Nancy E. Krusen, PhD, OTR/L, UNMC

2:00 p.m. Play Ball! An Interprofessional Pediatric Learning Experience Playbook
Joan Ziegler Delahunt, OTD, MS, OTR/L, Associate Professor, Rockhurst University

2:15 p.m. Squad Goals: Facilitating Social Connection to Optimize IPE & Wellness
Christina Wisdom, PT, DPT, EdD, Tufts University-Seattle    
Joan Delahunt, OTD, MS, OTR/L, Rockhurst University

2:30 p.m. Advancing Interprofessional Collaboration: A Case Study in Rehabilitiation of Post Concussion Syndrome
Shannon Gehr, MA, ATC, Instructor for Kinesiology & Athletic Training, UNMC

2:45 p.m. Enhancing LGBTQ+ Care: Knowledge & Competency with Interprofessional Learners 
April D. Newton PT, DPT, PhD, FNAP, Director of Interprofessional Practice Development, Indiana University
Zachary A. Weber, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, CHC, Director of Interprofessional Education, Purdue College of Pharmacy
Anubhuti Shukla, BDS, MHA, Community Based Education, Indiana University School of Dentistry
    
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.       
Workshops
There are three concurrent workshop sessions. You are free to move from session to session. All presentations will have 60 minutes to present, including time for questions. (times listed below are approximate)

WORKSHOP ROOM 1
3:00 p.m. Expanding Belongingness for Health Professions Students through Mentoring
Tristan K. Amador, PhD, MSW, Associate Dean & Professor, Regis University
Deanna Johnson Butler, MS, Affiliate Faculty, RegisUniversity
Nicole Hill, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, AVP of Academic Affairs, HCA - HealthONEContinental Division
Mary Bush, BS, Health Administration Student, RegisUniversity

WORKSHOP ROOM 2
3:00 p.m. Multimodal Implementation of Bias Videos to Strengthen Interprofessional Education
Grace Kugler, LAT, ATC, Associate Professor, UNMC College of Medicine
Nathaniel Singh, BS, UNMC College ofMedicine
Natalia Batchenkova, BS, UNMC College of Medicine
Precious Davis, EdD, MSN, RN, UNMC College ofMedicine
Jasmine Marcelin, MD, FACP, FIDSA, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine

WORKSHOP ROOM 3
3:00 p.m. Perfecting the "Dry Run": Using Simcapture to Promote Clinical Competence
Joan Ziegler Delahunt, OTD, MS, OTR/L, Associate Professor, Rockhurst University
Tammy Bruegger, OTD, MSE, OTR/L, ATP, Assistant Professor, Rockhurst University

4:00 p.m.        
Featured Keynote: Competency-Based Interprofessional Education: Where Do Diversity, Inclusivity, & Equity fit in?
Jill Thistlethwaite, MBBS, MMEd PhD, FRCGP, FRACGP, Professor of Medical Education, University of Technology Sydney

Friday, July 12, 2024

10:00 a.m.     
Welcome and Program Overview
Beth Flott, EdD, RN, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Creighton University
    
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.   
Oral Presentations
All presentations will have 15 minutes to present and including time for questions. (times listed below are approximate)

10:30 a.m. Exploring Patient Centered Care & Cultivating Engagement Strategies Across the Healthcare Continuum 
Meghan Pontz, DNP, FNP-C, Commonwealth University
    
10:45 a.m. Pediatric Sunshine Therapy Services: An Interprofessional Student Experience
Ashley Bondurant, PT, DPT, M.Ed/DCE, Instructional Designer, Medical University of South Carolina
Lori Bartleson, PT, DPT, PCS, Adjunct Faculty, Medical University of South Carolina

11:00 a.m. Raising Families: An Interprofessional Program Supporting Parent Self-Efficacy & Child Development
Kate Nealon, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, Montclair State University
Zahava Friedman, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, Montclair State University
John Lee, PhD, OT, BCBA, Kean University
Keri Giordano, PsyD, Kean University
Kelly Sullivan, OT, Kean University

11:15 a.m. Student's Perception of Occupational Therapy's Role in a Homeless Shelter: A Phenomenological Study
Kylie Widhelm, OTD, OTR/L, Creighton OT Department    
Grace Stegeman, OTS, Creighton OT Department    

11:30 a.m. Escape Room Exercise: Teaching Assistant Students Team Dynamics
Vanessa Kaye, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor, UNMC
Caitlin McQuarie, MMS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Creighton University
Lynzi Warner, MSPAS, PA-C, ATC/L, Assistant Professor, Creighton University
Thomas Schechter, MS, ProgramAnalyst, Creighton University

12:00 p.m.     
Closing Keynote: Empathy & Humility in the Digital Age: Sustaining Humanism through AI & VR Innovations in Team-Based Healthcare
Barret Michalec, PhD, Director for Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education, & Research, Arizona State University

1:15 p.m.         
Friday Session Concludes

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education, Clarkson College, Des Moines University, Marquette University, Regis University, Rockhurst University, Saint Louis University and University of Nebraska Medical Center. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Refund Policy

Continuing education and professional development courses may be cancelled by the attendee in writing up to 7 days before the course begins for a full refund, less a $25 processing fee. No refund will be given 7 days prior to the course. Some courses are not eligible for a refund; these exceptions are noted in specific course descriptions. If a course is cancelled by the University for non-weather related issues, the student will be notified and a full refund will be processed. In the event of a weather related closure, the course will be rescheduled.

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