Kateryna
Metersky,
BScN, RN, MN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Toronto Metropolitan University
Dr. Kateryna Metersky is an Assistant Professor at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Metersky also maintains her nursing practice in General Internal Medicine at Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Metersky's program of research focuses on: 1) health professions and nursing education; 2) nursing and interprofessional practice; and 3) persons with chronic health challenges. Fittingly her research program is focused on integration of her SRC work in pedagogy and practice to promote social justice, health-equity, and local/global community well-being.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
IntroductionCollaborative care requires healthcare professionals (HCPs) to combine their efforts with patients during care delivery and planning. Collaborative care cannot be discussed without patients as team members sharing their expertise of living with and managing their condition 24/7 in the community. While some work has been done to advance this view, further clarity is required on how patient roles on teams can be successfully enacted. Background: A Constructivist Grounded Theory by Metersky et al. (2021) explored patient roles on interprofessional teams in primary care in Canada. The…
Introduction: While poetry has been used extensively as a reflective tool in educational settings, limited research exists on educators creating poetry based on their professional and personal experiences to teach interprofessional learners complex topics. This study examines the impact of such poetry on enhancing the understanding of theoretical and complex topics in healthcare.Methods: This study was conducted over two years, involving four two-hour interprofessional education (IPE) sessions with 50 to 70 learners each, from a variety of health and social care professions. The sessions…