Kathryn (Kat)
Neill,
PharmD, FNAP, CCMS
Associate Provost for Academics, Director of Interprofessional Administrative and Academic Affairs
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Dr. Kathryn Neill is the Associate Provost for Academics and Director of Interprofessional Administrative and Curricular Affairs for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Her expertise is in pulmonary/critical care medicine, interprofessional education, curriculum implementation, and accreditation. Dr. Neill chairs a team of more than 40 faculty to deliver a campus-wide interprofessional graduation requirement for 3000 students in 72 degree programs. The program is recognized as a Best Practice Exemplar by The Institute for Patients and Families and has received an award of Merit for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in IPE from the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP).
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Advancing health science, clinical care, and health system research is essential for healthcare effectiveness and efficiency. Health research includes bench/lab science, clinical science, community-based science, population science, implementation science, translational science, etc. Our interprofessional curriculum incorporates all students, healthcare professions and graduate school scientific disciplines, to consider health influencers and their impact from bench to bedside to breadth of population health. We incorporate activities inclusive of basic science disciplines and create…
Patients with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) have specific healthcare challenges and needs. Students infrequently receive training/have opportunity to interact with patients with ID in the absence of a specialty training site. Simulation education affords opportunity for deliberate practice regarding identification of challenges, development of appropriate management plan and anticipation of potential issues. In the spirit of “Person, Family and Community-Engaged Practice and Education,” we partnered with the Special Olympics Arkansas (SOA) chapter Director to pair goals for health…
Education regarding best practices managing health and disease of older adults is needed. Escape rooms are an effective Sim-IPE strategy. We describe a workshop-based peer-learning experience using a workbook where interprofessional geriatric-focused scholars are preceptored to create and deliver an educational escape room focused on the 4Ms of Age Friendly Healthcare (AFHC), ie what Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility. This work supports “Preparing Students for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice” on two fronts. One builds collaborative skills to design interprofessional…
This session is designed as an engaging moderated discussion, featuring diverse student leaders representing interprofessional student groups and innovative projects. The panelist members will highlight successful examples of interprofessional engagement and stimulate collaborative dialogue among all attendees. Together we will explore the benefits, incentives, and challenges to balancing interprofessional learning with profession-specific demands and discover opportunities for student engagement and leadership.
This session is hosted by the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative…