Kathryn
Vanderzwan,
DNP, APRN, CHSE
Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Simulation
University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Katie Vanderzwan DNP, APRN, CHSE, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Simulation at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing in Chicago, IL. Katie has coordinated a variety of prelicensure nursing courses over the last ten years and is an advocate for simulation-based education (SBE) as a certified healthcare simulation educator (CHSE). Katie's interprofessional experience includes serving as Faculty Facilitator for various UIC Interprofessional Education events and she has received funding for two Simulated Interprofessional Education projects implemented with UIC students (Fall 2022 and Fall 2023).
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional communication is a requirement of patient care and there is need to standardize interprofessional handoff approaches as communication breakdown can result in medical errors (Choi & Chang, 2021). The purpose of this poster is to present findings from a simulated interprofessional handoff project developed to prepare collaborative ready health care professionals to perform accurate and appropriate handoffs when caring for patients. This project aimed to determine if simulated handoff education (nursing and occupational therapy) improves perceptions of communication. Both…