Impact of Disruptive Social Change: Personal and Professional Dimensions
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Hosted by the Organizational Leadership Network
Webinar Details & Objectives
The on-going pandemic has been a constant challenge to educators in dealing with disruptive social change, compounded by a series of natural disasters and calls for social justice. Academic leaders are emotionally and physically fatigued from the constant pivots in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. The session offers reflective practice strategies for personal and professional applications in developing resilience and self-care and sets the stage for deeper learning at the October meeting of the Organizational Leadership Network.
Objectives:
- Examine impact of disruptive social change on personal and professional dimensions
- Demonstrate reflective practices for managing constant pivots to give rebirth through resilience and self-care
- Reimagine strategies for moving forward through the disruptive social changes towards new visions that advance educational missions
Speakers
Speaker
Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Professor Emeritus
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Dr. Gwen D. Sherwood was a Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Her program of scholarship evolved from a model for caring relationships which led to examination of patient satisfaction with pain management, particularly from a multicultural perspective and the development of a Spanish Language tool, the Houston Pain Outcome Instrument. She also applied the caring model to spiritual dimensions of care and the impact on healthy work environments and helped develop the Methodist Caring Tool to examine patient satisfaction with caring. Through her work at the University of Texas at Houston School of Nursing she was co-investigator with the Medical School’s Center for Patient Safety to examine teamwork as a variable in patient safety.
Dr. Sherwood is co-investigator on Phases I, II, III, and IV of the award winning Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to transform nursing curriculum to prepare nurses in quality and safety for redesigned health care systems. She was a nursing leader for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Inter-professional Patient Safety Education Collaborative to measure effectiveness of teaching modalities for interdisciplinary teamwork training involving nursing and medical students. She participates in the annual Telluride Science Institute on interprofessional education with the University of Illinois at Chicago and is a member of the National Patient Safety Foundation Research Committee. She has been a leader in developing nursing education across borders, working with nursing faculty in China, Thailand, Macau, Mexico, England, and Kenya.
She is Past President of the International Association for Human Caring and served two terms as Vice President of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing.
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IPE Insights & Strategies from 2019 IPEC Leadership Program Alumni (ILDP)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Hosted by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)
The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) and the Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL) present one-hour webinar featuring graduates from the 2019 IPEC Interprofessional Deans Leadership Program (IDLP) cohort.
Participants will gain specific ideas for how to implement campus-wide interprofessional education (IPE) in a way that is dynamic, collaborative, and mutually beneficial.
Speakers will share candid insights and experiences on how to develop policies and supports to foster IPE collaboration and achieve collective impact.
Health professions faculty, students, and clinicians will discover best practices that they can use to assist with IPE efforts at their home institutions.
Objectives
- Describe interprofessional education for collaborative practice (IPECP) initiatives at UNC-Chapel Hill and OSU
- Apply leadership strategies and techniques to effectively guide IPE change
- List actionable ideas and lessons learned to enable IPE innovation and transformation
To register
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Speakers
Speakers
Assistant Provost and Director
Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice
Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Meg Zomorodi is Assistant Provost for Interprofessional Education and Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Professor in the School of Nursing. Dr. Zomorodi received her BSN and PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, and in 2014 was selected as a Josiah Macy Faculty Scholar. She currently serves as the Director of the Rural Interprofessional Health Initiative (RIPHI), in which interprofessional teams of students work together with rural and underserved communities to give back using a quality improvement methodology.
Dr. Zomorodi was named the Well Care Home Health Faculty Scholar in June 2016; establishing a partnership between the School of Nursing and Well Care Home Health to engage students in interprofessional activities and establish a program to promote home health nursing to graduate students. Previously, she served as the Faculty Lead for Graduate Programs in Health Care Systems for the School of Nursing, and was Chair for the Master’s Executive Committee. She recently completed a two-year program with Sigma Theta Tau International as a Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy Scholar, and returns annually to teach at the Harvard-Macy Institute: A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions.
Dr. Zomorodi teaches across the graduate and undergraduate nursing programs and has a passion for developing collaborations and innovations in teaching.
Professor, Clinical
Director, Academic Affairs
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Marcia Nahikian-Nelms is currently a professor of clinical health and rehabilitation sciences and the Director of Academic Affairs in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences-College of Medicine at The Ohio State University.
She has practiced as a dietitian and public health nutritionist for over 35 years. She is the lead author for several textbooks and is the author of peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters for other texts. Her clinical expertise focuses on development and practice of evidence based nutrition therapy for both pediatric and adult populations as well as the development of alternative teaching environments for students within their clinical training. Her current research focuses on developing pedagogy for clinical education with a primary objective to develop experiential education that will bridge classroom to practice. Dr. Nahikian-Nelms’ case study textbook (Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Case Study Approach) is now in its fifth edition.
Dr. Nahikian-Nelms serves as one of the leads for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and has contributed to the design of multiple simulations and IPE experiences within the seven health science colleges at Ohio State University.
Dr. Nahikian-Nelms has received the Ohio State University Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching for the State of Missouri, Outstanding Dietetic Educator in Missouri and Ohio, Outstanding Teacher in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and received the PRIDE award from Southeast Missouri State University in recognition of her teaching.
Moderator
President
Academy for Advancing Leadership
Dr. Haden is President and CEO of the Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL). Since AAL's founding in 2005, Dr. Haden and AAL have worked with more than 150 U.S. and international higher education institutions, associations, and businesses and over 5,000 individuals through professional development programs, consulting, and executive coaching services. Dr. Haden oversees ongoing leadership development initiatives in collaboration with numerous associations in the health professions as well as university partners.
In 2017, Dr. Haden led AAL’s efforts to launch leadership development on behalf of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC). The 2020 Interprofessional Leaders Development Program is the third IPEC leadership program he has helped to organize and facilitate.
His areas of expertise include leadership, organizational change, team building, and strategic planning. Dr. Haden has authored more than 80 articles and monographs and is the co-author, with Rob Jenkins, of The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders (Deeds, 2015) and 31 Days with the Virtues (Deeds, 2020).
Dr. Haden is a Fellow of the Center for the Study of Great Ideas, an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Dentists, and the 2017 recipient of the ADEAGies Foundation Award for Achievement-Public or Private Partner. In 2019, he received the Ethics and Professionalism Award from the American College of Dentists.
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Multi-Mini Interviews – A Holistic Admissions Assessment Tool
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
For institutions who have embraced a holistic review of candidates in their admissions process, Multi-Mini Interviews (MMIs) can offer a valuable assessment tool to the attributes and competencies valued by your program and institution. Through a series of carefully designed scenario-based interviews, MMIs were introduced at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) in 2013 and have become an integral part of the evaluation of each applicant. This webinar will provide an overview of the MMI process at UNR Med, document how MMIs are used by the admissions committee, and offer insights about the resources required to successfully introduce MMIs into your admissions process.
Objectives:
- Create an awareness of how MMIs can offer an additional assessment tool in the admissions process.
- Introduce the key components of MMIs including scenario development, interviewer training, and event logistics.
- Provide a list of questions to consider when evaluating whether to add MMIs to your application review process.
Speakers
Speakers
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Director of Admissions
Tamara Martinez-Anderson has spent her 20-year career in higher education as an admissions professional. Early in her career, as an assistant dean at Gonzaga University School of Law she was involved in developing processes that moved the review of law school applications from a metrics-heavy emphasis to one that valued a holistic review of a candidate’s experiences, personal attributes, and professional competencies.
In her current role as the Director of Admissions at the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine (UNR Med), Martinez-Anderson oversees pipeline development initiatives aimed at creating a more diverse and prepared applicant pool. She directs a highly holistic review process built on a rubric that evaluates each candidate on ten essential competencies based upon the institutional mission and values at UNR Med. In addition, she is responsible for the delivery of over 330 Multi-Mini Interviews each year and unconscious bias training for over 200 MMI interviewers and all members of the admission staff and committee.
Martinez-Anderson has served as a consultant with the AACN and has been part of the team delivering Holistic Admissions Review Workshops.
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AACN Leadership Offerings - Find Your Fit
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Description
Leadership development has been a cornerstone of AACN’s programs and services since the association’s inception nearly 50 years ago. Join Dr. Cynthia Leaver, AACN’s Director of Academic Nursing Development and Alexa Tehansky, AACN’s Associate Director of Online Learning and Engagement for a discussion of the open leadership development programs. Learn each program’s objectives, commitments, and costs to find the right fit for you. AACN staff members will provide insight on the programs as well as the application and acceptance process.
Objectives
- Discuss the leadership opportunities open for participation.
- Explain program content and application process.
- Explain program content and application process.
Click here to view a PDF of the slides for this presentation.
Speakers
Speakers
Director of Academic Nursing Development
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Dr. Leaver comes to AACN with a distinct and diversified background including excellence in nursing education, administration, research and practice, and advanced practice, aimed to lead improvement in healthcare outcomes for individual, family, and community. She has demonstrated success as a nurse scientist with Manet Recognition, diversity in nursing research design, grant funding, and both on-ground and onsite implementation of innovative technology in nursing education. She also has remarkable success impacting the intersection of integrative healthcare, cultural competency, and technology applied to optimize potential of nursing education, practice, research, and administration.
Associate Director of Online Learning and Engagement
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Alexa Tehansky has a Master’s of Science degree in Information Technology and Program Management from the University of Maryland, University College. Alexa started working for AACN in October 2008 under grant program New Careers in Nursing (NCIN). NCIN was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) with a focus on promoting diversity in accelerated nursing programs by developing pipeline initiatives, mentoring, professional development and leadership opportunities. Alexa’s work administering the grant and facilitating operations for the scholars helped many future nurses by providing several years of funding via scholarships to more than 3,500 students at 130 nursing schools.
In January 2017, Alexa transitioned to a new role at AACN to work on a wide range of faculty initiatives to increase engagement through the development of leadership programs, producing Webinars, launching AACN Connect - a collaboration community/discussion forum, maintaining education modules, assisting with several awards, and coordinating the redevelopment and launch of the AACN Leads portfolio of programs