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Secondary Transition Resources Across New England, Mackayla O’Meara, Hannah Loverdi, Morgan Bassett, Olivia Hand

CAIEP Fall Showcase 2023

Our website focuses on creating an accessible resource for individuals approaching the transition out of secondary education who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Within the site, there are a variety of resources for every state in New England to provide the user with a single place to find the help and resources they need instead of having to search for them on their own.

Playing Well With Others: Evaluating An Intervention To Prepare Students For Interprofessional Collaborative Learning, Kelli S. Fox

Social Work Faculty Publications

National trends in health care delivery focus on quality team-based care, patient safety, reducing costs and improving practitioner satisfaction (Interprofessional Education Collaborative, 2016). Health profession students, including social workers, are expected to be workforce ready for a complex interprofessional work environment. Educators are charged with developing effective ways to teach collaborative team skills as part of the curriculum (Rubin et al., 2018; Thistlethwaite et al., 2014). Educators across health professions recognize the importance of providing opportunities to immerse students in experiential, person-centered interprofessional teamwork to adequately prepare them for the workforce. (Cohen Konrad et al., 2017; Mokler, 2020). Planned interprofessional …

Leaving Home With Broken Bones: A Case Reflection, Aniqa Rahman, Sarah Kohl, Kyra Smith, Haley Gagne

CECE Spring Showcase 2023

An inter-professional team approach to a case of chronic illness in the backdrop of housing instability in rural Maine. This case was designed with the collaborative efforts of students from the Undergraduate, Osteopathic Medicine, and Physical Therapy schools.

Nefom: Board Of Trustees: Corporation Members, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

William Kirmes, D.O. Collection

List of NEFOM corporation members, undated.

Nefom: What Is An Osteopathic Physician Anyway?, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

William Kirmes, D.O. Collection

A pamphlet entitled "What is an Osteopathic Physician Anyway?"

New England Osteopathic Assembly: Maxwell To Kirmes, R. E. Maxwell D.O.

William Kirmes, D.O. Collection

A short handwritten personal note from Dr. R.E. Maxwell to Dr. Kirmes arranging their trip to the New England Osteopathic Assembly meeting.

New Hampshire Osteopathic Association: Dr. Kirmes To Potential New Hampshire D.O.S, William Kirmes D.O.

William Kirmes, D.O. Collection

A letter from Dr. Kirmes to potential New Hampshire D.O.s recommending coming to New Hampshire to practice.

Rural Patient Care: An Interprofessional Team Approach, Taryn Leach, Thomas Bosch-Willett, Maddalena Chiappetta, Shawnia Martell, Julia Vigue

CECE Fall Poster Session 2022

Poster presentation about an interprofessional telehealth encounter with a long-COVID patient between the professions of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant, dentistry, nursing, social work, and physical therapy.

Improving Pharmacy Education And Patient Centered Care Through Virtual Reality, Kirsten Sullivan, Stephanie Nichols, Kenneth Lee Mccall, Brian Piper, Susan Woods

CECE Spring Poster Session 2022

This qualitative research explored the impact of immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences on student pharmacist knowledge, attitudes, and anticipated behaviors, when used as a supplement to traditional didactic education. Participants completed one or more simulated VR experiences role-playing a person with Alzheimer's Disease, which included experiencing realistic visual and auditory disturbances, struggling with language comprehension, and displaying symptoms of aphasia. Post experience, students completed several short essay prompts. Overall, the study assessed student's self-perceived empathy and anticipated changes to provision of patient care as a result of this activity. Major categories of themes that emerged included 1.) the dementia experience …

Dental Health Is Medical Health, Grace Linder, Hannah Post

CECE Spring Poster Session 2022

In this presentation we seek to explore the intersection of dental and medical health and its implications on prevalent diseases in America. We have also developed an educational pamphlet dentists and physicians can provide to their patients with strategies for patients to maintain their oral and medical health.

Storytelling Of Interprofessional Teamwork, Jessica Lee, Ashley Ronzo, Kendall Dolan, Daniel Bergeron

CECE Spring Poster Session 2022

We are an interprofessional team that worked together to discuss and treat a patient suffering from Long COVID-19. At the beginning, we came in with assumptions of other professions and carried our biases into the group. However, as we witnessed these professions interact with our Long COVID-19 patient, Amanda, our views and biases began to change. We were privileged to see how interprofessional teams interact and come together for the betterment of our patient.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness, Stephanie Burns, Danielle Clymer

CECE Spring Poster Session 2022

We are an interprofessional team that worked together to educate and bring awareness to FASD. There are a lot of misconceptions regarding this disorder. After learning that there are no medical trainings for physicians regarding diagnosing which results in a lack of therapy, we were eager to bring awareness to this serious matter.

Working Paper For Proposed New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

Stanley Kimball, D.O. Collection

The Working Paper for Proposed New England College of Osteopathic Medicine describes plans for the creation and structure of a new college of Osteopathic Medicine created by the New England Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine.

Utilizing Virtual Reality To Introduce Hospice And End-Of-Life Approaches, Sydney P. Springer, George P. Allen

Pharmacy Practice Faculty Posters

Research poster describing the following:

The objective of this study was to assess changes in students’ comfort with talking about and caring for patients at EOL. A gap in the degree of instruction regarding palliative care in pharmacy curricula has been identified. The use of a virtual reality experience (VRE) has been shown to increase students’ understanding of and empathy for older adults with age-related conditions. We created a two-part palliative care series embedded into the 3rd professional year curriculum. Part one discussed perceptions of death and deprescribing at end-of-life (EOL). Part two used the Embodied Labs® VRE to follow …

Regarding Aoa, Undated, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

Report from NEFOM on the effort to create an Osteopathic College at St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine. The report discusses AOA accreditation and the role of St. Francis College.

Nefom Brochure, Undated, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

No abstract provided.

Working Paper For A Proposed New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Undated, New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

A white paper outlining the plan for a New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine Biddeford, Maine, Undated, Unknown

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

This report details the need for an Osteopathic medical school in New England.

Osteopathic Medical Education For New England, Undated, New England Foundation For Osteopathic Medicine

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

Booklet created by the New England Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine (NEFOM) discussing the need for Osteopathic Physicians and therefore a college of Osteopathic Medicine in New England.

Speech, Undated, William Bergen D.O.

William F. Bergen, D.O. Collection

Speech describing the history of osteopathic medicine as well as the contemporary state of the profession and osteopathic education.

Effectiveness Of Educating Health Care Professionals In Managing Chronic Pain Patients Through A Supervised Student Inter-Professional Pain Clinic, Ling Cao, Stephen Z. Hull

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

Objective: To address the need for increased and more effective medical education regarding chronic pain and pain management, an inter-professional (IP) training program in the form of a supervised student IP pain clinic was implemented in 2016. In the current study, we evaluated its feasibility and effectiveness in improving health care professional students’ skills in 1) managing chronic pain and 2) working in an IP team.

Methods: From January 2016 to December 2018, we assembled 12 IP teams that included students from the following six professions at the University of New England: nursing, osteopathic medicine (OM), occupational therapy (OT), pharmacy, …

End Of Life Virtual Reality Training: Medical Student Increased Empathic Ability, Daniel Minukhin

Osteopathic Medicine Student Projects

Presentation regarding the following research: To determine if self-assessed empathy can be increased through an end of life virtual reality (VR) experience, second year UNE COM medical students (N=174) completed the Clay Lab VR experience during January 2020. Student embodied Clay, 66 year old male veteran with incurable lung cancer. Experiences included a difficult end-of-life conversation; transition to home hospice care; and eventually death. Students were asked to complete a pre-test and post-test survey. The pre/post test surveys included eight Likert scale questions and two open-ended questions. The data was collected via the RedCap program. Pre and post-test data was …

Understanding The Importance Of Formative Assessment Programs In Undergraduate Medical Education, Matthew Gentile

All Theses And Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative research study was to investigate the impact and relationship formative assessment in undergraduate medical education has on summative assessment performance. Previous research has investigated the important role formative assessment has on the broad education process (Menéndez, Napa, Moreira, & Zambrano, 2019). This research study examined that role in undergraduate medical education. This research study utilized a preexisting de-identified data set consisting of 332 third-year medical student assessment records from five different cohorts. The initial analyses investigated the differences in summative assessment performance for students who completed a formative assessment program during their third year of …

Interprofessional Care Plan For Alex Simpson, Michael Harris, Sujaay Hari Jagannathan, Michelle Morales, Alyssa White

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Poster documenting an interprofessional approach among Social Work, Osteopathic Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Pharmacy students to provision of care for an uninsured patient with multiple health needs.

Literature Review Of Prehabilitation Interventions And Outcomes For Gastrointestinal Cancers, Joseph Boegemann, Kelsey Dumond, Samantha Gagne, Thai Ho, Alex Joseph, Dahne Yaitanes, Amy J. Litterini

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster describing: Prehabilitation (prehab) is the stage of cancer rehabilitation between diagnosis and acute intervention that utilizes targeted physical activity to “reduce severity of current and future impairments.” The purpose of this literature review was to develop a theoretical framework for future research and guidance for implementation of effective prehab for gastrointestinal cancer survivors undergoing surgical treatment in Maine.

Healthcare, Better Together, Briana Hailey, Brandon Hazelton, Rachel Mckinney, Lisa Rosen

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster addressing the question: Is a patient-centric approach more effective than a problem-centric approach when treating a patient in an interprofessional health setting?

Bearings House: Community Reintegration Project, Avery Alberghini, Emma Chabot, Laura Garrard, Alyssa Germanos, Abigail Higgins, Madison Kirchner, Maighan Leblanc, Emily Spencer, Haley Ruth, Carly Mckenna, Frank Brooks, Jan Froehlich

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster documenting the following project: Long Creek Youth Development Center offers a variety of activities, an education, mentorship, and structure for Bearings House residents. In addition to those programs, we hoped through building a relationship with residents we could identify their occupational interests and assist in their transition to life in the community. We strived to support residents through their transition to Bearings House and give them an opportunity to further explore their interests as well as expose them to new occupations they may have not previously participated in order to help as they reintegrate into the community.

Addressing Alex From A Dynamic Team Approach, Julia Busiere, Brianna Fitzgerald, Heather Putnam, Ali Ross, Shannon Yoo, Hadley Warner

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster describing investigation of the question: How is collaboration essential or vital to patient-centered care?

Understanding An Interprofessional Team Through The Lens Of The Intentional Relationship Model (Irm), David Bach, Emma Canducci, Bailey D'Antonio, Vanessa Dufford, Marissa Paquette, Jonathan Wermers

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster describing the following process: The Intentional Relationship Model (IRM) is designed to explain the therapist's roles and demands in both establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship with a patient. While based in occupational therapy, this model has wide implications on being applied in many contexts, including an interdisciplinary team. While based in occupational therapy, this model has wide implications for the application to health care interdisciplinary teams. The objective for our team was to analyze our own interactions with Alex and identify how our ability to use different modes of the IRM and mode-shift made an impact on …

The Impact Of Interprofessional Simulation On Future Healthcare Professionals, Trevor Branch, Kristyn Gordon, Jennifer Hammond, Stephanie Hardy, Jordan Sanders, Hope Turner

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster describing investigation of the question: Do simulated interprofessional client encounters impact the likelihood and confidence of future healthcare professionals to work interprofessionally in practice?