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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?

Stop The Bleed: A Community Event, Brittnie Fredenburg, Hadley Warner

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster discussing a Stop the Bleed event held at UNE. Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign that was introduced by the White House in 2015 in response to the tragedy of the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. The campaign emerged as a way to improve survival rates by providing bystanders with adequate training to know how to stop the bleed.

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 …

Importance Of Sbirt Training In Undergraduate Curriculum, Jessica Collins, Chelsea Kimball, Shannon Keavy, Laurel Pearson, Gillian Turco

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster detailing investigation of the question: What is the significance of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and why is it important to implement in undergrad curriculum?

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.

Coffee Collaborators Creating Care- Ipti Reflection, Jessica Stewart, Lea Martin, Janet Lavrich, Cammy Macomber, Casey Imelio, Katherine Buscemi, Nicholas Shellenberger

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Poster documenting collaborative case reflection among students in the Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dental Hygiene, and Social Work fields.

An Innovative Collaboration Of An Academic Institution With A Community Recovery Center, Sydney Charles, Jennifer Ritchie, Brian Ruby, Julie Sullivan, Curtis Warren, Nathaniel Whitten, Dahne Yaitanes, Amy J. Litterini

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster documenting the following project: The University of New England (UNE) collaborated with local recovery centers to create an interdisciplinary service learning partnership. Students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program explored the role of PT in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) recovery in an elective course. Three interactive PT related sessions were developed for the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) at Pinetree Recovery Center with the purpose of providing tools for physical activity to aid in the SUD recovery process.

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.

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?

Eagala Inter-Professional Team Development, Crystal Clendennen-Peirce, V. S. Thieme

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) is a team approach to problem solving in which a group or team interacts with horses to accomplish various tasks. The horses are not ridden but instead worked in an open setting to allow reflection and understanding between team members. EAGALA has been used in multiple settings, such as, combatting compassion fatigue in community care workers. (Black 8-13) EAGALA uses experiential learning to realize the goals of the participants This offered an opportunity for interprofessional collaboration between the COM, Nursing, and Social Work students with a technique that has been suggested to reduce …

Caring For Caregivers Of A Loved One With Als, Gabriella Timuscuk, Olivia Ryding, Erin Mccormack

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster describing the following project: Supply caregivers that attended the Caring for Clients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) workshop with a care package. This care package provided tools and resources to help relieve stress and ease the burden that caregivers may be experiencing by promoting self care. Fifteen packages were distributed after the facilitation of an all day workshop on November 16, 2019. Each recipient was sent home with a survey that was to be sent back a month later to provide feedback about the contents.

Ccj Corrections Officer Education Program: Medication Assisted Treatment In Jail, Jasmine Edwards, Kristin Gallagher, Arianna Parent, Kristin Demayo

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster describing project with goal of improving perceptions of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and expanding knowledge surrounding the use of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in corrections officers at the Cumberland County Jail.

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.

Together We Stand, Divided We Fall: Formulating An Interprofessional Care Plan For Alex Simpson, Julia Bousquet, Elena Grace, Alyssa Hall, Abigail Hatch, Hannah Pham

CECE Spring Poster Session 2020

Research poster documenting the following project: Utilizing interprofessional team immersion to develop interprofessional skills among other health care professions to plan for the best course of care for our patient, Alex Simpson.

Resources That Improve Medical Board Licensing Examination Performance, Frank Jackson, Ethan Duane, Robert Harmon, Ryan A. Kollar, Nicole M. Rainville, Ryan M. Smith

Primary Care Faculty Publications

Purpose: Examine the factors improving performance on national medical licensing board examinations.
Rationale: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited residency programs report the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and Comprehensive Osteopathic Licensing Examination-USA (COMLEX-USA) Level 1 scores as the most important criteria in selecting candidates to interview.
Hypotheses:
(1) Certain resources are superior for exam preparation.
(2) Certain practice tests better assess exam preparedness.
(3) USMLE performance will correlate with the COMLEX-USA.
Methods: One-hundred and two (102) medical students were surveyed regarding preparation for and performance on COMLEX-USA Level 1 and USMLE Step 1.
Results: …

New Graduate Orientation Evaluation: Are There Any Best Practices Out There?”, Jennifer Laflamme

2019 Sigma Region 15 Nursing Research Symposium

In the current nursing shortage, a time when healthcare needs to get innovative with hiring and retaining new graduate nurses, orientation can be a factor in a new graduate’s decision to leave their place of employment. Efficient, cost effective, and safe orientations with clear expectations are necessary, including orientation evaluation. There is, however, little guidance in the literature on best practices for completing an orientation evaluation. Although scarce, innovations and evidence do exist, as do research opportunities, and those are discussed during this presentation. The purpose of this project was to describe, based on the literature, current evidence that seeks …

Full Program: A Call For Research That Begs To Be Translated Into Practice, Sigma Region 15

2019 Sigma Region 15 Nursing Research Symposium

Full program for 2019 Sigma Region 15 Nursing Research Symposium: A Call for Research that Begs to Be Translated into Practice.

Healthcare Students’ Abilities To Translate Interprofessional Education To Collaborative Practice, Sally A. Mccormack Tutt

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Interprofessional education is considered the first step to providing students with the knowledge and skill required to participate in interprofessional collaboration. The lingering question in research is if students can take these skills from the classroom to clinical practice. The answer to this question will help guide educators when developing effective IPE training. This quantitative, correlational study aimed to explore if healthcare students that participated in a two-part, case-based interprofessional educational session were able to transfer that skill to their clinical experience. Data was collected from healthcare students in the professions of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing. The participants …

Using Virtual Reality In Medical Education To Teach Empathy, Elizabeth Dyer, Barbara Swartzlander, Marilyn R. Gugliucci

Library Services Faculty Publications

Objective: The project adopted technology that teaches medical and other health professions students to be empathetic with older adults, through virtual reality (VR) software that allows them to simulate being a patient with age-related diseases, and to familiarize medical students with information resources related to the health of older adults.

Methods: The project uses an application that creates immersive VR experiences for training of the workforce for aging services. Users experience age-related conditions such as macular degeneration and high-frequency hearing loss from the patient’s perspective. Librarians and faculty partner to integrate the experience into the curriculum, and students go to …

The Interprofessional Management Of Geriatric Patients Undergoing Head And Neck Cancer Treatment In U.S. Nursing Homes, Rashida Wiley, Vidushi Gupta, Riddhi A. Daftary, Jessfor Baugh, Anh H. Tran, Dorothy Lynne Cataldo, Yang Kang, Takashi Komabayashi

Dental Medicine Faculty Publications

A dental approach toward interprofessional management, treatment planning and rehabilitation of diagnosed individuals undergoing cancer therapies is essential. Literature review focuses on presurgery oral hygiene instructions, pre-radiography/chemotherapy dental clearance, complications and management during radiotherapy/chemotherapy; post-radiotherapy/ chemotherapy oral healthcare; and adjunctive measures.

We Are Alfred: Empathy Learned Through A Medical Education Virtual Reality Project, Barbara Swartzlander, Elizabeth Dyer, Marilyn R. Gugliucci

Library Services Faculty Posters

Poster describing project collaboration among University of New England (UNE) librarians and College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) faculty, whose goal was to adopt technology which will teach UNECOM students to be empathic with older adults and familiarize medical students with information resources from the NIH/NLM related to older adult health. Technology tested was the Alfred Lab developed by Embodied Labs. First year medical students were required to complete the ‘We Are Alfred’ virtual reality module and a pre and post assessment. Descriptive statistics were applied to finite questions on pre and post assessments, and content analysis on open ended answers. …

Can The Humanities Humanize Health Care?, Julet Baltonado, Tyler Cymet

Osteopathic Medicine Student Publications

Science can exist without context just as medicine can exist without patients, but should it? Data supporting a need for medical students to learn literature, philosophy, language, religion, art, and music are limited, but study findings indicate that the humanities can enhance empathy in medical students.

Older Adult Health: National Library Of Medicine Resources For Health Care Providers And For Patients And Families, Elizabeth Dyer, Barbara Swartzlander, Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Laura Taylor

Library Services Faculty Publications

This list of resources was designed to complement a project funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) New England Region (NER) entitled “Empathy Learned Through an Extended Medical Education Virtual Reality Project." The project used a virtual reality (VR) experience for 1st year medical students developed by Embodied Labs. The interactive “Alfred Lab” immerses users in the story of a 74-year-old patient who has macular degeneration and hearing loss, allowing users to experience these conditions from the patient’s perspective as he interacts with his family and doctor.

Reframing Health Professions Leadership Education, Courtney E. Vannah

CETL Mini-Grant Research Papers

As leadership training becomes more common in allied health professions curricula, efforts must be made to tailor training to student need. As such, understanding the frames through which health professions students view leadership is essential. According to Bolman and Deal, there are four leadership frames (human resource, structural, symbolic and political) and although most people access most readily one frame or another, the most effective leaders are able to access all four frames. This study describes what leadership frame(s) preference exists among an allied health professions student population in order to alert educators that frame preferences do exist so as …

Grant Application: The Une Flu Crew: An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Assessment Of Knowledge, Beliefs And Perceptions Surrounding Influenza Immunizations And The Promotion Of Preventing Infection, Jeff Wisniowski, Christina Tsui, Samantha Grela, Marissa Laramie, Cameron Bubar

UNE Flu Crew

IPEC Mini-grant application for funding of UNE student project The UNE Flu Crew: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Assessment of Knowledge, Beliefs and Perceptions surrounding Influenza Immunizations and the Promotion of Preventing Infection. Osteopathic medicine and public health students collaborated to assess the knowledge and perceptions regarding the influenza vaccine among the University of New England’s student and faculty populations. The project also provided a peer-to-peer education model where members of the Flu Crew designed a teaching curriculum and provided community outreach to the UNE Biddeford campus and local community schools.

Integration Of Basic And Clinical Sciences In Health Professions Education, Waeil Elmisalati, Vidushi Gupta, Cha Vu, Colleen Ahern, Priya Katwala, Aparna Bhat, Nader Burpee, Alivia Shasteen

Dental Medicine Faculty Publications

Part of the Journal of Dental Education's series “Peer Education: Reviews of the Literature,” this manuscript details different aspects of the vertical integration technique of incorporating didactic knowledge into a clinical setting within dental education.

Grant Application: Compassionate Touch Short Film, Jessfor Baugh, Riddhi Daftary

Compassionate Touch

IPEC Mini-grant application for funding of UNE student project Compassionate Touch.UNE Dental Medicine students collaborated with Creative and Fine Arts faculty and Dental Medicine faculty to create the film Compassionate Touch, focusing on five stages associated with anxious dental patients, as depicted through artwork, interprofessional interviews and scholarly sources. The film highlights the current understanding and management of the dental needs for high fear patients before, during, and after their visit to the dentist, and how interprofessional health care providers can assist patients to achieve quality patient-centered care.

Compassionate Touch Artworks: Listen To Identify, Validation, Everyone Has A Story, Not Alone, The Compassionate Touch, Jessfor Baugh

Compassionate Touch

Artworks created during the course of UNE student project Compassionate Touch. UNE Dental Medicine students collaborated with Creative and Fine Arts faculty and Dental Medicine faculty to create the film Compassionate Touch, focusing on five stages associated with anxious dental patients, as depicted through artwork, interprofessional interviews and scholarly sources. The film highlights the current understanding and management of the dental needs for high fear patients before, during, and after their visit to the dentist, and how interprofessional health care providers can assist patients to achieve quality patient-centered care.

Artwork Descriptions

First image is a photograph of the five artworks …

Awareness And Utilization Of The Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System By Physician Assistants, Julia Cathleen Rose

All Theses And Dissertations

Chronic pain has become a public health epidemic. As pain complaints increase, so does the potential for drug abuse/misuse. Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are active in 49 of the 50 states to assist providers in recognizing drug abuse/misuse. There is no clear standardization of who utilizes the PDMP and how. Little is still known about the ways PDMP results are incorporated into clinical decision making, what barriers exist, and how providers may or may not alter their prescribing plans based on the results. Laws surrounding prescribing practices and use of the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) are constantly …

A Non-Invasive Method To Evaluate Gastrointestinal Transit Behaviour In Rat, Geoffrey M. Bove

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

Introduction: Many factors alter gastrointestinal transit. Animal models are useful for preclinical studies of gastrointestinal transit, but terminal methods do not allow later study, and stressful assessment methods will likely alter the transit of the animal. To overcome these factors, we developed a new method to assay rat total gastrointestinal transit.

Methods: Standard plastic cages with their bottoms cut off were placed on wire mesh floors. Custom apparatuses were built to contain fecal pellets as they fell through the floors. Webcams connected to a computer running a security program were placed to image the pellets at regular intervals. Custom food …