Mary Mauldin, EdD
Department of Interprofessional Education
Medical University of South Carolina
As Associate Director of Education of the Office of Interprofessional Initiatives, Dr. Mauldin provides consultation in the development of interprofessional education courses and experiences. These programs focus on the integration and assessment of interprofessional teamwork in education, research and practice as a means to improve health care for individuals and communities. Two specific areas of focus for Dr. Mauldin are the integration of the AHRQ/AHA TeamSTEPPS program into a required course for all first-year students and expanded practical experiences for interprofessional teams of students.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

PURPOSE: The study retrospectively compared end-course evaluation scores before and after utilizing interprofessional students’ feedback quality improvement of course content and organization.METHODS: There were 426 total students enrolled in the evaluated interprofessional elective. 309 (72.5%) students submitted RedCap end-course evaluations across the 3 semesters (“pilot”, “pre-redesign”, and “post-redesign” respectively). Submissions were preliminary assessed regarding student’s college, semester, evaluation completion (±comment inclusion), and comment categories. Quantified rating scores…
Is Digital Health an emerging interprofessional field? With its use of information and communication technologies to manage illnesses, health risks, and wellness, Digital Health lies at the intersection of technology and healthcare. Its broad scope includes the use of wearable devices, mobile health, telehealth/telemedicine, and health information technologies based upon artificial intelligence and machine learning. Digital health tools have the potential to improve our ability to accurately diagnose and treat disease and to enhance the delivery of health care to individuals and nations. (…
Interprofessional education has a history of waxing and waning both nationally and locally. Without local historical knowledge, IPE programs may find themselves repeating missteps from the past and ignoring earlier successes; engagement with stakeholders may falter. This seminar presents reasons and methods for capturing institutional history to support and sustain IPE programming. Two institutions will share their experience with learning local history The session builds the IPE case through information by focusing on institutional elements promoting IPE. Session objectives are: 1) Recognize…