Penni
Watts,
PhD, RN, CHSE-A, FSSH, FAAN
Associate Professor, Assistant Director, Office of Interprofessional Curriculum
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Penni Watts is currently the Assistant Director of Program Implementation for the UAB Office of IP Curriculum.
and also the Assistant Dean of Clinical Simulation at the UAB School of Nursing. She has been instrumental in the integration of clinical simulation experiences as well as interprofessional experiences across multiple healrhcare professional programs. Her background includes over 25 years in critical care nursing. Her training in simulation includes the Center for Medical Simulation Comprehensive Instructor Course and the Advanced InstruCurrently she is active on committees in INACSL and Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Currently, she holds a certification as a CHSE- A (Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced).
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background:Social and behavioral factors intersect with chronic health challenges, which are increasingly complex and multifactorial. Addressing these challenges requires interprofessional collaborations. Creative approaches are needed to prepare students for the realities of practice. Activities should be designed to prepare future healthcare providers, support development of competencies that cultivate ethical relationships, shared values, team building, professional interactions, and understanding of roles and responsibilities. Training programs need to support communication, strategy…
Description of Seminar1. Benefits of Using Faculty-Student Partnerships for Patient-case Development We will describe the benefits of using collaborative interprofessional teams including student scholars to develop new patient-cases for an interprofessional family tree. We will outline the development process for course content, delivery methodology, piloting, evaluation and quality improvement process. Throughout the development process, student perspectives regarding learner engagement are integrated. We will discuss the vital role student scholars play as interprofessional team members…
BackgroundLearners enter professional training via many different paths. Before undertaking advanced training with other professions, it is essential that learners have a sound understanding of foundational interprofessional (IP) knowledge and skills. Design or MethodologyAn interprofessional team of educators developed four self-paced interactive online modules, titled IP Core-4© , aiming to introduce students to the four interprofessional (IP) competency sub-domains: communication, teamwork, roles and responsibilities, values and ethics. We recruited an interprofessional team of module…
Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) addresses the idea that health professionals must effectively collaborate in an interprofessional team to provide optimal patient-centered care. Research supports that IPE has substantial benefits for health professions students including improved knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward interprofessional practice. Evidence also supports that IPE improves patient care outcomes. An effective way to implement IPE is through exercises that address its core competencies (values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, interprofessional communication,…