Hindsight is 2020: Plan, Perform, Evaluate (P.P.E.)

Presentation describing the following: In light of the recent pandemic, 2019-nCoV, the team developed a multi-disciplinary plan to analyze best practices in client-centered care after evaluating failed performance indicators across: (1) education, (2) public health, (3) infrastructure, and (4) mental health-- which underpins all of these. While hindsight is 2020, we reference highlighted research to indicate what measures should be taken in the future to prevent the fallout if such significant catastrophes might occur.https://dune.une.edu/cecespring2021/1012/thumbnail.jp

The 10 Most Intriguing People in Maine, including: Elizabeth Comeau, 25, of Ch

The 10 Most Intriguing People in Maine, including: Elizabeth Comeau, 25, of Chelsea, the country\u27s first in vitro fertilization baby; Carol Sipperly, co-owner of The Flower Shop in Winslow and one-time Assistant U.S. Attorney in Manhattan; actor Chris O\u27Donnell, who visits the Fentress family home in Isleboro with his wife, Caroline Fentress; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, a Bangor native; Jenny Bicks, a part-time Castine resident and writer and producer of TV\u27s Sex and the City and Men in Trees; Cindy Blodgett, 32, of Orono, head women\u27s basketball coach at UMaine; accountant Joe McNulty of Cape Elizabeth, who with Mick Fleetwood is contesting the BBC for ownership of rock archives; Tony Wolfinger of Waterboro and Steve McKenna of Shapleigh, whose attempt to set a world record crossing North America by snowmobile was accomplished by McKenna alone; and State Representative Donna Loring, who wrote legislation aimed at educating school children about Maine\u27s Wabanaki heritage

Social Determinants of Health Month: An Expansion Into Interprofessional Education

Throughout the month of November, various student groups will host guest lecturers, student and physician panels, and alternative opportunities for the UNE community to learn about factors impacting health. During SDoHM, UNE graduate students, faculty, staff and community members will explore conditions in which people live, grow, work, learn, practice religion, and age that impact individual health, while also learning about systems of oppression that perpetuate those conditions and disparities in healthcare. The events will encourage participants to think about how we might affect positive change in our communities and in our future patient populations. Furthermore, throughout SDoHM, students will be provided resources and virtual learning opportunities about the intersections of healthcare and social injustice, environmental racism, and disenfranchisement, underrepresentation, and discrimination in medicine.https://dune.une.edu/cecefall2021/1007/thumbnail.jp

Student Involvement in Interprofessional Work & Perceived Impact On Future Collaboration

After experiencing the multifaceted benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to pandemic planning, our multi-disciplinary team will conduct further research on interprofessional academic programming. Through this experience, we noticed that interprofessional work has benefited our education. Specifically, we seek to understand if our experiences, which influence our proposed hypotheses, align with the broader population and indicate a trend. We hypothesize that an interprofessional approach to educating the next generation of healthcare leaders will (1) enhance the pedagogical methods of multiple healthcare disciplines, thus addressing current knowledge gaps across silos; (2) improve students’ experience; and (3) improve and impact the effectiveness of the delivery of services and patient care from providers in the future. The team stipulates that interprofessional education, referenced as an intervention, addresses interprofessional challenges, which normally hinder professional practice. Additionally, interprofessional education has the potential to enforce provider attention to healthcare outcomes such as access and inequity.https://dune.une.edu/cecefall2021/1002/thumbnail.jp

Social Determinants of Health Month: A Collaboration of Interprofessional Education on Care for Future Patients

Throughout the month of October, various student groups will host guest lecturers, student and physician panels, and alternative opportunities for the UNE community to learn about factors impacting health. During SDoHM, students and community members will explore conditions in which people live, grow, work, learn, practice religion, and age that impact individual health, while also learning about systems of oppression that perpetuate those conditions and disparities in healthcare. The events will encourage participants to think about how we might affect positive change in our communities and in our future patient populations. Furthermore, throughout SDoHM, students will be provided resources and virtual learning opportunities about the intersections of healthcare and social injustice, environmental racism, and disenfranchisement, underrepresentation, and discrimination in medicine. Lastly, students will be able to participate in fundraisers and drives which will benefit our community and provide essential resources. This project was created in the hopes that the UNE community would engage in discussions that are difficult but necessary. We also hope that through conversations, reflections, learning (and some un-learning), UNE community members can make a commitment to accessible, diverse, inclusive, and equitable health and wellness.https://dune.une.edu/cecefall2022/1014/thumbnail.jp

Biopsychosocial Dimensions Of Chronic Pain Care

Presentation describing the following: Pain management and proper care for patients with chronic pain, from a student perspective, is initially conceptualized as a concern relating to physical health and well-being. Healthcare students receive education on the importance of holistic practice and the impacts of biopsychosocial dimensions of health on wellbeing. However, when entering a situation with the anticipation to treat chronic pain our immediate concern was providing care for physical ailments. As time went on, the importance of psychological, mental health care became increasingly evident as important to help best treat our patients. In this presentation, we will be discussing our experience with the IPE Pain Clinic and the experience’s impact on our understanding of the Biopsychosocial aspects of health that all heavily influence the health and well-being of our patients both current and future.https://dune.une.edu/cecespring2021/1014/thumbnail.jp

Interprofessional Approach To Long Covid Through Telehealth

This study examines diverse perspectives with which each member of an interprofessional healthcare team approaches a telehealth based, clinical simulation with a standardized patient and collaborates to accomplish the best possible care for their patients. Healthcare professions represented are: Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Social Work, Physical Therapy, Allopathic Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine practitioner and Physician’s Assistant. The clinical case concerned a 40 year old female patient presenting with illness consistent with Long Haul Covid and is seeking treatment for her chronic fatigue, headaches, and overall restlessness. Team members met with the patient for two sessions. Each session consisted of a 20 min patient encounter followed by a 10 min team debrief and then another 20 min patient encounter. The team had time to meet before the first encounter and in between the two encounters to plan an IP approach to treatment. The team also debriefed afterwards regarding challenges and opportunities. Team interactions ultimately highlighted interprofessional interactions to efficiently and effectively care for the patient and her partner. The opportunities and challenges of working as an interprofessional team using a telehealth platform will also be discussed.https://dune.une.edu/cecefall2021/1003/thumbnail.jp

UNE-WHA Wellness Fairs: Insight Into Aging Culture From An Interprofessional Student Team Perspective

A poster highlighting the work of three interprofessional groups of students with the common goal to provide engaging, informative, and fun events to the residents of the Westbrook Housing Authority (WHA) in Westbrook, ME. Each interprofessional team worked together to plan a Mini-Wellness Fair at various Westbrook Housing buildings during the Summer and Fall of 2021, and the current team is in the process of planning the Spring 2022 event. This presentation will showcase the breadth of activities planned for the residents to help combat the isolation felt throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We also hope this presentation provides a gateway to the implementation of similar events for other isolated groups in the Greater Portland area. Students from various health professional programs, including social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, dental, and allopathic medicine came together to create these events with help from faculty and staff from UNE and WHA. Funding for this activity provided by the Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education. Special thanks to the Office of Research and Scholarship and Brian and Deborah Dallaire for their support.https://dune.une.edu/cecespring2022/1015/thumbnail.jp