From the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences…
January 2024 Research Highlights reported by the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences.
Jackie Hinckley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor in Speech-Language Pathology, has co-authored an open access article titled “Person-Centered Care in Aphasia: Tools for Shared Decision-Making“. Dr. Hinckley jointly produced this article with Dr. Mark Jayes from the Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. The article is written for an interprofessional audience who need to support decision-making in people with limited communication abilities. The article is available for free download from Frontiers in Rehabilitation Science at the above link.
Dr. Hinckley also recently edited an issue of the journal Topics in Language Disorders with the issue’s foreword titled “Stakeholder-Engaged Research: Examples From Aphasia“. The issue is focused on stakeholder-engaged research in aphasia, and features six articles that showcase different ways to involve stakeholders in collaborative research, and how this different approach to research can have long-term relevant consequences to stakeholders.
Rob Wagner, DHSC, M.M.Sc., CAA worked on a study, titled “Clinician satisfaction and preference for central venous catheter systems promoting patient safety, ease-of-use and reduced clinician error“, that found that anesthesia providers prefer and value central venous catheter (CVC) systems that enhance patient safety, ease-of-use and reduce clinician error.
Rose McCalla-Henry DHSc, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Medical Sonography, published an article titled “Sonographers’ Perception of Administrative Support and Resources for Burnout Prevention” that focused on sonographer burnout and administrative support and resources. The purpose of this study was to explore the burnout levels among a cohort of sonographers practicing in the United States and their perception of administrative support and resources for burnout prevention. This study was submitted as in part with ATSU facilitator Dr. Kathleen Mathieson.
Patricia Vargas, DHSc, RVT, Associate Professor and Clinical Coordinator, Medical Sonography, presented at the 2022 American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association (ASHA) Convention on a project titled “Institutional Assessment of Interprofessional Education Day using the Interprofessional Collaborative Competencies Attainment Survey“.
Over the past decade, many professions have included interprofessional education competencies in their accreditation standards. For example, the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA, 2016) has incorporated IPE into professional practice competencies for graduate programs for audiologists and speech language pathologists. These standards include effective communication skills with interprofessional team colleagues, collaborative practice to understand how to apply values and principles of interprofessional dynamics, and how to perform in different interprofessional team roles to plan and deliver care (CAA, 2016). The purpose of this presentation is to report the student learning outcomes for a collaborative institution-wide interprofessional education day with students across eight campuses enrolled in over 20 health profession degree programs.
This work was submitted with the following group of faculty members: Nicholson, N., Fitzharris, K., Swann, E., Valenti, K., Morris, M., Singer, R., Fiano, K., Russom, A., Chase, A., & Vargas, P.