North and Central Florida Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Partnership Newsletter

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1 North and Central Florida Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Partnership Newsletter Issue 2 In This Issue... Introduction, Announcements, & Upcoming Events Meet Our Evaluation Team: Introduction & Key Personnel Overview of Three NCF-GWEP Projects Next Issue Highlights 7 A Note From the PI, Dr. Paul Katz We have recently completed our first year of funding for the North and Central Florida Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Partnership (NCF GWEP) and are delighted to have achieved all of our stated goals in the allo ed me frame. The Florida State University College of Medicine (FSU COM) Department of Geriatrics is indebted to our community based and academic partners who have worked so diligently over the past year to transform ideas on paper into reality. All of the projects that comprise the NCF GWEP have already had a significant impact on students, health care professionals and the lay public which bodes well for a posi ve impact on future clinical prac ce and overall quality of care. While this edi on of the newsle er focuses specifically on the Transforming Rural and Underserved Care Environments, Interprofessional Educa on, and Nurse Workforce Enhancement Projects, ac vi es related to the other three projects are also noteworthy. For example, Dr. Antonio Terracciano has leveraged Powerful Tools for Caregivers Project ac vi es to garner addi onal research funding from the Florida Department of Health. Dr. Terracciano hopes to empirically examine the benefits of a structured caregiver training program on both the caregiver and care recipient. In May of this year, Dr. Ken Brummel Smith highlighted the Transforming Rural and Underserved Care Environments Project s goals and preliminary accomplishments at the annual American Geriatrics Society mee ng in Long Beach California. Efforts to geriatricize a federally qualified rural health clinic generated significant interest and may well lead to new collabora ve ini a ves. This year looks every bit as exci ng as the first for the NCF GWEP. We will con nue to explore new partnerships in order to further strengthen Florida's health care workforce in addi on to improving the quality of care and quality of life for the state's burgeoning older adult popula on. Issue 2 March 2016-September 2016

2 Key NCF-GWEP Persons Meet Our Evaluation Team Antonio Terracciano, PhD Associate Professor For more than a decade, Suzanne Baker has been involved in the administration and management of many social science and medicine related research studies. Since 2011, she has been the Research Program Director for the Department of Geriatrics. She has expertise in working with institutional review boards, establishing guidelines for research activity compliance and ethics, training research assistants, and networking with community partners on research activities. In addition, she has expertise in a wide range of research skills, including study and survey design. Dr. Terracciano has worked for over a decade in the aging and health research area. Before his current faculty position in the Department of Geriatrics, he worked in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Aging (NIA). His research aims to individuate factors that contribute to health and longevity, by reducing health risk behaviors and promoting resilience against diseases of aging, such as Alzheimer s disease. His extensive publication record demonstrates his expertise to work with, analyze, and evaluate complex data sets. Suzanne Baker, MA Research Director LaVon Edgerton Research Coordinator The evaluation team is responsible for working with the six project leads to design evaluation metrics, collect evaluation data, run analyses, and create summary evaluation reports. They also summarize and report evaluation findings to the co-principal investigators and Steering Committee to inform ongoing project implementation and development. Evaluation data and outcomes are reviewed to facilitate quality improvement efforts for each project. Since 2012, LaVon has been an integral part of the department s research and scholarly activities. In her role as the department s Research Coordinator, she writes and creates research protocols, informed consents, and marketing materials; ensures grant applications meet funding and submission criteria; and manages faculty scholarly activities. Before joining the Department of Geriatrics, LaVon was a health educator consultant at the Florida Department of Health. She was solely responsible for providing technical assistance for evidence-based programs to statewide community partners and managing the collection of data for grant evaluation and reporting activities. Page 2

3 Transforming Rural and Underserved Care Environments What Are Our Goals and Objectives? Transform the Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida (HCN) into a high quality geriatrics care provider as evidenced by addi onal monitoring of geriatric sensi ve quality measures, improved geriatric pharmaceu cal use, geriatric specific modifica ons to the electronic health record, as well as increased advance care planning with HCN pa ents and their families. Expand opportuni es for training in geriatrics for FSU medical students and psychology post doctorates, as well as HCN providers and staff. Isabel Collier Read Medical Campus In 2007, the FSU COM entered into a partnership with HCN, to provide medical educa on opportuni es and healthcare services for the rural and underserved popula on in Immokalee, Florida. Elena Reyes, PhD Professor, Regional Director of Southwest FSU COM Dr. Reyes specializes in clinical psychology, medical educa on, and cross cultural health and health dispari es. She has been teaching medical students, residents, and psychology trainees for over twenty years and has extensive experience in administering educa onal and clinical programs. Michael Gloth, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD Clinical Professor, Department of Geriatrics, FSU COM Dr. Gloth is also an Associate Professor of Medicine for the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Associate Professor for the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. FSU COM Project Lead Ken Brummel Smith, MD, Charlo e Edwards Maguire Professor, Department of Geriatrics FSU COM Co Project Lead Elena Reyes, PhD Addi onal project team member descrip ons con nued on the next page. Page 3

4 Transforming Rural and Underserved Care Environments HealthCare Network of Southwest Florida Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida (HCN) is a private not forprofit organiza on and designated Federally Qualified Health Center providing primary medical and dental care since As a Pa ent Centered Medical Home and Dental Home, they provide a team based health delivery model dedicated to the medical, dental, and behavioral well being of all pa ents. Their services are accessible, family centered, con nuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate and culturally responsive. HCN welcomes all pa ents insured or uninsured and provides the same high quality standard of care to all at 21 loca ons throughout Collier County. Their adult sites include the Friendship Health Center which provides care to uninsured, underserved persons over 55. The following persons are key Project members at HCN who are integral to the implementa on of the Project s main objec ves. Jorge Camina, MD Co Chief Medical Officer Ellen Cordoba, RN Director of Clinical Opera ons Yarlene Lopez, PhD Clinical Psychologist Yerania Lopez, RN Director of Clinical Opera ons Kim Mulquin, MBA, RN, CPHQ, CPRA, CON CLTC Director of Quality Sco Needle, MD Co Chief Medical Officer Jeanne Serpa, LPN Director of EHR Systems Rohit Thomas, MBBS Clinical Informa cs Specialist Mar ne Woolley, PharmD Director of Pharmacy An FSU medical student works with a pa ent at the FSU COM rural campus in Immokalee at the HealthCare Network of Southwest Florida. Ellen Cordoba Yarlene Lopez Yerania Lopez Kim Mulquin Rohit Thomas Jeanne Serpa Mar ne Woolley Page 4

5 What Are Our Goals and Objectives? Interprofessional Education Develop providers from nursing, social work, and medicine who can assess and address the health needs of older adults and work effec vely in interprofessional teams. This will be accomplished through an interac ve online curriculum for students from mul ple health professions culmina ng in a simulated interprofessional clinical immersion experience. FSU College of Medicine Clinical Learning Center (CLC) The CLC is a state of the art facility that accurately simulates the clinic environment. Students prac ce interview, physical exam and communica on skills, and develop clinical reasoning under the direct guidance of clinical faculty and with interac ons with Standardized pa ents. Debra Danforth, ARNP, MS, FAANP Associate Professor, Director of the CLC FSU COM Instructional Design and Media Production Shenifa Taite, Ed.D Director of FSU COM Instruc onal Design & Media Produc on Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Rural Health The control room at the FSU COM CLC. FSU College of Social Work Jean Munn, PhD, MSW John A. Har ord Faculty Scholar, Associate Professor FSU College of Nursing Jim Whyte, ND, PhD, ARNP Associate Professor Maria Whyte, MSN, DHSc Specialized Teaching Faculty Member Project Faculty FSU COM Project Lead Niharika Suchak, MBBS, MHS, FACP, AGSF Associate Professor Department of Geriatrics Debra Danforth Jean Munn Jim Whyte Maria Whyte Shenifa Taite Page 5 FSU College of Medicine - Department of Geriatrics

6 Nurse Workforce Enhancement What Are Our Goals and Objectives? Develop nurses and other providers who can assess and address the health needs of older adults including frail, vulnerable popula ons residing in assisted living and nursing centers. Strengthen geriatrics components of clinical training environments through development and implementa on of interac ve online learning modules that will provide evidence based bestprac ce informa on with an emphasis on providing individualized person centered care. FSU College of Nursing Jim Whyte, ND, PhD, ARNP Associate Professor Westminster Communities of Florida Sandra Knoble Director of Quality Ini a ves and Lifelong Learning Specialist Denise Chandler Director of People Development FSU COM Project Lead Lisa Granville, MD Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Geriatrics Co Project Lead Jim Whyte, ND, PhD, ARNP Online modules have been created on the topics of Pain Management in Older Adults and Influenza Prevention and Containment. Each topic s module package contains a module for RN/LPNs and one for CNAs. Page 6

7 Our Next Issue Our third newsletter will highlight: Progress to date on Projects 1-3 Partner & Trainee Testimonials Check out our Website! Questions? Our website features completed NCF-GWEP products, links to our partners websites, and previous Newsletter editions. Please visit us at If you have any questions about the NCF- GWEP, please feel free to contact We look forward to hearing from you! Florida State University College of Medicine Tallahassee, FL Page 7