Annual Voluntary Faculty Conference

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Dentistry

Dietetics

Medicine

Nursing

Physician Assistant

2023 Voluntary Faculty Conference Agenda

Agenda

Agenda

2020 New Directions in Health Professions Education

Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2020

Kroger Field, Lexington, KY

This annual conference is offered free of charge to honor and support health professionals who provide clinical education and/or participate in community/campus collaborative research with the University, Medical Center administration, faculty and professional staff and regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) colleagues and partners.

Agenda At-A-Glance 

Friday, March 6, 2020 

 

4:30 pm                                  Registration opens

5:15 pm – 6:45 pm                Welcome & Key Note - Crucial Conversations

Speaker: Melissa Zook, MD

6:45 pm                                  Reception and entertainment

Saturday, March 7, 2020 

7:00 am – 8:00 am                 Registration and Breakfast

8:15 am – 9:15 am                 Opioid Plenary: Combatting the Opioid Crisis in Kentucky: Engaging in the Interprofessional Team to Care for Communities Across                                                      the Commonwealth

Moderator: Trish Freeman, PhD

 9:30 am – 12:30 pm               College/Department specific session, open to all attendees:                                        

Dentistry

Dietetics

Medicine

• 9:30-10:30 – Great Expectations, John Ragsdale MD
• 10:30-11:00 – Making Direct Observation Meaningful, Alan Hall, MD
• 11:00-12:00 – COM Educational Update, John Ragsdale MD
• 12:00-12:30 – Family Medicine, Ginny Gottschalk, MD

Nursing

Pharmacy

• 9:30-9:45 - Welcome and College of Pharmacy Updates, Frank Romanelli, PharmD
• 9:45-10:45 - Precepting Pearls: Panel and Roundtable Discussions, Moderator Holly Divine, PharmD
• 10:45-11:45 - Preventing Preceptor Burnout: Strategies to Ignite Well-being for Preceptors and Learners, Hannah Johnson, PharmD
• 11:45-12:15 - College of Pharmacy Tours

Physical Therapy

• PT Update, Lynn English PT, MSEd, DPT and Kara Lee, PT, DPT, NCS
• New payment models, Mona Carper, PT, DPT
• Drug Use/Opioid Abuse and PT, Mona Carper PT, DPT and Holly Johnson PT, DPT, Cert. MDT
• Tour Sports Medicine Research Institute, Nathan Morelli, PT, DPT, PhD Student                                                                                                                                                                                    

Physician Assistant 

• Welcome & Update on STFM Preceptor Expansion Initiative - All Specialties, Somu Chatterjee, MD, MPH
• Student Feedback on Preceptors and Student Success, Leslie Woltenberg, PHD, MSEd and Isaac Joyner, MPH
• UKPA Alumni Report - Where Students Are Now and Future Directions,  Cheryl Vanderford, PA-C
•  Building Skill Set Competencies Through Simulation, Shelley Irving, PA-C, Oleva Coleman, PA-C and Somu Chatterjee, MD, MPH
•  Legislative Updates for PA Practice in Kentucky, Shelley Irving, PA-C and Cheryl Vanderford, PA-C
•  Non-Academic Challenges and Where Preceptors Can Help -Case Studies, Shelley Irving, PA-C and Somu Chatterjee, MD, MPH
• Launching of New PA Residencies and Focused PA CertificationTraining, David Fahringer, MSPH, PA-C Emeritus

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm              Generations in the 21st Century (lunch provided)

                                                                        Speakers: Marietta Watts & Trenika Mitchell, PharmD

2019 New Directions in Health Professions Education

25th Anniversary!

Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23, 2019

Kroger Field, Lexington, KY

A collaboration between the UK AHEC Voluntary Faculty Program & UK Center for Interprofessional Health Education

This annual conference is offered free of charge to honor and support health professionals who provide clinical education and/or participate in community/campus collaborative research with the University, Medical Center administration, faculty and professional staff and regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) colleagues and partners.

Agenda At-A-Glance 

Friday, March 22, 2019 

4:30 pm                                  Registration opens

5:15 pm                                  Welcome 

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm                Plenary

                                                 Speaker: Barbara Brandt, PhD, EdM

6:30 pm                                  Reception and entertainment

Saturday, March 23, 2019 

7:00 am – 8:00 am                Registration and Breakfast

8:15 am – 9:15 am                Opening Plenary

                                                 Kentucky Association of Physician Assistants Slides

9:30 am – 10:30 am              Plenary Session: "Inter-professional Education (IPE) in Inter-professional Practice: Let's teach what we are doing"

                                                 Speaker: Kevin Pearce, MD, MPH  Slides

9:30 am – 1:00pm                 Dental Oral Health Network (KOHN)

10:45 am – 11:45 am            Session

                                                 Speakers: Judi Daniels, PhD, APRN; Nicole Windsor PhD(c), PT 

                                                 College of Medicine Regional Campus Expansion

                                                 Speaker: Michael Dobbs, MD, MHCM

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm               College/Department specific session, open to all attendees:                                    

1. Medicine
2. Pharmacy
3. Dentistry
4. Nursing
5. Physical Therapy
6. Physician Assistant

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm                Closing Plenary

2018 New Directions in Health Professions Education

Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24, 2018

Kroger Field, Lexington, KY

A collaboration between the UK AHEC Voluntary Faculty Program & UK Center for Interprofessional Health Education

This annual conference is offered free of charge to honor and support health professionals who provide clinical education and/or participate in community/campus collaborative research with the University, Medical Center administration, faculty and professional staff and regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) colleagues and partners.

Agenda At-A-Glance 

Friday, March 23, 2018 

 

11:00 am                                 Registration opens

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm               Welcome & Key Note

                                                 Improv(ing) Teaching and Learning in Medicine: What the Principles of Improvisation Can Teach Us About Distance Education

                                                Speaker: Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, PhD

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm                Break

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm                Providing Meaningful Feedback

                                                 Speaker: John Ragsdale, MD; Lynn English, DPT; Sharon Lock, PhD, APRN, FNAP, FAANP

                                                Student Panel

                                                College/Department specific session, open to all attendees:                                    

1. Medicine
2. Pharmacy
3. Dentistry
4. Nursing
5. Physical Therapy

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm                (closed meeting) College of Medicine Regional Campus Expansion 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm                Break

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm                Dental Oral Health Network (KOHN) - Silver Diamine Fluoride: the Old and the New

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm                Football Training Facility Tour

5:30 pm                                  Reception and entertainment

Saturday, March 24, 2018 

7:00 am – 8:00 am                Registration and Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:30 am                Generations

                                                 Speaker: Marietta Watts

9:30 am – 9:40 am                Break

9:40 am – 11:10 am              Understanding Unconscious Bias

                                                 Speaker: Marietta Watts

11:15 am – 12:15 pm            Health Literacy in Kentucky - It Affects All of Us

                                                 Speaker: Mark Williams, MD

12:20 pm – 1:00 pm              Kroger Field Tour

2017 New Directions in Health Professions Education

Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25, 2017

Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY

A collaboration among: Kentucky Oral Health Research Network (KOHRN), Kentucky Rural Health Association, UK AHEC Voluntary Faculty Program & UK Center for Interprofessional Health Education

This annual conference is offered free of charge to honor and support health professionals who provide clinical education and/or participate in community/campus collaborative research with the University, Medical Center administration, faculty and professional staff and regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) colleagues and partners.

Agenda At-A-Glance 

Friday, March 24, 2017 

11:00 am                                              Registration opens 

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm                         Welcome & Keynote – Collaborative Healthcare of the Future - Speaker: Ann Cary, RN, PhD, MPH, FNAP, FAAN

 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm                           Break

 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions I (see below)

 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm                           Break

 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions II (see below)

 4:50 pm – 5:30 pm                           University of Kentucky Football Training Facility Tour

 5:30 pm                                             Reception and entertainment 

 List of Concurrent Sessions I:

1. Integrating Oral Health With Prenatal and Well-Child Care 

    2.   Value Based Payment: Understanding Changes Ahead for the Business of Medicine Update

 List of Concurrent Sessions II:

1. Integrating Oral Health With Prenatal and Well-Child Care 2
2. Family Medicine Quality Improvement

Saturday, March 25, 2017 

7:00 am – 8:00 am                            Registration and Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:00 am                            Plenary Session: Community Based Education and Interprofessional Practice - Speaker: Provost Timothy S Tracy, PhD

9:10 am – 10:10 am                         Health College Specific Sessions (open to all attendees)

10:20 am – 11:20 am                       Pearls for Preceptors Panel: How to precept in today’s world - Dr. Cecil's video 

11:30 am – 12:15 pm                       Interprofessional Student Panel

12:20 pm – 1:00pm                        Commonwealth Stadium Tour

List of Health College Specific Sessions:

1.  Medicine

2.  Pharmacy

3.  Dentistry

4.  Nursing

5.  Physical Therapy

6. Public Health

2016 New Directions in Health Professions Education

Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9, 2016

Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa

1811 Newton Pike, Lexington, KY 40511

A collaboration among: Kentucky Oral Health Research Network (KOHRN), Kentucky Rural Health Association, UK AHEC Community Faculty Program & UK Center for Interprofessional Health Education

This annual conference is offered free of charge to honor and support health professionals who provide clinical education and/or participate in community/campus collaborative research with the University, Medical Center administration, faculty and professional staff and regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) colleagues and partners.

Agenda At-A-Glance 

Friday, April 8, 2016 

 

11:00 am                                              Registration opens 

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm                         Welcome & Key Note – Understanding the Value of Multi-Sector Health Improvement Strategies - Speaker: Glen P Mays, MPH, PhD

 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm                           Break

 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions I (see below)

 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm                           Break

 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions II (see below)

 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm                           Break

 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions III (see below)

 5:30 pm                                                Reception and entertainment

  List of Concurrent Sessions I:

1. Dental Information Support for Kentucky Oral Health NETWORK (KOHN)
2. Value Based Payment: Understanding Changes Ahead for the Business of Medicine

 List of Concurrent Sessions II:

1. Dental Information Support for Kentucky Oral Health NETWORK (KOHN)
2. Community Based Teaching: Pearls from the Field

List of Concurrent Sessions III:

1. Dental Information Support for Kentucky Oral Health NETWORK (KOHN)
2. Update on the Western Kentucky Initiative
3. Update on the Rural Physician Leadership Program

Saturday, April 9, 2016 

7:00 am – 8:15 am                            Registration and Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:15 am                            Health College Specific Sessions

8:30 am – 9:20 am                            Plenary Session: Project ACHIEVE: Transitioning to Better Care for Patients and their Caregivers - Speaker: Mark V Williams, MD

9:30 am – 10:20 am                          Concurrent Interactive Sessions (see below)

10:30 am – 12:15 pm                       Plenary Session: Evaluation Workshop

List of Health College Specific Sessions:

1.  Medicine

2.  Pharmacy

3.  Dentistry

4.  Nursing

5.  Physical Therapy

List of Concurrent Sessions:

1.  UK Center for Interprofessional Health Education: Update

2.  Clinical Problem Solving

2015 New Directions in Health Professions Education

and KY Practice Based Networks Collaborative Conference 

Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14, 2015

Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa

1811 Newton Pike, Lexington, KY 40511

Sponsored by the Kentucky Ambulatory Network (KAN), Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN), Kentucky Oral Health Research Network (KOHRN), Kentucky Public Health Research Network (KPHReN), UK Area Health Education Center, & UK Center for Interprofessional HealthCare Education, Research and Practice

This annual conference is offered free of charge to honor and support health professionals who provide clinical education and/or participate in community/campus collaborative research with the University, Medical Center administration, faculty and professional staff and regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) colleagues and partners.

Agenda At-A-Glance 

Friday, March 13, 2015 

(KBPRN Collaborative Conference)

11:00 am                                              Registration opens 

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm                         Welcome & Key Note – New Directions in Health Professions Education & Practice Based Networks - Speaker: Dr. John Langefeld

 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm                           Break

 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions I (see below)

 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm                           Break

 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions II (see below)

 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm                           Break

 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm                           Business Meetings (see below)

 5:30 pm                                                Reception and entertainment

 List of Concurrent Sessions I:

 1.  Development and validation of a clinically practical patient assessment: Engagement, Literacy and Adherence (P-ELA)

 2.  Retinal Findings in Hypertension and Diabetes 

3.  Dental Information Support for Kentucky Oral Health NETWORK (KOHN)

 List of Concurrent Sessions II:

1.  Development and validation of a clinically practical patient assessment: Engagement, Literacy and Adherence (P-ELA)

 2.  Retinal Findings in Hypertension and Diabetes 

3.  Dental Information Support for Kentucky Oral Health NETWORK (KOHN)

List of Concurrent Sessions III:

1.  KAN Business Meeting (for Board Members ONLY)

2.  Dental Information Support for Kentucky Oral Health NETWORK (KOHN)

Saturday, March 14, 2015 

(21st Annual Preparing Health Professionals for the 21st Century and KPBRN Conference - continuation)

7:00 am – 8:15 am                            Registration and Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:15 am                            Health College Specific Sessions

8:30 am – 9:20 am                            Plenary Session: Beginning the Next 20 Years: Health Professions Education & Community Engagement

9:30 am – 10:20 am                          Concurrent Interactive Sessions I (see below)

10:30 am – 11:20 am                       Concurrent Interactive Sessions II (see below)

11:30 am – 12:15 pm                       Plenary Session: Being Community Faculty: What makes it easy and what makes it hard?

List of Health College Specific Sessions:

1.  Medicine

2.  Pharmacy

3.  Communication Disorders

4.  Dentistry

5.  Nursing

6.  Public Health

7.  Physical Therapy

List of Concurrent Sessions I:

1.  UK Center for Interprofessional HealthCare Education, Research and Practice: Update

2.  Rural Physician Leadership Program Update: How to Provide Medical Education in Rural Eastern Kentucky

3.  Minimizing Productivity Loss While Precepting

4.  Population Health Management

5.  Dealing with Difficult Students

List of Concurrent Sessions II:

1.  Update on the Western KY Initiative:  A discussion among interested faculty and staff

2.  Rural Physician Leadership Program Update: How to Provide Medical Education in Rural Eastern Kentucky

3.  Minimizing Productivity Loss While Precepting

4.  Population Health Management

2014 New Directions in Health Professions Education

and KY Practice Based Networks Collaborative Conference

Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10, 2014

Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa

1811 Newton Pike, Lexington, KY 40511

Sponsored by the Kentucky Ambulatory Network (KAN), Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN), Kentucky Oral Health Research Network (KOHRN), Kentucky Public Health Research Network (KPHReN), Kentucky Regional Extension Center, the UK Area Health Education Center, & the UK Center for Interprofessional HealthCare Education, Research, and Practice

This annual conference is offered free of charge to honor and support health professionals who provide clinical education and/or participate in community/campus collaborative research with the University, Medical Center administration, faculty and professional staff and regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) colleagues and partners.

Agenda At-A-Glance 

Friday, May 9, 2014

(KBPRN Collaborative Conference)

11:00 am                                              Registration opens 

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm                         Welcome & Key Note - Linking practice-based research networks to national learning healthy systems: Actionable Research in Context - Speaker: Dr. Michael Kahn

 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm                           Break

 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions I (see below)

 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm                           Break

 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm                           Concurrent Interactive Sessions II (see below)

 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm                           Break

 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm                           Business Meetings (see below)

 5:30 pm                                                Reception and entertainment

 List of Concurrent Sessions I:

 1.  KDOC: Building A Clinical and Claims Data Repository for QI & Research

2.  Methods, Results and Next Steps of the KY Pain Research Outcomes Study (KYPROS)

          See the KYPROS study in the news!  

3.  KARRN  - Appalachian Stroke Patient Recovery and Research Registry

4.  KOHRN – Implications of Medicaid Managed Care for Dental Practice Research

 List of Concurrent Sessions II:

 1.  KDOC: Building A Clinical and Claims Data Repository for QI & Research

2.  Methods, Results and Next Steps of the KY Pain Research Outcomes Study (KYPROS)

          See the KYPROS study in the news!

3.  Applying Electronic Health Record Data to Quality of Care Improvement and Practice Based Research Initiatives 

4.  KOHRN – Implications of Medicaid Managed Care for Dental Practice Research

List of Concurrent Sessions III:

1.  KAN Business Meeting

2.  KPHReN Business Meeting

3.  KARRN Business Meeting

4.  KOHRN – Implications of Medicaid Managed Care for Dental Practice Research

Saturday, May 10, 2014 

(20th Annual Preparing Health Professionals for the 21st Century and KPBRN Conference - continuation)

7:00 am – 8:15 am                            Registration and Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:15 am                            Health College Specific Sessions

8:30 am – 9:20 am                            Plenary Session: MythBusters: I Don't Have Time to Precept Students

9:30 am – 10:20 am                          Concurrent Interactive Sessions I (see below)

10:30 am – 11:20 am                       Concurrent Interactive Sessions II (see below)

11:30 am – 12:15 pm                       Plenary Session: Being Community Faculty: What makes it easy and what makes it hard?

List of Health College Specific Sessions:

1.  Medicine

2.  Pharmacy

3.  Health Sciences

4.  Dental

5.  Nursing

6.  Public Health

List of Concurrent Sessions I:

1.  UK Center for Interprofessional HealthCare Education, Research, and Practice: Teaching Teamwork in the Clinical Environment

2.  Rural Physician Leadership Program Update: How to Provide Medical Education in Rural Eastern Kentucky

3.  Preceptor 101

4.  Update on the Western Kentucky Initiative: A discussion among interested faculty and staff

5.  Collaborating Across Residencies in Practice-Based Research

List of Concurrent Sessions II:

1.  UK Center for Interprofessional HealthCare Education, Research, and Practice: Using Blended Learning to Advance Clinical Learning of Interprofessional Collaboration Skills

2.  Social Media

3.  A-OPTIC: Expanding Academic Roles for Frontier and Rural Community-Based Training Programs

4.  Dealing with Difficult Students