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Empowering Health Care Professionals: An Interprofessional Education Model Implementation and Evaluation

Monday, June 13, 2022

11:20am - 12:20pm ET

Have you ever left a department huddle and had no idea what it was about or what it accomplished? Can you effectively use TeamSTEPPS tools to improve communication and collaboration within the service areas in your systems?

Are you aware of the impact of proper mentorship? Have you ever felt supported and empowered by your leaders, senior leaders, internal and external customers? Do you truly know what your colleagues need from you at these trying times in healthcare?

Too often, we are not hearing critical feedback on patient care outcomes, staff complaints, and customer interaction where the experience falls short of our expectations.

Come and let's share our experiences with you. Allow us to discuss our findings of creating an interprofessional education model in the radiology department, covering the radiology, nursing, and medical staff..

Dr.Therese Binfon, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, CLNC

Yale University School of Nursing, Harvard Medical School, SQIL Program, and Elaka Legal, Nursing, Medical, and Allied Health Consulting.

Therese Fotabong Binfon, DNP, RN, CLNC, is an innovative Interprofessional Educator and the Chief Nurse Consultant with 14 plus years of progressive experience in direct patient care, healthcare management, quality, patient safety, project management, process improvement, and administrative functions. She is a collaborative leader who creates a practice environment that promotes development opportunities, staff engagement, and high-quality patient services.

Dr. Binfon is the Chief Nursing Consultant and Co-Founder of Elaka Legal Consulting, LLC. Her research interest is in empowering healthcare professionals using interprofessional education and mentorship. She is passionate about staff education, ongoing professional development, continuous improvement, and research in healthcare to improve patient outcomes.

Dr. Binfon's experience includes being a clinical educator for the Cardiac Institute of Harper University Hospital (Detroit Medical Center) and the Interprofessional Educator for the Radiology Department at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States. Dr. Binfon has also served as a full-time faculty in nursing school and as the Clinical Performance Improvement Specialist (CPIS) at Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA., reviewing medical-related cases in the system brought by litigation or morbidity and mortality quality review. Her experience includes working as a nurse in Intensive Care Units (ICU): Medical-Surgical, Trauma, Cardio-Thoracic, Surgical, Neuro/Neurosciences, Cardiac, and Vascular, in varying capacities. Dr. Binfon has conducted analyses and reported preparation documents for program certification and recertification mandated by The Joint Commission. As an Interprofessional Educator, Dr. Binfon earned the Lean Six Sigma Yellow and green belt quality and patient safety certifications.

She obtained her BSN from the University of South Carolina Upstate, MSN from the University of West Georgia, DNP from Yale University School of Nursing, Postdoc in College Teaching from Yale University Poovu Center, and a post-graduate certification in Safety Quality, Informatics, and Leadership (SQIL) from Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Binfon is a member of Gamma Beta Phi Association, Sigma Global nursing Excellence Honor Society of Nursing, the American Association of Critical-Care, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, ARIN, ASRT (American Society of Radiologic Technologists), ARRT (American Registry of Radiologic Technologist) and the alumni association of Harvard University and Yale University.

Dr. Jessica Coviello,D.N.P., APRN, ANP- BC

Associate Dean of Facutly Developent
Cizik School of Nursing

Dr. Jessica Shank Coviello is currently the Associate Dean of Faculty Development at the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas, Houston. Prior to joining the faculty at Cizik School of Nursing, Dr. Coviello held a joint appointment as an Associate Professor at the Yale School of Nursing and as an Adult Nurse Practitioner in cardio-oncology at the Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. In her Yale faculty role, she taught in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program and developed a mentorship program for junior clinical faculty. She also acted as clinical preceptor for final-year acute care nurse practitioner students interested in an elective in cardio-oncology.

Dr. Coviello has authored numerous publications in the field of cardio-oncology and has presented her work to both regional and national organizations. She is also the editor and a contributor for the text, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, published in both English and Spanish in 2019 and in 2020.

Dr. Coviello is well known in the professional community as an innovator and leader. At Smilow Cancer Hospital, she wrote the needs assessment to support the funding for the cardio-oncology program and assisted in the development of the clinical program. At Yale-New Haven Hospital she created the Take Heart Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, that continues in its 37th year. She led the curriculum development and CCNE certification for the D.N.P. program at the Yale School of Nursing. Before arriving at Cizik in the fall of 2021, she developed an implementation science and innovation course for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

Cedric B Wilson, MBA, RT(R)(MR)

Regional Director Imaging Service
Mid-Atlantic Imaging Services Area
Kaiser Permanente

Cedric B. Wilson MBA, RT(R)(MR) is Stanford Children's Executive Director of Imaging and Research Service. He is responsible for leading care innovations, deep learnings, and multidisciplinary teams in achieving higher levels of quality, safety, service, and value while spearheading innovative and best-practice programs geared toward exceeding clinical outcomes nationally.

Cedric is passionate about the service of the country and community. He is a military veteran of 21 years of the United States Air Force and a retired medical master sergeant who served both stateside and oversees. He is also President of the guide right mentorship program for young men and board member of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

Cedric earned his Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management from the University of Phoenix/College of the Military and a Master of Business Administration from Saint Mary's College of California.

Joan L. Gelrud, RN, MSN, CPHQ, FACHE

Senior Vice President Health Plan and Hospital Quality
Co-Executive Director, Care Management Institute
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc

Joan Gelrud is an experienced Senior Vice President of Quality with a demonstrated history of working in hospitals, ambulatory medicine, health plan, and other aspects of the health care industry. She is skilled in Healthcare Consulting, Operations, Disease Management, Medicare, Medicaid, and Case Management. Strong finance professional with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) focused in Cardiovascular Nursing and Education from The Catholic University of America.

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