Jody
Thompson,
BA
Communications Program Coordinator
Arizona State University
Jody Thompson is the Communications Program Coordinator for the Center. She works with the CAIPER team to support all marketing communications initiatives and outreach. Ms. Thompson serves as the editor for the CAIPER blog and manages the Center's social media channels. Her experience includes working for the University of Arizona Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPEP) Program and providing direct case management for homeless and vulnerable populations.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
We started our journey to learn about moral distress and moral injury in early 2019. Our impetus at the time was to understand theexperience of community health teams who felt they were not doing all they could for their patients. We had no idea that this workwould take us from our emphasis on providing strategies for care teams working with vulnerable populations to supporting healthcareproviders on the frontlines of a global pandemic. Moral distress and moral injury are the emotions and physical symptoms that accompany not being able “to do what you know is right.” They are challenges to…
The Clinical Learning Environment (CLE) plays an essential role in preparing students for transition to professional roles and practice. For experienced clinicians and team members, the CLE offers continuous learning and an enlarged space for practice improvement and innovation. The CLE is particularly important for modeling and improving teamwork and collaboration. At present, there are limited distance teaching materials designed to orient students and clinicians together for optimal team performance. In this seminar, we share findings from our research on student and clinician…
The complexity and unpredictability of health care today requires that we take a close look at leadership training and ask: How well are we preparing students and current practitioners to lead interprofessional teams and optimize team performance? Leading interprofessional healthcare teams is a unique and challenging undertaking. It requires navigating across diverse cultures and mediating through age-old hierarchies. Keeping team members focused on common goals and working toward high quality, value and a great patient and provider experience (Quadruple Aim anyone?) is not for the faint of…