Nexus Summit Sessions
The Nexus Summit 2025 has a rich variety of sessions available to support your learning. Sessions include plenaries, seminars, lightning talks, professional and learner posters. Use the navigation on the left to filter your results by type of session, theme, speaker, or date and time.
Professional and Learner Posters will be available asynchronously throughout the Nexus Summit, beginning September 16. Please explore the posters on the Professional Poster and Learner Poster pages.
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This Lightning Talk will explore the transformative impact of the AIHC Mentoring Program—not solely in terms of goal completion, but in fostering professional confidence, community, and collaborative growth within interprofessional education and practice (IPEP). While my mentor and I began our journey with clearly outlined objectives, the most meaningful outcomes have emerged from the relational aspects of our connection. Being paired with a mentor from another institution and a different…
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
The Knowledge Exchange (KE) series seeks to fill gaps in topics not typically found in traditional health curriculum, underscoring social determinants of health and the voices of people with lived experience. In our lightening talk we will provide background on how KEs originated, the faculty buy-in they now receive, and the ways in which they successfully expose students from across professions to each other’s knowledge and expertise. To illustrate the KE model, we will describe an event…
Kris
Hall,
M.F.A., PMP
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Elizabeth
Crampsey,
Ed.D, M.S., OTR/L, BCPR
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Randy
Beard
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Kira
Rodriguez,
M.H.S.
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Shelley
Konrad,
PhD
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
Research on volunteerism has been shown to increase happiness in medical students; improve self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social connectedness; lead to better well-being; improve physical well-being, decrease stress, and improve overall quality of life in general adult populations. Volunteerism also creates fellowship and fosters community connections. Thus, volunteerism helps to address the wellness of the healthcare team (quadruple aim of healthcare), and bring future healthcare…
Stephanie
Felgoise,
PhD, ABPP
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Ashley
Poole,
PsyD
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Lizzy
Felgoise,
SCA Survivor
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Natalie
Zychlinski,
MA
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Marissa
Ferrito,
PsyD
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Anastasia
Skliros,
PSYD
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Leanne
Purcell,
BS
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Florastine
Byarms
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Larry
Finkelstein,
DO
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
Co-curricular interprofessional engagement provides a unique informal space for future health professionals to find and make authentic connections with one another, build leadership skills through experimentation and innovation, and shape their educational experiences. Well designed and supported initiatives and spaces can both enhance student wellbeing and meet interprofessional education goals. For 50 years, the Center for Health Interprofessional Programs (CHIP) at the University…
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
This presentation explores an interprofessional education (IPE) module featuring a powerful narrative from a 53-year-old psychologist, ovarian cancer survivor, mother, and alumna of the host institution. She shared her 23-year journey, beginning with a diagnosis of a rare form of ovarian cancer at age 30 while pregnant and completing her doctoral training in psychology.Her story illuminated the complexity of navigating medical decisions in the absence of clear evidence-based guidance,…
Stephanie
Felgoise,
PhD, ABPP
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Meredith
Mitstifer,
PsyD
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Anastasia
Skliros,
PSYD
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Marissa
Ferrito,
PsyD
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Natalie
Zychlinski,
MA
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Nicole
Weinhold,
BS Biology, BA Psych
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Lizzy
Felgoise,
SCA Survivor
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Michael
Becker,
DO, MS, FACOFP
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
This Lightning Talk presents a comparative analysis of two innovative interprofessional education (IPE) events delivered at Winston-Salem State University’s School of Health Sciences in 2023 and 2024. These events brought together over 650 students from diverse health disciplines—including nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, recreation therapy, medical laboratory science, social work, and healthcare management—to collaboratively explore real-world health disparities using a…
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
Background: As interprofessional education (IPE) evolves to meet the needs of diverse learners and learning environments, understanding how delivery modality influences learner experience is critical. Few studies have applied a conceptual framework to compare virtual and in-person IPE formats. This study uses the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to explore the perceived learning experience and satisfaction of health professional students participating in foundational IPE across two…
Fang
Lei,
PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
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Catherine
McCarty,
PhD, MPH, MSB, HEC-C, RD
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Sara
North,
PT, DPT, PhD, M.Ed., FNAP
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
Learning Objectives: After attending this session, the learner will be able to: 1) Efficiently analyze assessment data through an AI platform 2) Provide feedback generated by a Large Language Model (LLM) to students 3) Utilize AI tools for educational improvement Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is crucial for preparing health professional students for collaborative healthcare practice, a requirement mandated by various accrediting bodies.…
Aline
Saad,
PharmD, FNAP
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Gaurav
Agnihotri
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Brian
Barnes,
PharmD, MS
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Christine
Kivlen,
PhD, OTRL
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Melanie
Mayberry,
D.D.S., M.S.-HCM
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Caitlin
Rukat,
MS
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Martha
Schiller,
PT, DPT, MSA
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Brittany
Stewart,
RD, PharmD
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Diane
Levine,
MD
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
This seminar will provide faculty, clinical educators, and IPE leaders with promising practices for applying the 2023 IPEC Core Competencies to prepare learners for effective interprofessional collaborative practice. Participants will explore evidence-informed, immediately actionable strategies for integrating the competencies into curriculum design, assessment, and facilitation—across classroom, simulation, and clinical learning environments. Attendees will leave with adaptable tools and…
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
Palliative and end-of-life care requires an interprofessional approach as multiple healthcare professionals are needed to collaborate for the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care of the patient. This presentation highlights how an academic institution leveraged a community partnership to develop a meaningful palliative and end-of-life care interprofessional simulation session, with expert-led discussion and treatment planning. This session aimed to improve self-efficacy in…
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT