Over the past year, our world has been enduring shared trauma in the COVID-19 pandemic. We have responded to that challenge, but at the same time experienced our own trials and achievements.
As full-time faculty at the University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center (OUHSC) and Saint Louis University (SLU), respectively, we adapted
like all our colleagues. We transitioned to remote teaching and work, maintained
productivity in service and scholarship in new and creative ways and tried to
be present for our friends and families.
However, we are growing from this experience, and through
that growth we are gaining a better understanding of ourselves and what is
possible moving forward. Tony
transitioned to Interim Chair of Nutrition and Dietetics at SLU and Katie was
promoted to Associate Professor at OUHSC.
We have also been provided great new opportunities. In Spring of 2021, we were both named to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies Revision Working Group representing the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP). We are thrilled to be a part of this essential and impactful work!
We stayed engaged in our consulting work through BE-Collaborative. We both had the opportunity to work with colleagues at the University of Cincinnati in May to facilitate a workshop: “Developing and Facilitating Interprofessional Education in Field/Clinical Environments” with preceptors and other faculty. Tony also presented to faculty and other stakeholders at Winona State University in April on a similar topic.
Tony was named a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academies of Practice and Inaugural Chair of NAP’s new Athletic Training Academy; and Katie was recognized as OUHSC’s “Interprofessional Education Leader of the Year”.
For the second time, Katie was a guest on the Healthcare's MissingLogic Podcast with hosts Michelle Troseth and Tracy Christopherson discussing "Healthy Eating and Balancing Physical and Mental Well-Being", Link to the podcast: https://www.missinglogic.com/new-podcast/2021/8/24/episode-111-healthy-eating-and-balancing-physical-and-mental-well-being-with-dr-katie-eliot
We also stayed productive our scholarly writing, with several
papers published over the past year:
- Kathrin A. Eliot, Amy M. L'Horset, Karen Gibson, and Stephanie Petrosky. "Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice in Nutrition and Dietetics 2020: An Update." Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 121, no. 4 (Apr 2021): 637-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2020.08.010.
- Gert Ulrich and Anthony P. Breitbach. "Interprofessional Collaboration among Sport Science and Sports Medicine Professionals: An International Cross-Sectional Survey." Journal of Interprofessional Care (Mar 8 2021): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.1874318
- Anthony P. Breitbach and Jody S. Frost. "Athletic Training: The Journey to Becoming the Newest Nap Academy." Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice 22 (2021/03/01/ 2021): 100414. http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100414.
- Jaclyn Schwieterman, Jordan Utley, Anthony P. Breitbach, and Heidi Crocker. "Clinical Preceptors' Self-Assessed Beliefs, Behaviors, and Attitudes for Interprofessional Education after an Online Professional Development Module." Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education 4, no. 2 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2641-1148.2163
- Tina Patel Gunaldo, Kelly Lockeman, Karen Pardue, Anthony P. Breitbach, Kathrin A. Eliot, Amanda Goumas, Ginge Kettenbach, Sharon Lanning, and Bernice Mills. "An Exploratory, Cross-Sectional and Multi-Institutional Study Using Three Instruments to Examine Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Education." Journal of Interprofessional Care (2021): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.1892614
- Sharon K. Lanning, Karen Pardue, Kathrin A. Eliot, Amanda Goumas, Ginge Kettenbach, Bernice Mills, Kelly Lockeman, Anthony P. Breitbach, and Tina Patel Gunaldo. "Early-Learners' Expectations of and Experience with IPE: A Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study." Nurse Education Today (2021/09/11/ 2021): 105142. http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105142.
- Hossein Khalili, Anthony P. Breitbach, Gail Jensen, Sharla King, Barbara Maxwell, Devin Nickol, Andrea Pfeifle, and John Gilbert. "Global Leadership in IPECP Research; an Intro to Co-Creation of Best Practice Guidelines." Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice (2021/06/16/ 2021): 100445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100445
- Kemba Ceronne Noel-London, Crystal Grimsley, Trey Porter, and Anthony P. Breitbach. ""The Tip of the Iceberg": Commentary on Sports, Health Inequity, and Trauma Exacerbated by Covid-19." Journal of Athletic Training. 56, no. 1 (Dec 8 2020): 5-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0350.20
- Anthony P. Breitbach, David Pole, Shelly Rauvola, Ginge Kettenbach, and Leslie Hinyard. "Longitudinal Assessment of Students' Perceived Collaboration Skills at an Institution with a Structured Interprofessional Education Curriculum." Journal of Allied Health. 49, no. 4 (Winter 2020): 235-45. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33259567
Even though this has been a challenging year, we are so
grateful for our colleagues, families and friends who have enabled us to keep
collaborating in the face of these trying times!
We look forward the future with optimism and a greater
appreciation of the power of shared connections.
Katie Eliot and Anthony Breitbach
