CAIEP Spring Showcase 2024

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  MR. PIERRE AND TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS

  Andrew G. Bailey, Chel Hendry Simmons, Ariana Catalano, and Karthika Singaravelu

  Video presentation about an immigrant farm worker in Maine with type II Diabetes Mellitus that illustrates the relationships between key determinants of health. Our team is composed of multiple disciplines including Public Health, Biomedical sciences, and Osteopathic Medicine. By pooling our combined expertise, we concentrated on identifying the social determinants of health, devising a patient-centered framework to illustrate these connections, and proposing meaningful interventions aimed at improving patient outcomes.

  
  

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  Interprofessional Community Schools

  Shauna Curran, Morgan Bassett, Belle Betit, Kelly Couch, Allie Hegarty, and Katelynn LeBlanc

  This presentation details the key components of community schools and their importance to community members and students alike. Comprised of four primary pillars, these schools focus on expanding learning opportunities, bringing in a variety of student supports, serving families collectively, while emphasizing the collaborative element of leadership. Community schools serve as an integration point of various elements of a community to come together in order to produce maximum benefits for all.

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  Supporting Health with Harm Reduction: Cumberland County Jail Wellness Bags

  Lauren DiGiovanni, Reilly Dunning, Sarah Mayrose, and Kate McKenzie

  Our interprofessional team of medical, occupational therapy, pharmacy students and faculty created harm reduction kits to support the reentry of Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) residents into the community and provided supportive resources to correctional officers. As part of this project, we held a focus group with CCJ residents and staff, collaborated with leaders of local community organizations, provided a wellness event for correctional officers, and led a harm reduction kit packing event.

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  Interprofessional Team Immersion: Collaborative and Patient Centered Care

  Kyara G. Dorvee

  This is a presentation by Juwuan Phoprida, Kyara Dorvee, and Heather Watson based on their experience in the IPTI program offered in Spring of 2024.

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  A Breath of Fresh Air: A Telehealth Collaboration for Pediatric Asthma Management in Rural Settings

  Alexander J. Dyke, Kylie Robben, David Karpe, Rossy Fuentes, and Kaleigh Walsh

  This presentation showcases a student-led approach to managing pediatric asthma in remote rural settings through interprofessional collaboration via Telehealth. It revolves around the simulated case study of Charlotte Sodo, a six-year-old diagnosed with allergen-induced asthma exacerbated by environmental factors following her family's relocation to a rural area. The complexity of Charlotte's condition, characterized by frequent urgent care visits and a multifaceted medication regimen, underscores the critical need for cohesive, multidisciplinary care strategies.

  Our team conducted two key Telehealth appointments with Charlotte's family, focusing initially on building rapport and understanding the patient's medical history, environmental challenges, and specific health care needs. The first session emphasized establishing a comprehensive care foundation, facilitating open communication between the family and a diverse team of healthcare professional students. The subsequent meeting aimed to address the family's concerns, reassess Charlotte's condition and treatment plan, and introduce tailored modifications and resources to better manage her asthma symptoms.

  Throughout the presentation, we discuss the strategies employed to foster effective interprofessional collaboration, the importance of integrating environmental health considerations into pediatric asthma care, and the role of Telehealth in bridging care gaps for rural populations. We also explore the outcomes of our approach in terms of patient health, family satisfaction, and lessons learned for future Telehealth initiatives.

  This simulated case study exemplifies the potential of Telehealth to transform care delivery for chronic conditions like pediatric asthma, especially in underserved rural communities. It highlights the importance of teamwork, communication, and adaptive strategies in achieving optimal health outcomes and underscores the need for healthcare systems to embrace and expand Telehealth capabilities as part of comprehensive care models.

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  Reducing Barriers for a Houseless Patient: Inola

  Sebastian Garcia, Ashley Bartlett, Erin Mae Bacasen, and Sarah Benesi

  Inola, a 52 year old Cherokee woman, struggles with poorly managed stage two chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She experiences barriers to care in each layer of her life including within herself, her family and friends, her broader community, and her environment. Inola is currently houseless and unemployed with a high school diploma. For forty years, she has smoked cigarettes daily; she previously struggled with alcohol use disorder but notes that is no longer a factor. She is undergoing chemotherapy and blood infusions for her leukemia, which, in conjunction with her homelessness, fuel additional concerns such as poor nutrition, weight loss (her BMI is less than eighteen), inability to tolerate exercise, anxiety, and depression. In addition, Inola is a Cherokee Native American who grew up disconnected from her heritage and feels distrustful of modern healthcare, the latter of which resulted in her delayed diagnosis.

  Inola resides in Poland, Maine, a small, rural town roughly thirty miles outside of Portland. While she possesses strong friendships with individuals eager to help when they can, they are often unavailable to drive her to appointments. When she finds herself without shelter, she either sleeps on a friend’s couch or at a shelter. She is not married and has no children. Her parents passed away over thirty years ago; she has no living family and has learned to rely on herself and her community.

  Due to her rural location, Inola must travel to Portland for her medical care. This poses a challenge as she lacks access to a car and the region lacks a direct bus route. While Poland offers community resources, she cannot access them without a permanent residence. Communication poses a challenge as well: she owns an iPhone but not a cell phone plan, so she is forced to rely upon wifi, payphones, or friends’ phones for connection. Based upon all of this, caring for Inola will require careful consideration of her history, challenges, and support.

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  Pediatric Asthma Simulation Case and Interprofessional Care

  Hannah Griffin, Darby Melia, Essie Love, and Sara Rea

  Simulation case study focusing on asthma in a pediatric patient from a rural environment. Telehealth care provided from areas of expertise in dental medicine, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, nutrition, nursing and population health, social work, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.

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  Managing Pediatric Asthma through Interprofessional Telehealth Collaboration

  Jessica Jawhar, Rosane St Paul, and Sarah Shaw

  Video presentation illustrating effective collaboration in an interprofessional healthcare team, via telehealth. Featuring students from various health disciplines, this simulation involved understanding professional roles and responsibilities, communicating openly and respectfully, establishing common goals, respecting diversity, sharing knowledge and expertise, and developing a patient-centered care plan through IP collaboration. Through teamwork, high quality care was provided for Mr. and Mrs. Sodo. Additionally, actionable and sustainable goals were developed to address the overall health and wellbeing of their six year old suffering from asthma. A few students from the interprofessional group will speak about their experience.

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  Interprofessional Patient Focused Framework

  Gail Johnson, Aliyah Ali, and Sadie Cross

  This is a case presentation of a patient that we created as an interprofessional group. We then worked together to theorize ways in which we can best address the needs of this patient and direct them towards the best health outcomes. We were all able to provide unique perspectives on this case as we all are involved in different Health Professional Programs.

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  Group 3 CAIEP Showcase

  Allison Kee, Erin Mazurkiewicz, Emma Mather, and Meagan McAuliffe

  The management of Type I Diabetes in Pregnancy: An Interprofessional Approach

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  A Students Voice on IPE

  Ethan Kennedy

  This is a short video talking about what I have done over the last four years for IPE at UNECOM and the university as a whole. It is to fulfill the IPE honors distinction for graduation.

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  Interprofessional Collaboration Exercise: Analyzing/Addressing Health Disparities in Rural Maine​

  Vasiliki Patsiogiannis, Christopher Keck, and Jordyn Tullock

  This presentation will aim to discuss the barriers that immigrant populations in rural Maine face while accessing health care and the strengths an interprofessional health care team and framework can have to address these health barriers. Our case will focus specifically on a patient who works multiple jobs, experiences multiple health issues, under strenuous living circumstances. We will also discuss what it means to live under DACA and access health care in Maine. Integrating social determinants of health in a patient-centered, interprofessional healthcare model is the way to improve health outcomes for Immigrant populations in the U.S.

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  A Case of Gestational Hypertension and Diabetes

  Tessa Peredy, Drew Barry, and Arianna Dawson

  As part of the Public Health Interprofessional Team (PHIT) program, we developed a case of gestational hypertension and diabetes and investigated potential public health interventions.

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  A Case of Chronic Low Back Pain: An Interprofessional Approach

  Anne Schlichting, Hunter Scott, Lacie Reed, and Winifred Gallogly

  This poster demonstrates an interprofessional approach to chronic pain management for a patient experiencing back pain which is complicated by depression and fear of movement. We take the combined experiences of public health, osteopathic medicine, physical therapy, and pharmacology to address the patient’s pain holistically and provide patient with a complete plan toward recovery.

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  A Theoretical Case Study of Acute Tuberculosis in Portland, ME

  Evan Sisley, Emily Follo, Sendy Lamour, and ava Salerno

  This is a theoretical case study of a 28-year-old social worker presenting with acute tuberculosis. We identify social determinants of health and provide possible interventions.

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  Utilizing Telehealth in a Multidiscipplinary Approach to Treatment a Patient with Allergen-Induced Asthma

  Emilee Soucie and Samantha Strout

  This presentation is looking at the multidisciplinary approach when it comes to a young patient with allergen-induced asthma. We are looking at the approach that our team made in the two appointments with Mrs and Mr Sodo (the patient's parents). The purpose is explained with each description of the appointments.

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  A Multidisciplinary Approach for the Management of Allergy Induced Asthma in a Child

  Sarah Trent, Kimberly Pough, and Hannah Bruce Opris

  Our case followed a 6 year old female diagnosed with allergen-induced asthma at age 4. She had been experiencing a persistent cough, dyspnea on exertion, and fatigue since her parents moved to a rural area five months ago. She had a severe exacerbation and was evaluated by pediatric teams at the regional hospital and multiple urgent cares. Her treatment included an inhaled corticosteroid, leukotriene inhibitor, antihistamine, short-acting beta-agonist, and steroid. Her mother was concerned as she had been falling asleep frequently at school, developed mouth sores, and her face becoming rounder. To address Charlotte’s needs and her family’s concerns, we are taking a multidisciplinary approach to her case. Overall, competencies of telecollaboration, motivational interviewing and communication skills were key factors in tackling this case. Telecollaboration has a lot of nuisances, and it is important to consider ethics heavily when working online. We were able to see first-hand what is like to have a back-up plan if things go wrong, how to help troubleshoot the computer, and that there are certain limitations to this form of collaboration. Motivational Interviewing was an important component of what we got to learn during this experience, we got to practice using open questions, affirmation, reflective listening and summarizing it all for the patient. All in all, this was a very valuable experience that allowed us the opportunity to grow and become better future providers.