Kathryn
Hoffman,
MA, CHSE
Project Manager/Research Coordinator
West Virginia University
Kathryn (Katie) Hoffman, MA, CHSE, currently serves as the Project Manager for the Department of Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Research Coordinator for STEPS Simulation Lab. Her background is in Program Evaluation & Research. Katie has been working with IPE & Simulation Education at WVU STEPS Simulation Lab since 2013. Katie is an active member of the STEPS Research Committee, EQI Committee, and Policy & Procedure Committee. She became a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) in 2019, and has presented at International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), HPSN World, and NEXUS Summit 2022.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional Student Poster Description: Background: Health profession schools need to meet the demands of caring for a diverse population. Empathy and the understanding of how privilege can affect health care are essential in providing proper care for patients. An Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) event about Curiosity, Accountability, Appreciation, Respect, Empathy, and Service (CAARES) was developed to address these concerns. Objective: To implement an interactive interprofessional activity surrounding privilege to (1) increase awareness of one’s own privileges and (2)…
Poster Description: Background: Many learners lack necessary lived or clinical experience necessary to understand the stigma associated with substance use disorder (SUD) and the implications on healthcare. This IPE session aims to address that gap by providing a presentation from a physician struggling with SUD coupled with a dramatic recreation of events in the life of an addicted person (based on the life experiences of the presenter), with small-group facilitator-led discussion and debriefing focused on IPE communication.Design: The virtual session began with a presentation on SUD,…