Kristine
Talley,
PhD, CNP, RN, FGSA
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Co-Director for the Minnesota Geriatrics Workforce
University of Minnesota
Research Summary
My research focuses on identifying risk factors, prevention strategies, and treatments for late-life disability related to geriatric syndromes (i.e., urinary incontinence, frailty, falls, functional decline, and cognitive impairment) in frail older people. My research methods focus on quantitative analysis using longitudinal modeling, secondary dataset analyses, systematic literature reviews, and clinical trials.
Academic Interests and Focus
I am a certified gerontological nurse practitioner with clinical experience in nursing homes. I develop interdisciplinary geriatric educational resources. I also teach courses on the nursing care of older adults in the Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Doctorate of Nursing Practice program and to undergraduate students.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: This lightning talk will center on IPE experiences at the University of Minnesota (UMN) through showcasing the geriatric case competition. The annual interprofessional geriatric case competition, is one of several interprofessional case competitions offered at UMN, and the lightning talk will discuss an overview and comparison of the various case competitions offered.
The Interprofessional geriatric case competition is open to undergraduate and graduate level students from multiple disciplines and schools at the UMN to come together and develop a comprehensive,…
Lightning Talk Description: This lightning talk will focus on the Interprofessional (IPE) student experience and measurement of student IPE learning outcomes in the annual Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition, hosted by the MN Northstar and St.Louis University GWEP (Geriatric Workforce Education and Practice) grants. The overall goal of the IPE Case Competition is to provide students studying to enter into a variety of health professions an opportunity to engage with each other in a case focused on older adults. Using a patient-centered geriatric framework, students listen and learn…
Lightning Talk Description: This abstract submission for the Nexus Summit is describing innovative educational program development with continuous improvement. We describe our projects’ continued development by the impact of an intra-university, interprofessional community of practice.
With four concurrent interprofessional case competitions at the University Minnesota (UMN), the leaders of those case competitions have met to learn from one another. We have been an informal community of practice at the UMN for several years. The competitions have grown and changed. We have informed one…