Research, Publications, and Presentations

2023

• Flores EK, Dowling K, Abercrombie C, Wallace RL. Impact of interprofessional student teams at a remote area medical event in rural Appalachia. J Appalach Health 2023;5(2):66–84. DOI: https://doi.org/_10.13023/jah.0502.06

• Paulus, T., Al-Khateeb H, Lester J, Hess R, and Williams A. A Discourse Analysis of Suicide Ideation Assessment Among First Year Health Professional Students Enrolled in a Communications Course. Qual Hlth Comm. 2023;2(1), doi:10.7146/qhc.v2i1.133566.

2021 

• Eichorn N, Mullins CM, Borja-Hart N, Minor T, Williams SA. Development of a state-wide IPE faculty toolkit. J Allied Health. 2021;50(1):e37-e44. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/development-state-wide-ipe-faculty-toolkit/docview/2494875759/se-2?accountid=10771. 
• McHenry K, Williams A, Weierbach F, Beatty K, Cross B. From opportunity to necessity: Development of an asynchronous online interprofessional learning experience. Int J Health Sci Educ. 2021; 8(1). https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol8/iss1/4
• Williams SA, Johnson AD, Cross LB. Meta-techniques for faculty development: A continuous improvement model for building capacity to facilitate in a large interprofessional program. J Interprof  Educ Pract. 2021; 24 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100444
• Weierbach, F. (2021). Asynchronous interprofessional education focusing on social determinants of health for individual and population health [blog]. Retrieved from https://www.cphno.org/asynchronous-interprofessional-education-focusing-on-social-determinants-of-health-for-individual-and-population-health/

2019 

• Polaha J, Click I, Cross B, Welch A, Hess R, Burchette J. A mock job interview to assess an interprofessional education program. J Interprof Educ Pract. 2019;15:94-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2019.03.001 
   

2016 

• Baker K,  Proctor-Williams K, Cross LB, Alley E, Crouch M. Initial feasibility and efficacy of an interprofessional education pilot program. Int J Health Sci Educ. 2016; 3(2). https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol3/iss2/4 
• Bishop W. Integrating IPE into an Academic Health Sciences Center: A bottom-up and top-down approach." Int J Health Sci Educ. 2016; 3(2). https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol3/iss2/2 

2021 

• Abercrombie, C. Williams A. (March 2021). Excellence in Telehealth Workshop. Presented at 24th Annual Louis A. Cancellaro Primary Care Conference. Johnson City, TN.   Google training SITE 
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  Williams A, Johnson A, Abercrombie C,  Cross LB. Moving high-touch interactive interprofessional education online. Presentation at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy; February, 2021;  Blacksburg, VA [Virtual]. 
   

2020 

• McHenry K, Beatty K, Weierbach F, Williams, SA. Fostering a culture of interprofessional education through distance learning. Presentation at the Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium; July, 2020; Nashville, TN. [Virtual]. 
• Williams A, Johnson A, Cross LB. Developing a leadership lens: Mapping IPE competencies and the seven pillars of servant leadership. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; August, 2020; Minneapolis, MN. 
• Williams A, Weierbach F, Beatty K,  McHenry K. Interprofessional education in the digital world. Presented at the annual conference of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; August, 2020; Minneapolis, MN. 
   

2019 

• Abercrombie CL, Bohannon J, Polaha J, Williams A, Johnson A, Cross LB. Developing a blueprint for incorporating clinical environments into IPE. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; August, 2019; Minneapolis, MN. 
• Abercrombie C, Cross LB, Williams SA, Polaha J, Smith M. Real- world team training experiences for entry-level IPE students. Poster presented at the annual  conference of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; August, 2019; Minneapolis, MN. 
• Click I, Moore J, Polaha J, Cross LB, Williams A.  Family medicine clerkship students' experiences with team-based care. Paper presented at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine; April, 2019;Toronto, Canada. 
• Williams SA, Tewell R, Wykoff M, Holt J, Polaha J. Harmonizing  clinical, teaching, & research aims: Team care for complex patients. Presented at the annual conference of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association; October, 2019; Denver, CO.  

2018 

• Burchette J, Welch A, Hess R, Cross LB, Click I,  Polaha J.  Evaluating  an Interprofessional Education (IPE) Curriculum using a simulated job interview. Presentation at the 2018 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting – Pharmacy Education; July, 2018; Boston, MA. 
• Click I, Polaha J, Cross LB, Hess R, Welch A, Burchette J. Using mock interviews to evaluate an interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum. Presentation at the annual  conference of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; July, 2018; Minneapolis, MN.   
  
  
  

2017 

• Stephens T, Polaha J, Cross B.  Creating an interprofessional code of ethics.  Paper presented at the Bi-Annual meeting of Collaborating Across Boarders-IV; October, 2017; Banff,  Canada.  
• Polaha J, Bishop T, Johnson L, Heiman D, Blackwelder, R, Mizell B, Veerman R, Bridges C. Champion teams: An implementation strategy for building interprofessional practice in family medicine residency clinics. Work-in-progress presented at the Society for the Teaching of Family Medicine; May, 2017; San Diego, CA.   
   
   

2016 

• Polaha J, Bishop T, Cordes C, Cross B, Blackwelder R, Soltis-Jarett V, Zomorodi M, Sinclair L. Interprofessional education: A growing force behind the team care revolution.  Presentation at the annual conference of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association; October, 2016; Charlotte, NC.   

2021 

• Abercrombie CL, Wolf E, Heiman D, Williams A.  Excellence in Telehealth Training through the Application of SimZones. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education; February, 2021; Virtual Conference. 
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  Flores E, Abercrombie CL, Williams A, Cross LB.  Growing community engagement and aligning curriculum. Poster presentation Tennessee Interprofessional Practice And Education Consortium; July, 2021; Nashville, TN [virtual]. 
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  Johnson A, Williams A, Abercrombie C, CrossLB.  Building capacity to address social determinants through IPE. Poster presentation Tennessee Interprofessional Practice And Education Consortium; July, 2021; Nashville, TN [virtual]. 
   
  
  

2020 

• Cross LB, Abercrombie CL, Polaha J, Williams A, Johnson A.  Real-world team training experiences for entry-level IPE students. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium; Jully 31, 2020; Nashville, TN [virtual].   
   

2019 

• Abercrombie C, Cross LB, Williams SA, Polaha J,  Smith M. Real- world team training experiences for entry-level IPE students. Poster presented at the annual conference of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. August, 2019;  Minneapolis, MN. https://summit2019.nexusipe.org/schedule-events/real-world-team-training-experiences-entry-level-ipe-student 
• Cross LB, Abercrombie CL, Polaha J, Williams A, Johnson A. A multifaceted approach to enhancing awareness and development of faculty with IPE. Poster presented at Collaborating Across Borders VII; October, 2019; Indianapolis, IN. 
• Cross LB, Abercrombie CL, Polaha J, Williams A, Johnson A. Real-world team training experiences for entry-level IPE students. Poster presented at Collaborating Across Borders VII; October, 2019; Indianapolis, IN. 
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  Cross LB, Polaha J, Williams SA, Johnson A, Abercrombie C.  A  multifaceted approach to enhancing awareness and development of faculty with IPE.  Poster presented at the annual conference of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; August, 2019; Minneapolis, MN. 
• Highsmith MC, Buselmeier W, Gilreath J, Polaha J. An Interprofessional approach to complex patients provides comprehensive care in a family medicine clinic. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association; October, 2019; Denver, CO.