Julie
Manz,
PhD, RN
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Creighton University College of Nursing
Dr. Julie Manz is an Associate Professor and serves as the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs at Creighton University College of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska. She leads the one-year accelerated baccalaureate nursing program across three distinct campuses located in Omaha, NE, Grand Island, NE, and Phoenix, AZ. Additionally, she leads the four-year traditional baccalaureate program at the Omaha campus. She has developed educational partnerships with clinical partners in all three campus locations. Dr. Manz is also a co-author of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI), a nationally used instrument to measure student competence in clinical and simulation experiences. She received a BSN from Creighton University in 1998, a MS in 2005nfrom Creighton University, and a PhD in Nursing from South Dakota State University in 2014. She's been a nurse for 23 years and in nursing education for 18 years.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional education (IPE) programs and centers have erupted in the last decade to respond to the adoption of collaborative practice standards and to meet accreditation standards (Bodenheimer & Sinksy, 2014; WHO, 2010). Although the prevalence of IPE is increasing, research measuring competency achievement in IPE is underdeveloped (MacDonald et al., 2010; Shrader et al., 2017).
Interprofessional assessment tools are plentiful, but most rely on student self-report of their abilities rather than performance data. As evaluation of program objectives is an integral component of…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccinating the population against the coronavirus has become a primary focus of public health practice. Institutions of higher learning, especially those with an emphasis on health professions education, are uniquely positioned to partner with government and healthcare leaders to work toward a common goal: to vaccinate efficiently and safely as many individuals as possible. In Spring 2021, Creighton University, a Catholic, Jesuit institution partnered with both county and state public health entities to plan for and operationalize a mass vaccination clinic at an…