LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Describe how practice facilitation can be used in research projects.
- Identify components of practice facilitation that impact project plans.
PRESENTER(S)
Jeanette Waxmonsky, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado
Jeanette Waxmonsky, PhD is an Associate Professor in the University of Colorado (CU) Department of Family Medicine and Colorado School of Public Health and an investigator at the CU Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS). She has over 20 years' experience in clinical operations, health systems, technology enabled behavioral health services, and academic research focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative integrated behavioral health services for a variety of patient populations with medical and psychiatric conditions. She also has considerable expertise in the use of evidence-based implementation strategies (e.g., Replicating Effective Programs [REP]) to improve the uptake of evidence-based behavioral health and health behavioral change programs. Dr. Waxmonsky has directed the implementation and evaluation of multiple integrated behavioral health projects, procuring over $22 million in research funding with her collaborators to support these efforts, and has numerous peer reviewed publications based on her work.
Robyn Wearner, MA, RDN
Instructor
University of Colorado
Robyn Wearner, MA, RDN, enjoys helping primary care teams work on continuous quality improvement as much as I enjoy working on implementing projects as a research team member. Practice facilitation is the bridge that allows me to bring these two roles together. My background and skills as a Registered Dietitian, Instructional Designer and Project Management Professional have supported numerous programs and research projects at the University of Colorado since 2004.
Stephanie Kirchner, MSPH, RD
Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado
Stephanie Kirchner, MSPH, RD is the Community Engagement and Practice Transformation Specialist at the Farley Health Policy Center and an instructor in the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine. She has been working in quality improvement and practice transformation since 2006, collaborating with project partners and stakeholders in practice transformation initiatives including the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, Advancing Care Together, EvidenceNOW, the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative and the Colorado State Innovation Model. Her work supports the development of multi-stakeholder teams in practices and communities that adopt sustainable, evidence-based, patient-centered methods to achieve improved patient and family experience, improved outcomes and decreased costs of care. She has expertise in stakeholder engagement, consensus building and behavioral health integration.