Clare Whitney, PhD, MBE, RN, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and affiliated faculty in the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. Her career is focused on reducing burnout and improving professional well-being in healthcare professionals, and she has established an interdisciplinary program of research that seeks innovative ways to address pressing relational and ethical issues for the healthcare workforce.
For her Macy Faculty Scholars project, Dr. Whitney will develop, implement, and evaluate the Alda Healthcare Experience for Nursing (AHE-N), an interprofessional communication skills training designed specifically for nurses. The AHE-N will leverage the innovative approach of applied medical improvisation to attend to nursing-specific, socio-organizational needs and dynamics critical to intra- and interdisciplinary interprofessional communication. The development, implementation, and evaluation of the AHE-N will help to advance sustainable solutions for burnout prevention and health promotion in student nurses through enhancing interprofessional collaboration.
Susmita Pati MD, MPH, Professor and Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at the College of Medicine - Jacksonville, University of Florida will mentor Dr. Whitney.