Friday, September 29, 2023
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Current and Future Trends in Health Care: Perspectives That will Lead Us Forward
This event includes embracing technology, adopting data-driven decision-making processes, and fostering interprofessional collaboration among researchers and technology experts. A strong emphasis on ongoing professional development, research, and education will be crucial to equip health care providers with the necessary knowledge and skills to navigate the evolving health care landscape effectively.
Agenda:
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Check In & Welcome (Light breakfast will be served on campus)
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Current Trends in Health Care
Jeremy Nordquist, MPA
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Planning, Practice, A New Language - the Future of Healthcare in 3D Printing and Digital Modeling
Blair Kauzlarich ARRT, RT (R), CI, BS
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am - 11:45 am
Current Trends and the Future of Health Care Education
Dr. Andreia Nebel Ed.D, PT, DPT, FNAP
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Evaluation
Nursing
3.25 nursing contact hours awarded. Midwest Multistate Division Provider Approval Number: NE624-5
Clarkson College Professional Development is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Radiology Technology
Approval by ASRT for Category A, 3.5 continuing education credits.
Physical Therapy
3.5 contact hours approved by the Continuing Education Committee of the Nebraska Chapter American Physical Therapy Association.
Mental Health Practitioners
Programs approved by the Midwest Multistate Division are acceptable for continuing education for clinical psychologists and licensed mental health practitioners by the State of Nebraska.
Social Workers or Certified Master Social Workers
This program meets the criteria of an approved continuing education program for certified social workers or certified master social workers for 3.25 contact hours.
Education Hours
Clarkson College Professional Development assigns education hours based on 60 minutes of didactic or clinical instruction for each educational activity. Participants may use these for their professional continuing education hours and toward re-licensure/certification if so approved within the standards and guidelines of their discipline. 3.25 Education Hours are awarded for this educational event.
Other Health Care Providers
Each professional is accountable to understand his or her accrediting/licensing body's standards and requirements. The definitive source of information on continuing education requirements is your state or national regulatory board. It is the participant's responsibility to keep this certificate for 7 years in their personal records for re-licensure/certification purposes. Each participant should claim only those hours that they spent in the educational activity.
Location: This event will take place on Zoom & in person.
A Zoom link will be provided to participants before the event.
In person event information below.
Howard Hall
Clarkson College Student Center
101 S 41 ST
Omaha , NE 68131
Jeremy Nordquist, MPA
Jeremy Nordquist became the fifth president of the Nebraska Hospital Association in December 2021. Jeremy has served as an elected official, congressional staff, state legislative staff, and a nonprofit leader.
Jeremy previously served as the Government Affairs Director for Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, establishing the Government Affairs Department in April 2020. He led successful efforts to expand coverage of health services through telehealth and establish a state framework for hospitals to declare crisis standard of care in emergency situations.
In Washington, D.C., Jeremy was chief of staff to Reps. Brad Ashford (Nebraska) and Tom O'Halleran (Arizona). His teams achieved federal policy success in rural health care, veterans’ health care, and health services for Native Americans. Overseeing work on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Jeremy was actively engaged in public policy development related to expanding access to Graduate Medical Education and telehealth in rural America.
In partnership with Rep. Ashford, Jeremy managed efforts to write and pass innovative legislation creating a public-private partnership pilot program for Department of Veterans Affairs construction, paving the way for the new VA ambulatory care clinic in Omaha. The Ashford office also successfully advocated to House leadership and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the creation of the grant program that led to UNMC/Nebraska Medicine being awarded $19.8 million to develop a highly infectious disease training, simulation, and quarantine center.
Prior to his service on Capitol Hill, Jeremy represented downtown and south Omaha in the Nebraska Legislature from 2009-2015. Former Sen. Nordquist was the chairman of the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee and served as a member of the Appropriations, Tax Modernization, State-Tribal Relations, Rules, and Children's Behavioral Health Oversight Committees.
In the Unicameral, he built coalitions to pass legislation improving access to health care for pregnant women, increasing Medicaid provider rates, expanding telehealth services, establishing school-based health centers, implementing the Affordable Care Act, increasing the state’s minimum wage, allowing DREAMers to get driver’s licenses, increasing funds for early childhood education and higher education, and reforming state defined-benefit pension plans. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, Jeremy worked with colleagues and the University of Nebraska Medical Center to secure state appropriations for the Buffett Cancer Center and iEXCEL. He was selected to serve as the chairman of the Health Committee for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in 2010 and as a member of the NCSL Executive Committee.
Jeremy has also served as the Vice President of Community Engagement for the Holland Children’s Movement and was a Senior Advisor to Building Bright Futures in Omaha.
He has appeared on MSNBC, BBC, and Univision and has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Guardian, Huffington Post, Governing Magazine, Politico and many local and regional media outlets.
Jeremy grew up in rural South Dakota. He graduated with honors from Creighton University and holds a Master of Public Administration, with a concentration in health administration, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Jeremy and his wife Shannon have one daughter and one son.
Blair Kauzlarich, ARRT, RT(R), CI, B.S.
Blair began her career as a radiographer at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha. She then became ARRT board certified in Cardiac Intervention and began a journey in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Children’s Hospital. During her 5 years in the cardiac catheterization lab, she found her love for 3D printing and 3D segmentation reconstructions. In 2020, she became an Advanced Imaging Specialist in the department within radiology called, Advanced 3D Visualization Lab.
She supported the hospital in all advanced imaging needs. She would post-process CT and MRI exams that warrant 3D images as well as post-process cardiac MRI for the cardiologists. 3D printing was housed in the lab and was utilized for patient specific cases as well as research.
In her current role, she helped implement the 3D Certificate curriculum and teaches the 3D certification course. After being hired in late April 2022, she and her team had the 3D Printing and Training Center up and running for business by July 2022. She oversees the lab, which consists of a team that helps segment and design 3D prints and participates in research with collaborators. The lab currently offers 3D visualization and workshops to anyone within the medical field.
She holds an Associates degree in Radiologic Technology and Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration and Management, both from Nebraska Methodist College.
Andreia Nebel, Ed.D., PT., DPT., FNAP
Dr. Nebel grew up in Casper, Wyo. and in 1999 earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Human Development from Montana State University–Bozeman. In 2002, she earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Creighton University, and in 2020, she received her Ed.D. in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University. Her dissertation topic explored the role of political skill in decision-making for resource allocation in higher education, and she continues to pursue scholarly opportunities related to this work. Her clinical background includes pediatrics, outpatient orthopedics, industrial wellness, and geriatrics. During her career, she has had the opportunity to work with a wide range of patient populations and has always had a passion for teaching.
Dr. Nebel joined Clarkson College in 2003 and was selected as the 8th President of Clarkson College in 2023. In this role she leads all aspects of Clarkson College operations including but not limited to academic and community programming, accreditation and compliance, financial operations, student and administrative services, innovation, research, strategic planning, fundraising and facilities development, communications, and mission driven outreach. She is currently also an associate professor in the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program and Doctoral Healthcare Education and Leadership (Ed.D.) program, served from 2007-2015, as the director of the PTA program, and from 2015-2023 in the role as Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) at Clarkson College. Her teaching assignments have recently included: Professional Issues, Advanced Procedures in Physical Therapy, Advanced Multiple System Interventions and Care Through the Lifespan, and a Doctoral Seminar course.
In 2010, Clarkson College awarded Dr. Nebel the Dr. Patricia Book Perry Faculty of the Year Award for her dedication to high standards of education at the College. In 2011, her alma mater, Creighton University, selected her for the Young Alumni Appreciation Award in recognition of her exceptional leadership and devoted service to the profession of physical therapy. She was the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association Achievement in Education Award recipient in 2012, and, in recognition of her dedication to health care-related community service activities, she received the Clarkson College Maltese Cross Award in 2014. In 2018, Dr. Nebel received the honor of a Distinguished Fellow in Physical Therapy from the National Academies of Practice and in 2022 was selected into the Executive Leadership Academy class for the Council of Independent Colleges. Dr. Nebel is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the Education Section. Additionally, she has served as the Nebraska Student Special Interest Group faculty liaison for the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association (NPTA), a Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) site reviewer and a PTA Board Exam Preparation course instructor for Therapy Ed. She is also an accreditation site reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission. She is an active member with the Consortium of Hospital-Affiliated Colleges and Universities (CHACU) nationally and the Omaha STEM Ecosystem locally. She served as board chair in 2022 for the Executive Committee for the Omaha STEM Ecosystem and is also a board member for the Council of Independent Nebraska Colleges (CINC).
Dr. Nebel has completed dozens of invited presentations at a variety of locations and continues to be an active presenter. She was integral in completing an interprofessional collaboration project with Creighton University to create an interprofessional education course for all Clarkson College students, including required interprofessional experiences. Dr. Nebel also completed a four-year study with colleagues from Clarkson and the University of Nebraska Medical Center working to answer the question: “Does a Combined Student Physical Therapist (PT) and Student Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Lab Experience Impact Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Education and Team Training for Patient Safety?” She is continually involved with outreach programs to fight childhood obesity, improve the quality of life through exercise, balance assessment, and fall prevention with neurologically involved patients, and a variety of other community-based wellness and health interprofessional education programs.
