Lorie L. Sigmon

Dr. Lorie Sigmon has dedicated her professional career to leading interprofessional collaborative teams and integrating interprofessional education competencies into course design and student experiential learning. Her advocacy began as a member of an interprofessional team teaching nursing and medical students the importance of collaborative practice in improving patient quality, safety, and outcomes. She has educated students, faculty, and community partners on the impact of teams in achieving the Quintuple Aim's goals. Her work as a nurse scientist has complemented her healthcare leadership training, emphasizing these concepts to address population health outcomes while improving healthcare quality, safety, and costs.
Her expertise developed through key roles, including faculty fellowships with REACH Teachers Quality Academy and the Center for Creative Leadership: Change in Medical Education program. She served on the NC Area Health Education Centers team at UVA's Train the Trainer Interprofessional Faculty Development Program and led UNCW's Interprofessional Collaborative Team initiative. Her honors include recognition among North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses, the Discere Aude Award for student mentoring, and induction as a fellow to the National Academies of Practice.
Dr. Sigmon has presented and published regionally, nationally, and internationally on research findings related to patient perceptions of teamwork and health outcomes of patients with diabetic foot ulceration. Her research team is developing curricula integrating IPEC concepts in an academic-community partnership to increase healthcare access for vulnerable and medically underserved populations. This work demonstrates her continued commitment to advancing interprofessional collaborative practice and education in healthcare settings.

Education

PhD, Nursing, East Carolina University
DNP, Nursing, Waynesburg University
MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Tampa
BSN, Nursing, West Virginia University

Specialization in Teaching

Doctor of Nursing Practice Program,Nurse Executive Leadership and Post Advanced Practice Nurse, Concentration Lead Faculty

Executive Leadership
Quality, safety, healthcare costs, health outcomes
Quality Improvement
Evidence Based Practice

Research Interests

My experience has resulted in expertise focusing on interprofessional collaborative team development, related health outcomes, and healthcare leadership centering around the Quintuple Aim.

Interprofessional collaborative practice teams
Academic-community partnerships
Health access
Quality, safety, costs, outcomes
Patient and family self-management of chronic conditions

Professional Service

National Academies of Practice
North Carolina Organization of Nurse Leaders
American Interprofessional Health Collaborative
North Carolina Interprofessional Leaders Collaborative
Association of Community Health Nurse Educators

Community Engagement

Her work as a nurse scientist has complemented her healthcare leadership training, emphasizing these concepts to address population health outcomes while improving healthcare quality, safety, and costs.

Honors & Awards

Fellow National Academies of Practice
Finalist National Clinician Scholars Program
Discere Aude Award
Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina