Lorie L. Sigmon

I have dedicated much of my professional career to leading interprofessional collaborative teams in practice and integrating interprofessional education competencies into course design and student experiential learning experiences. My career as an advocate for collaborative teams and education began as a member of an interprofessional collaborative education team teaching nursing and medical students the importance of collaborative practice in improving patient quality, safety, and outcomes. I enhanced my experience by educating students, faculty, and community partners on these teams' impact on achieving the Quintuple Aim's goals. My recent work as a nurse scientist has complimented my healthcare leadership and interprofessional collaborative team development training, highlighting these concepts to address population health outcomes, improving healthcare quality, safety, and costs.
My expertise developed through several key roles, including faculty fellowships with REACH Teachers Quality Academy and Center for Creative Leadership's Change Leadership Medical Education program. I served on NC Area Health Education Centers team at UVA's Train Interprofessional Faculty Development Program and led UNCW's Interprofessional Collaborative Team initiative. Honors include recognition among North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses, Discere Aude Award for student mentoring, and inducted as a fellow to the National Academies of Practice.
I have presented and published regionally, nationally, and internationally to students, faculty, healthcare providers, and community partners on research findings related to patient perceptions of teamwork and health outcomes of patients with diabetic foot ulceration. My research team is developing curricula integrating IPEC concepts in an academic-community partnership to increase healthcare access for vulnerable and medically underserved populations."

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

Nurse Executive Leadership (Concentration Lead Faculty)
Quality, safety, healthcare costs, health outcomes
Patient and family self-management of chronic conditions
Health access
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.

Academic-community partnerships
Collaborative practice teams
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

Honors & Awards

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