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What was your research project for the Certificate?
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Research interests: The goal of my program of research is to improve health service delivery and outcomes for persons with dementia, with a particular focus on addressing pain and behavioral symptom management at highly vulnerable points in care, such as transitions within and between care systems or during periods of long-term institutionalization.
Awarded the Certificate in Spring 2014
Current occupation: Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Translating Non-pharmacologic Interventions for Behavioral Symptoms into Practice: Expert Opinions on Barriers, Facilitators and New Approaches for Long-Term Care
What role did your community partners play in the project?
My relationships with community partners helped me to identify the lack of end-users perspectives regarding non-pharmacologic interventions in nursing homes as a major barrier to their utilization in practice.
How might this research affect the health consumer?
Understanding end-users perspectives regarding barriers and facilitators to the use of non-pharmacologic interventions in nursing homes with people with dementia may inform improvements in existing interventions as well as strategies to support their adoption in practice.
What did you learn in the program that you didn’t expect to learn?
That simply listening to your community partners' experiences is key to identifying their priorities and concerns.
Name the top things learned that you will use in your research career.
The most valuable lesson I learned was that meaningful relationships are the foundation for successful research projects, and that developing these relationships may take years.
How has the certificate advanced your professional goals?
The strategies I learned for working with community partners enabled me to form research relationships that have supported a range of research projects.
What other opportunities have you been provided as a result of the certificate program?
Opportunities to network with others aiming to conduct translational research.
What advice would you give current and future Certificate students?
Take advantage of the collective expertise of mentors and peers in the Certificate Program to help you identify and trouble-shoot in forming productive partnerships.
Published works
Gilmore-Bykovskyi, A. L., Roberts, T. J., King, B. J., Kennelty, K. A., & Kind, A. J. H. (2016). Transitions from Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Persons with Dementia: A Challenging Convergence of Patient and System-Level Needs. The Gerontologist. (Epub Ahead of Print). PMCID: PMC Journal – In Process. (Highlighted in Doximity Newsletter, May 2016).
Dean, S., Gilmore-Bykovskyi, A. L., Buchanan, J., Ehlenfeldt, B., & Kind, A. J. (2016). Design and Hospital-Wide Implementation of a Standardized Discharge Summary in an Electronic Health Record. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. (In Press). NIHMSID: NIHMS806985.
Gilmore-Bykovskyi A. L., Roberts, T. J., Bowers, B. J., & Brown, R. L. (2015). Caregiver Person-Centeredness and Behavioral Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Timed-Event Sequential Analysis. The Gerontologist, 55(S1), S61-S66. PMCID: PMC4492066.
Gilmore-Bykovskyi, A. L. (2015). Caregiver Person-Centeredness and Behavioral Symptoms during Mealtime Interactions: Development and Feasibility of a Coding Scheme. Geriatric Nursing, 36(2), S10-S15. PMCID: PMC4393766.
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