Nursing educators and practitioners are collaborating to develop innovations to prepare faculty and practice-ready students and to support health care settings in retaining nurses and other health care personnel. The 2024 MDAC Summit will explore novel approaches to education and models of care that advance the profession and hold promise for the future.
new and innovative practice collaborations and partnerships that can drive the implementation of models of care that address the current nursing crisis.
well-being in a diverse nursing workforce.
progressive collaborative academic and practice approaches to prepare faculty and students to meet Maryland’s future health care needs.
9 - 9:10 A.M.
Yolanda Ogbolu,
PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN The Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing and Professor
Co-Chair, Maryland Action Coalition
9:10 – 10:10
Tad Worku,
MS, RN, FNP-BC Mission Coach, Speaker, Musician
10:10 – 10:40
Erin Denholm,
MSN, RN Chief Nursing Officer
DispatchHealth
Sarah L. Szanton,
PHD, RN, ANP, APRN, FAAN Dean and Patricia M. Davidson Professor for Health Equity and Justice
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Moderated by Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN10:40 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:20
New Models
Tracie Risling,
PhD, RN Associate Professor, University of Calgary Nursing
Vice-President, Canadian Nurses Association
Past-President, Canadian Nursing Informatics Association
Population Health
Sophia Walker Henry,
MSN, RN Beckham Coulter Diagnostics
11:20 – 11:35
11:35 – 11:50
Kimberly Ford,
BS Nurse Support Program II Assistant Grant Administrator
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Laura Schenk,
DNP, RN, CNE Nurse Support Program II Grant Administrator
Maryland Higher Education Commission
11:50 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Crystal DeVance-Wilson,
PhD, MBA, PHCNS-BC Director, Maryland Nursing Workforce Center Vice Chair and Assistant Professor,
University of Maryland School of Nursing at the Universities at Shady Grove
Casey Embert,
BA Program Director, Nursing Programs
University of Maryland Medical Center
Carolyn Rutledge,
PhD, FNP-BC Professor and Eminent Scholar Associate Chair of Nursing and Director of Nursing Practice Program
Old Dominion University
Moderated by Mary Etta Mills, ScD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN1 – 2
2 – 2:35
Stacey Brull,
DNP, RN, NE-BC Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services
Mercy Medical Center
Adriane Burgess,
PhD, RNC-OB, CCE, C-ONQS, CPHQ, C-LSSGB, FAWHONN Director, Perinatal and Neonatal Quality and Safety
Maryland Patient Safety Center
Susan Finlayson,
DNP, RN, NE-BC Senior Vice President, Operations
Mercy Medical Center
Moderated by Mary Etta Mills, ScD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN2:50 – 4:20
Linda Hickman,
PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE
Eileen O'Grady,
RN, NP, PhD
Kimberly Allen,
DNP, RN, CNE
Rebecca Diaz,
PhD, RN
Jessica Murphy
DNP, CRNP, CPNP-A,C CPHON, CNE
Susan Bindon,
DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, FAAN
4:20 – 4:30
Patricia Travis,
PhD, RN, CCRP Senior Associate Director, Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-Chair, Maryland Action CoalitionNurses may receive 6.5 contact hours for participating in this educational activity. Partial credit is not provided. You are required to complete the overall conference evaluation that will be emailed. After completing the evaluation, a link will be provided so that you can print your continuing education certificate. All requests must be received within 60 days of the summit.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This year’s Summit is supported in part by the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center and the Nurse Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, through the Nurse Support Program II, which is funded by the Health Services Cost Review Commission and administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.