Publications

Kruger JS, Felicione N., Kruger, DJ. “The Exploration of Cannabis Beverage Substitution for Alcohol: A Novel Harm Reduction Strategy.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (2026): 1-7.

Seils M, Nguyen T. "The Impact of Covid-19 on Technology, Interprofessional Collaboration, and Operations Within Home Health Care." In Meaningful Work in a Post-Covid Age: The Impact of New Technologies, edited by Sharlene Buszka and Timothy Ewest. Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.

Fusco NM, Sorensen TD. From Socialization to Interdependence: Optimizing Health Outcomes through Transformative Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Team‐based Care. JAACP : Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 8, no. 8 (2025): 672–74. doi:10.1002/jac5.70082.

Foltz-Ramos K, Stavisky CJ,  Brown MR,  Jacobsen LJ, Larson A, Snyder KV, Vinder LR, Fusco, NM. Preparing Future Healthcare Professionals: Role-Play and Simulation in TeamSTEPPS Training. Clinical Simulation in Nursing 103 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2025.101747.

Maerten-Rivera J, Woodruff AE, Zhao Y, Fusco NM. Longitudinal Assessment of Pharmacy Students’ Collaborative Practice Abilities. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 88, no. 1 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.ajpe.2023.100627.

Oldani MJ, Chou E. Interprofessional Practice and Education and Innovation. AMA Journal of Ethics 25, no. 5 (2023): E307-310. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2023.307.

Lokken J, Lee T, Mauer E, Wagner C, Sanders J, Oldani MJ. How Rohingya Language Educational Videos Help Improve Refugee Interprofessional Health Service Delivery in Milwaukee. AMA Journal of Ethics 25, no. 5 (2023): E365-374. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2023.365.

Fusco NM, Foltz-Ramos K, Zhao Y, Ohtake PJ. Virtual Escape Room Paired with Simulation Improves Health Professions Students’ Readiness to Function in Interprofessional Teams. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 15, no. 3 (2023): 311–18. doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2023.03.011.

Vargovitch AM. Fusco NM, Foltz-Ramos K, Kruger J, Prescott WA. Mitigating Medical Misinformation and Mistrust Through Effective Team Communication Using Innovative, Competency-Based Interprofessional Instructional Design. In: Southwell, B. G., Anderson, A., Berry, A., Weems, K., & Howley, L., eds. Equipping health professions educators to better address medical misinformation. RTI Press. 2023: RTI Press Occasional Paper No. OP-0086-2303. (doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2023.op.0086.2303)

Kruger JS, Tona J, Kruger DJ, Jackson J, Ohtake PJ. Validation of the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS) Retrospective Pre-test Measures. Journal of Interprofessional Care 37, no. 5 (2023): 791–96. doi:10.1080/13561820.2023.2169261.

Fusco, N. M., Foltz-Ramos, K., Ohtake, P. J., & Mann, C. Interprofessional Simulation Learning Game Increases Socialization and Teamwork Among Students of Health Professions Programs. Nurse Educator, (2022). doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000001341.

Fusco NM, Foltz-Ramos K, Ohtake PJ. Interprofessional Escape Room Improves Knowledge and Collaboration Among Nursing, Pharmacy and Physical Therapy Students. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 86, no. 9 (2022): 1025-1030. doi:10.5688/ajpe8823.

Fusco NM, Jacobsen LJ, Klem N, Krzyzanowicz R, Ohtake PJ. A Serious Game Employed to Introduce Principles of Interprofessional Collaboration to Students of Multiple Health Professions. Simulation & Gaming 53, no. 3 (2022): 253–64. doi:10.1177/10468781221093816.

Kruger JS, Doloresco F, Maerten-Rivera J, Zafron M, Borden H, Fusco NM. Innovation Sprint to Promote Creative Thinking and Interprofessional Skills Among Pharmacy and Public Health Students. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 87, no. 1 (2023): 27–33.

Shrader S, Ohtake PJ, Bennie S, Blue AV, Breitbach AP, Farrell TW, Hass RW, Greer A, Hageman H, Johnson K, Mauldin M, Nickol DR, Pfieffle A, Stumbo T, Umland E, Brandt BF. Organizational Structure and Resources of IPE Programs in the United States: A National Survey. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice 26 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100484.

Gambacorta JE, Kruger JS, Kruger DJ, Antonson DE, Ohtake PJ. Evaluating the Impact of Interprofessional Forums on Dental Medicine Students’ Collaborative Practice Skill Perception. Journal of Dental Education 86, no. 4 (2022): 489–95. doi:10.1002/jdd.12834.

Fusco NM, Ohtake PJ. Confronting opioid use disorder through virtual interprofessional education. JAACP : Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 5, no. 3 (2022): 310–18. doi:10.1002/jac5.1540.

Fusco NM, Jacobsen LJ, Klem N, Krzyzanowicz R, Ohtake PJ. A Serious Game Employed to Introduce Principles of Interprofessional Collaboration to Students of Multiple Health Professions. Simulation & Gaming 53, no. 3 (2022): 253–64. doi:10.1177/10468781221093816.

Foltz-Ramos K, Fusco NM, Ohtake PJ. Interprofessional Escape Room Improves Knowledge and Collaboration Among Nursing, Pharmacy and Physical Therapy Students. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 86, no. 9 (2022). doi:10.5688/ajpe8823.

Foltz-Ramos K, Fusco NM, Paige JB. Saving Patient X: A quasi-experimental study of teamwork and performance in simulation following an interprofessional escape room. Journal of Interprofessional Care (2021). doi: 10.1080/13561820.2021.1874316.

Griswold K, Kim I, McGuigan D, Shogan M, Zinnerstrom K, Lie D, Ohtake PJ. Interpreted Encounters for Interprofessional Training in Cultural Competency. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice 24 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100435.

Tona J, Kruger J, Jacobsen LJ, Krzyanowicz R, Towle-Miller LM, Wilding GE, Ohtake PJ. Assessing the Assessment: A Comparison of the IPAS and ICCAS to Measure Change in Interprofessional Competencies following a Large-scale Interprofessional Forum. Journal of Interprofessional Care 35, no. 5 (2021): 726–35. doi:10.1080/13561820.2020.1806219.