Brennan discusses impact of policy on National Library of Medicine at QEP presentation
Patricia Brennan, PhD, RN, FAAN, and director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), delved into the profound impact of public policies on the NLM and, in turn, the library’s contributions to shaping policies during a virtual presentation. The talk…
Angela Gomez, Rachel Jantea, and Francine Snow win 2nd place for poster
The 2023 UTHealth Houston Advances in Teaching & Learning Day was held on Friday, July 28. As part of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), co-director and Center faculty Angela Gomez, EdD presented two posters—one on the Virtual Interprofessional Policy…
QEP Forum welcomes Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan
Discover how health care policy impacts the world’s largest biomedical library and the center of biomedical informatics and computational biology in the next UTHealth Houston Health Policy Forum, part of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Save the date for…
Angela Gomez promoted to faculty
Former Senior Coordinator of Special Programs, Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, has been promoted to faculty as of May 1. Gomez has been a member of the McGovern Center and UTHealth Houston for nearly 14 years, and serves as the…
QEP team members win award at 2023 Innovations conference
Congratulations to Jessica Wise, MPH; Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS; and Stephen Linder, PhD! Led by Wise, the team received 2nd place for their poster, “A Campus-Wide ‘Civics 101’ Learning Module for Diverse Disciplines in the Health Science,” at the…
Quality Enhancement Plan featured at 2023 Innovation in Health Science Education conference
The 2023 Innovation in Health Science Education Annual Conference, presented by the UT System Shine Academy, focused on initiatives featuring diversity, collaboration, and opportunities in current health science education. UTHealth Houston’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals…
Angela Gomez named co-director of Quality Enhancement Plan
After serving since January 1 as interim co-director of UTHealth Houston’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), the appointment was made official this month for Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS. Gomez is the McGovern Center’s senior coordinator of special programs and has…
Center members present poster on health policy education
In early November, Jessica Wise, MPH, PhD Candidate, and Shane Cunha, PhD, presented a poster about the Virtual Interprofessional Policy Simulation, an innovative health policy educational activity, at the 2022 International Conference on the Future of Health Professions Education at…
McGovern Center members present poster on health policy learning in nursing
Associate faculty member, Francine K. Snow, DrPH, MSN, RN-BC, and senior program coordinator, Angela P. Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, collaborated to share findings from the first year of Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals (HP2), UTHealth Houston’s Quality Enhancement Plan. The…
Health care legislative successes discussed in second QEP forum
In the 87th Texas Legislature, lawmakers enacted meaningful health care policies to improve Texans’ lives. A panel of experts discussed the highlights from the legislative session as part of the second Quality Enhancement Plan forum highlighting how public policy affects…