The overarching objective of the UNC CHER Medicaid Equity project is to develop the capacity and vision within NC Medicaid, necessary to lead and carry out the work of equity reform in policy. North Carolina Medicaid is undergoing a transformation of services, launching several health care initiatives, including Standard Plans, Tailored Plans, EBCI Tribal Option, Foster Care Health Plan and the Healthy Opportunities Pilot. Each of these initiatives incorporate health equity throughout their design and implementation. To most effectively incorporate health equity within North Carolina Medicaid and elicit accurate responses, external stakeholder engagement is required to determine how Medicaid policies can be improved.

The purpose of this study is to explore how moral distress impacted CCNs who actively engaged in practice during the pandemic and today. A quantitative survey design will be used to gather CCNs perceptions of moral distress using the Moral Distress Scale-Revised (MDS-R., Epstein et al, 2021); additional open-ended questions at the end of the survey will be used to gauge nurses' coping strategies and supports available to deal with moral distress. The open-ended questions will be derived from the literature, integrate the PIs observations, and used to complement findings from the MDS-R. The focus of this study will be solely on critical care nurses that worked through the COVID-19 pandemic due to the high-stress nature of that unit

The UNC ESOP will be conducting job analysis survey in attempt to define the role of a pharmacy administrator & leader. The purpose of this research study is to survey existing pharmacy administrators and leaders to assess tasks performed by the pharmacists specializing in administration & leadership within broad domains of practice, and to identify specialized beyond licensure knowledge bases needed to perform these tasks. By assessing the core competencies for pharmacy administration & leadership training this will not only allow for the subspecialized area of pharmacy administration & leadership to be better defined but assist in further curriculum development & validation for the UNC ESOP Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Science with a Specialization in Health System Pharmacy Administration Program. This job analysis will assist in improving education opportunities to educate tomorrows pharmacy administrators and leaders at UNC ESOP and nationwide.

Interviewing local government workers and people who do facilitation. How do they think and act concerning diversity, equity and inclusion for their work goals?

We are asking survey questions of people who participate in the Healthy Opportunities Pilots in order to see in participating in the Pilots improved health and well-being

We are evaluating whether a virtual coaching COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy intervention outperforms a basic COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy training. This will help us decide which method of training is most effective in a rural community pharmacy setting.

We are researching how and why business librarians form regional professional networks, whether informally or as formal, recognized associations.

This is a study assessing the impact of Geriatrics SCPs on medical student attitudes toward careers working with older adults and their career choice. The results will guide medical schools in whether to start or continue this type of program for medical students.

Entrustable professional activities (EPAS) are observable activities that need to be performed for a physician to meet the needs of their patients. This study will involve creation of a tool to evaluate assessment using simulated patient encounters for pediatric residents level of entrustment for Pediatric EPA 10, involving resuscitation and stabilization of an acutely ill patient.

Our medicine procedure service teaches ultrasound-assistance for lumbar punctures. We have developed a video-based electronic teaching module, as well as a spine model for ultrasound practice, to be used with this training. We plan to assess how this addition of teaching resources improves knowledge acquisition and retention and confidence in use of ultrasound for this procedure.