Ross, Jeanette SSchool of Medicine |
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Dr. Jeanette Ross is Director of Educational Initiatives Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Fellowships. Dr. Rosss academic interests include integrating Geriatric Palliative Care content into educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate medical education levels. Her main interests include: advanced communication skills, goals of care, pain management and management of falls in elders. Her clinical activities are based at the Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital, where she works in the Geriatrics and Palliative Care Consultation Service, and the Geriatrics Clinic. Dr. Ross is interested in using social media to enhance teaching and learning. |
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| 3/2012 - Present | Clinical Associate Professor | University of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
| 9/2006 - Present | Staff Physician Geriatrics and Extended care | South Texas Veterans Health care System, San Antonio, TX |
| 9/2006 - Present | Associate Program Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship | UTHSCSA, Medicine, San Antonio, TX |
| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 2006 | Clinical Fellowship | Hospice and Palliative Medicine (n/a) | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 2005 | Clinical Fellowship | Geriatric Medicine | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 2004 | Residency | Family Medicine | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 1998 | MD | Medicine | Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Medellin , Colombia |
Caregiving and Dementia- involved in the adaptation, development, and piloting of the "cuidando con respeto program" a culturally appropriate program intended to help Spanish speaker Latino family caregivers acquire skills for dealing with relatives with dementia. |
End-of-life Communication- To enhance communication skills of healthcare providers to facilitate end-of-life communication between patients, families and providers. |
Geriatric Education- actively involved in the education of trainees such as medical students, residents (Medicine, Family Medicine, Psychiatry etc) clinical fellows and interdisciplinary learners in the proper delivery of geriatric care |
Geriatric Palliative Care- Expertise in providing Palliative Care to frail older adults with uncontrolled symptoms |
Social Media and Palliative Care- Dr. Ross participates regularly in a weekly interprofessional group discussion on Palliative Care topics "HPM Tweetchat". Dr. Ross is interested in using social media to enhance teaching and learning, and establishing national networking. Dr. Ross has been involved in researching the available palliative care and care giving content in youtube videos. |
| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| 3/2011 - Present | MEDI 4115 Hospice and Palliative Medicine Course | UTHSCSA | 660 students |
| Mandatory spring didactic course offered to all medical students. I was involved in the development of the course, designing the curriculum, developing the interactive multimedia module, and teaching the small group sessions. This is an 8 hour credit course in which students learn about hospice and Palliative Medicine principles, advanced communication skills, goals of care, pain management and interdisciplinary teamwork. I spent approximately 20 hours total face time leading small group sessions, giving feedback to several groups of students during their standardized observed structured clinical encounters and small group course evaluations. | |||
| 4/2010 - Present | Rotation Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
| 7/2009 - Present | Medicine Clerkship | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| I teach palliative care day for the third year medical students doing the Medicine clerkship. In small groups work on communication skills and pain management. I also review students reflective essays on their hospice visit. approximately teach 40 students/year | |||
| 3/2007 - Present | Individual Instruction | UTHSCSA | |
| 9/2006 - Present | Post-Doctoral Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
| 9/2006 - Present | Individual Instruction | UTHSCSA | |
| 9/2006 - Present | Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Team Meetings | UTHSCSA/STVHCS | 30 students |
| These are weekly 1 hour didactic sessions designed for medical and interdisciplinary Palliative care fellows, Palliative Care faculty and rotating learners (medical students and residents. Attendees of the session acquire knowledge to develop expertise in Hospice and Palliative Care. I am an active participant in this sessions and I''m the presenter in approximately 12 sessions per year. | |||
| 9/2006 - Present | Geriatric Medicine | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| I teach and supervise fourth year medical students participating of the clerkship during the clinical experiences of the combined Geriatrics and Palliative Care service, the Inpatient Hospice Unit and the VA Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) clinic. Typically Im in contact with each students for about 12 contact hours. On average I supervise 8 students per year. | |||
Journal Article |
| Harris B, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Sleeping in the Arms of Cancer The Cancer Journal 2014 Sep;20(5):299-305. |
| Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Curriculum Evaluation and Learner Assessment in Medical Education Journal of Palliative Medicine 2012 Jan;15(1):116-122. |
| Villarreal DV, Restrepo MI, Healy JM, Howard B, Tidwell J, Ross JS, Hartronft SR, Jawad M, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Reed K, Espinoza SE. A Model for Increasing Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: Enhancing Interprofessional Consultation Rates and Communication Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2011 Nov;42(5):676-679. |
Abstract |
| Kasbarian C, Ferguson D, Lee S, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Geri-SAFE: Educating Medical Students on Managing Falls; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1). |
| Harris B., Restrepo MI, Bryson C.D., Ross JS, Espinoza SE, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Villarreal D. Changing the Practice of Intesive Care to Improve the Lives of Older Adults; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1). |
| Ku B, Emandi, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. How Caregivers Use Twitter; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1). |
| Harris B, Washington F., Ross JS, Oakes SL. Stopping the Revolving Door: Decreasing Admissions From a Community Nursing Home to Hospital Using INTERACT 2 and Palliative Care Interventions; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1). |
| Healy JM, Chappell P, Lee S, Villarreal D, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. The Double Parallel Curriculum in Palliative Care(DP-PC): Using a Double Parallel Education Strategy with Multimedia to Enhance Learners Knowledge and Skills in End of Life Palliative Care (EOL-PC); 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1). |
| Healy JM, Lee, S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Chappell, P, Villarreal, D. The Double Parallel Curriculum in Palliative Care(DP-PC): Using a Double Parallel Education Strategy with Multimedia to Enhance Learners Knowledge and Skills in End of Life Palliative Care (EOL-PC); 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2). |
| Ku, B, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Twitter As a Caregiver Resource; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2). |
| Wiesenthal, A, Ross JS, Kerrington, C, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lin, L. When Cancer Blogging Helps with Healing More than One; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2). |
| Bernacki, R, Bharija, A, Gupta, M, Shah, R, Muyot, A, Ross JS, Talebreza, S, Tatum, P, Widera, E. Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity: Geriatric Training for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Providers; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2). |
| Chappell, P, Lee, S, Ross JS, Healy JM, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Communicating with Dying Patients and Their Families: Multimedia Training in End-of-Life Care; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management). |
| Methvin, B, Lee, S, Sharp, C, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Caregiver Burden Among Family Caregivers Of Homebound Older Veterans; 2013 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 61, no. S1). |
| Methvin, B, Lee, S, Ross JS. Analysis of YouTube Resources for Caregivers of Aging Individuals; 2013 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 61, no. s1). |
| Levine, S, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Periyakoil, V, Ross JS, Rosielle ,D, Gustin, J. Fellowship Directors - Looking 10 Years into the Future; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 45, no. 2). |
| Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Meyer, T, Riley, C, Villarreal, D. Rehabilitating the Palliative Care Patient: Why Bother?; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 45, no. 2). |
| Patel, C, Abel, J, Ross JS, Lee, S, Wiesenthal, A, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Changing Practice by Changing Hearts: Medical Students Reflecting on Their Hands-on Palliative Care Experience; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 45, no. 2). |
| Aziz, W, Getter, B, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lee, S. YouTube as a Palliative Care Source of Information to the world; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom management; vol. 45, no. 2). |
| Jawad M, Villarreal D, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Lee S, Restrepo MI, Tidwell J. Geriatric Palliative Care and Medical Intensive Care teams Collaborating to increase Geriatric Palliative Care Services for Older Veterans; 2012 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 60, no. 4). |
| Ross J, Meier D, Weissman D, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Learn from Todays Palliative Medicine Leaders So You Can Become a Palliative Leader Tomorrow; 2012 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 43, no. 2). |
| Healy JM, El Ahdab S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Bereaved Family Members as Teachers: Educating Medical Students in What Matters Most; 2012 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 43, no. 2). |
| Goldman B, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Shuko L. Evaluating an Interdisciplinary, Multicultural, Innovative, and Required Palliative Care Medical Student Course; 2012 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 43, no. 2). |
| France A, Andrews C, Garza ME, Lee S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Comparison of Advance Directive Completion Rates and Pain Assessment between Geriatric Oncology and Non-Oncology Clinics; 2011 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 59, no. S1). |
| France A, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lowery A, Lee S. Healthcare Preferences of Older Adults With Cancer; 2011 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 59, no. S1). |
| Madhusudanannair V, Lee S, Ross JS, Hartronft SR, Sanchez-Reilly SE. A Comparison Among Cancer and Non-Cancer Terminally Ill Subjects: Who Is Suffering More?; 2011 Jan. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 40, no. 2). |
| Stanley N, Tarik H, Lee S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Relationship Between Comorbidity Index and Symptom Burden in Chronically Ill Older Adults; 2011 Jan. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 40, no. 2). |
| Alshehabi M, Schillerstrom J, ODonell L, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Interviewing Those Who Just Lost their Loved Ones: An Innovative Method to Introduce Palliative Medicine to Medical Students; 2011 Jan. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 40, no. 2). |
| Ross JS, Reed KC. Intranasal Steroid Induced Psychosis In A Geriatric Patient; 2010 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 58, no. S1). |
| Andrews C, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lee S, Ross JS. Advance Directives Among Older Adults Seen In Geriatric Palliative Care And Internal Medicine Clinics; 2010 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 58, no. S1). |
| Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, ODonnell L, Lee S, Schillerstrom JE. A Longitudinal Curriculum in Geriatric Palliative Care for Medical Students; 2010 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 58, no. S1). |
| Davila AE, Garza ME, Lee S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Effectiveness of a Geriatric Palliative Care Consult on Pain and Geriatric Syndromes; 2010 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 58, no. S1). |
| Lowery A, Lee S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Effect of Prior Experience with a Dying Person on Medical Students Communication Skill with Terminally Ill Patients; 2010 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 39, no. 2). |
| Andrews C, Patel JK, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Do Older Adults with Completed Advance Directives Really Understand Them?; 2010 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 39, no. 2). |
| Davila A, Garza ME, Lee S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Effectiveness of a Geriatric Palliative Care Consult on Pain Management and Advance Directives among Older Adults; 2010 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 39, no. 2). |
| Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Villarreal D, Wittenberg-Lyles E, Lee S. Educational intervention in pain assessment and management; 2009 Apr. (J Palliat Med; vol. 12, no. 4). |
| Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Villarreal D, Witttenberg-Lyles E, Lee S. Educational Intervention in Pain Assessment and Management; 2009 Apr. (J Palliat Med; vol. 12, no. 4). |
| Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Meyer T, Lee S, Garza ME. Effectiveness of Geriatric Palliative Care Consultation; 2009 Apr. (J Palliat Med; vol. 12, no. 4). |
| Meyer T, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lee S, Ross JS. Effectiveness of Geriatric Palliative Care Consultation; 2009 Mar. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 37, no. 3). |
| Escobar V, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Wittenberg-Lyles E. The Impact of a Palliative Care Educational Intervention on Medical Students Communication Attitudes and Skills; 2009 Mar. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 37, no. 3). |
Other |
| Ross JS. Cuidado Paliativo Para Personas Con Demencia Alzheimers Association New York City Chapter Newsletter 2010 Dec;. |
Federal |
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| Funding Agency | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Title | I-ACP VA |
| Status | Active |
| Period | 11/2012 - 9/2013 |
| Role | Co-Investigator |
| Grant Detail | The Advance Care Planning Project aims to establish an interdisciplinary "floating" clinic to improve rates of advance directives among outpatient veterans suffering from severe chronic conditions, in addition to enhancing staff and patient education about advance care planning |
| Funding Agency | Deputy Under Secretary for Health Operations and Management |
| Title | I CARE and Serious Illness South Texas Veterans Health Care System |
| Status | Active |
| Period | 6/2012 - 6/2013 |
| Role | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Grant Detail | funding received as part of the I CARE and Serious Illness: Putting Core Values into Action program. The funding was used to develop target training to front line staff on how to conduct family meetings of veterans. We developed a veteran focused communication video as an educational intervention. Additionally a comfort care order set was implemented to reduce suffering among seriously ill veterans. |
| Funding Agency | Deputy Under Secretary for Health Operations and Management |
| Title | I CARE and Serious Illness Veterans Integrated Services Network 17 |
| Status | Active |
| Period | 6/2012 - 5/2013 |
| Role | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Grant Detail | funding received as part of the I CARE and Serious Illness: Putting Core Values into Action program. We implemented education interventions to improve the care and communication in the ICU to promote effective interdisciplinary education and family meetings. The program was implemented within VISN 17 facilities with MICU : Dallas, Temple and San Antonio VA''s. A MICU communication focused educational video was developed. |
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| Funding Agency | UT System Patient Safety Committee |
| Title | Geri-SAFE (Student Learners Assessing Falls Among Elders): An Inter-professional Multilevel Approach |
| Status | Active |
| Period | 7/2011 - 6/2015 |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Grant Detail | The GeriSAFE will develop, implement, and evaluate an educational intervention for undergraduate and graduate medical and nursing learners. The GeriSAFE Project is an inter-professional multilevel educational intervention that aims to promote and improve safety among elders by training future generations of health care providers. The Geri-SAFE Project will be based on the older patient-tailored ACOVE quality indicators, particularly focusing on falls and mobility problems. The Geri-SAFE Project will teach principles of Geriatric fall detection, assessment and management. The GeriSAFE curriculum will be taught and evaluated by using interactive multimedia didactic modules, case videos, an inter-professional case-based small group activity and a standardized clinical encounter. |
| Funding Agency | UT System Patient Safety Committee - University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education |
| Title | PAIN-ME-FREE Pain Activity for Inter-Professional Nursing and Medical Student Education Focusing on Response, Effectiveness and Decreasing Side Effects Among Older Adults |
| Status | Active |
| Period | 7/2012 - 6/2015 |
| Role | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Grant Detail | This Educational project is a collaborative effort between UTHSCSA Schools of Medicine and Nursing and UTSA to allow us to promote and improve safety among elders by training future generations on the principles of safe assessment and management of pain among older adults. |
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| Title | I-PAIN-ME: Interprofessional Pain Assessment Involving Nursing and Medical Student Education |
| Status | Active |
| Period | 7/2011 - 6/2012 |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Grant Detail | The I-PAIN-ME proposal aims to educate medical and nursing students together to understand the principles of pain physiopathology and assessment while managing the patient as an integral part of an inter-professional team. The medical and nursing students, led by Nursing and Medicine faculty, interprofessional staff and fellows, will be completing an online module and together debriefing in small groups to facilitate case-based learning and active participation (learner engagement). |