Second Annual
2003 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice 
Best Practice: Improving Quality



Institute Faculty

National and internationally renowned EBP experts will guide Institute participants through the fundamentals of EBP to incorporation of strategies into their roles in patient care, research, education, and administration in their home institutions.

Speakers include:

Keynote - Terry Clemmer, MD
Director Critical Care Medicine, LDS Hospital, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah, Reviewer, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century

Oralia V. Bazaldua, Pharm D, BCPS
Clinical Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Lt. Col. Theresa Dremsa, RN, PhD
Director of Research, 59th Clinical Research Squadron, Wilford Hall Medical Center

Robert L. Ferrer, MD
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA, Veterans Evidence-based Research, Dissemination, and Implementation Center (VERDICT) and AHRQ Project Investigator
Karlene Kerfoot, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN
Senior Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive, Clarion Health Partners, Inc
Karin Kirchhoff, RN, PhD, FAAN
Rodefer Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Nursing
Gail Mallory, RN, PhD
Director of Research, Oncology Nursing Society
Marthe Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L.Murphy Division
Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD
Professor and Director of the Veterans Evidence-based Research, Dissemination, and Implementation Center (VERDICT), South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division and UTHSCSA School of Medicine
Jean Slutsky, PA, MSPH
Project Officer, National Guideline and Measures Clearinghouses Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN
Professor and Director of the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA
Karen Kelly-Thomas, RN, PhD, FAAN
Director, Research, Education and Publications, Association for Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing, Washington, DC
Harold L. Timboe, MD, MPH, Major General (Ret.) Army
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, UTHSCSA
Steven A. Wartman, MD, PhD
Professor, Executive Vice President for Academic and Health Affairs and Dean, School of Medicine, UTHSCSA

Additional clinical and EBP experts


Program Committee
  • Co-Chair - Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division
  • Co-Chair - Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD FAAN, Professor and Director of the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA
  • Oralia Bazaldua, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
  • Melinda Bender, MSN, RN, CCRN, Faculty, Baptist Health System, Institute of Health Education, School of Professional Nursing
  • Paula Clutter, MSN, RN, CS, UTHSCSA School of Nursing doctoral student
  • Lt. Col. Theresa L. Dremsa, RN, PhD, Director of Nursing Research, 59th Clinical Research Squadron, Wilford Hall Medical Center
  • Kathleen Dunemn, AN, CNM, PhD, LTC (P), Senior Staff Officer, Army Medical Dept. Center and School, Center for Health Education and Studies, Analysis Branch, Fort Sam Houston, TX
  • Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
  • COL Carol A. Jones, Army Nurse Corps, MEd, RN, MN, ANCC, Nursing Administration, Chief Nurse, US Army Medical Command
  • LTC Debra D. Mark, RN, PhD, Nurse Researcher, Brooke Army Medical Center
  • Shirley W. Menard, RN, PhD, CPNP, FAAN, Professor, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA
  • Laura R. Munoz, RNC, MSN, NNP, Doctoral Candidate, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA
  • Anthia Murray, MPH, MSN, RN, Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA
  • Linda Porter, MSN, MA, RN, CNAA, LPC, NCC, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Flex Program, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA
  • Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD, Professor at the UTHSCSA School of Medicine and Director of VERDICT, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division
  • Kathleen Reeves, MSN, RN, C, Assistant Professor/Clinical, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA
  • LTC Della Stewart, RN, PhD, Nurse Researcher, Brooke Army Medical Center
  • Lynn Still, BSN, RN, Critical Care Educator, Methodist Healthcare System
  • Rosalie Tierney-Gumaer, RN, MPH, MSN, CPHQ, Director, Nursing Continuing Education and Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA
  • Suzanne Yarbrough, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA