College of Nursing

Martha "Marty" Sexton, Ph.D., RN, FNAP

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Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Interim Director of the Learning Resource Center, Simulation, & Interprofessional Education
Professor
martha.sexton@utoledo.edu
 

Education

Ph.D., The University of Toledo, 2014
M.S.N., Medical College of Ohio, 1995
B.S.N., Bowling Green State University, 1990

Population Focus

Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice

Affiliations/Community Service Interprofessional Education/collaboration organizations
Awards/Recognitions/Grants
  1. Ohio Board of Nursing Education grant - $200,000
  2. Ohio Board of Nursing Education grant - $150,000
  3. Mass Violence internal $75,000 grant
  4. STRIVE to Survive simulation training in violent episodes
  5. June 2019-present Nurse Education Grant Program (NEGP)
    Agency Name: Ohio Board of Nursing
    Role: Principle Investigator
    Awarded $156,990
  6. July 2019-present Joint College of Nursing College of Medicine and Life Sciences Collaboration Grant
    Agency Name: University of Toledo
    Role: Co-PI
    Awarded $75,000
  7. Fall 2019 Provost’s Associate to Professor Program
    Selected Faculty, Competitive Selection
    University of Toledo
  8. July 2018 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) Section Best Publication
    Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  9. June 2018 Human Trafficking Proposal Designated Spotlight Area of Unique Distinction
    University of Toledo Research Council
  10. May 2016-2018 SIP Grant: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RJWF) Future of Nursing:
    State Implementation Program
    Agency Name: Ohio Action Coalition
    Role: Co-Leader of the Northwest Ohio Team
  11. July 2012-April 2017 MEDTAPP Grant: Ohio Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program
    Banner Grant Index # :204288
    Agency Name: Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center
    Role: Developed and Implemented the Curriculum for Interprofessional Recovery-based Care at UT (CIRCUT) Initiative and currently active member of the UT IPE Steering Committee
  12. December 2016 Provost Leadership Institute
    Selected Faculty, Competitive Selection
    University of Toledo
  13. April 2016 Scholar, Medicaid Technical Assistance Policy and Program
  14. March 2015 Diversity Champion Award
    Cultural Ambassadors of University of Toledo
  15. September 2014 University of Toledo Shining Star Award
    Outstanding Contributions to Interprofessional Education
  16. June 2010- July 2011 Jacobson’s Center for Translation Research: Interprofessional Student Award
    Title: Developing Team Leadership Skills through the use of Advanced Simulation Technologies
    Agency Name: University of Toledo
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Awarded: $5,000
  17. May 2011 Prism Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Nurse Leader Students
    University of Toledo College of Nursing
  18. May 2010 Dr. James Hampton Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Award
    University of Toledo
  19. June 2009 -July 2010 Jacobson’s Center for Translation Research: Interprofessional Student Award
    Title: Investigating the Benefits of the Wheelchair to Real Chair Program
    Agency Name: University of Toledo
    Role: Co-principal Investigator
    Awarded: $5,000
Publications

 Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Bowles, W.S., Sharpnack, P., Drennen, C., Sexton, M., Bowler, C., Mitchell, K, Mahowald J. (2020). Beyond Articulation Agreements: Expanding the Pipeline for Baccalaureate Nursing in Ohio. Nurs Educ Perspect. 41(5):274-279. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000713. PMID: 32833393.
  2. Peeters, M.J., Sexton, M.E. (2019). Use of reflective-writing within interprofessional education: A mixed-methods analysis. Journal of Interprofessional Care. (16), 1-8, doi: 10.1080/13561820.2019.1649644.
  3. McKenzie, N., Wishner, C., Sexton, M., Saevig, D., Fink, B., & Rega, P. (2019). Active Shooter: What Would Healthcare Students Do While Caring for Their Patients? Run? Hide? Or Fight? Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.67.
  4. Rega, P. P., Fink, B., Sexton, M., Schneiderman, J., Kakish, E., Mckenzie, N., Jones, C. (2019). Improving the improvisational pelvic circumferential compression technique for open-book pelvic fractures using a simulation model and a sphygmomanometer. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. doi:10.1136/jramc-2019-001196.
  5. Fink, B. N., Rega, P. P., Sexton, M. E., & Wishner, C. (2018). START versus SALT Triage: Which is Preferred by the 21st Century Health Care Student? Prehospital and Disaster Medicine,33(4), 381-386. doi:10.1017/s1049023x18000547.
  6. Peeters, M. J., Sexton, M., Metz, A. E., & Hasbrouck, C. S. (2017). A team-based interprofessional education course for first-year health professions students. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning,9(6), 1099-1110. doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2017.07.006.
  7. Baessler, W., & Best, W., Sexton, M., (2016). Beyond course objectives. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 47 (2), 248-249.
  8. Sexton, M., & Baessler, M. (2016). Interprofessional collaborative practice. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 47 (4), 156-157. 
  9. Peeters, M. J., Chen, Y., & Sexton, M. (2016). Validation of the SPICE-R instrument among a diverse interprofessional cohort: A cautionary tale. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning,8(4), 517-523. doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2016.03.008.
  10. Sexton, M., & Orchard, C. (2016). Understanding healthcare professionals’ self-efficacy to resolve interprofessional conflict. Journal of Interprofessional Care,30(3), 316-323. doi:10.3109/13561820.2016.1147021.
  11. Sexton, M. E. (2014). Determinants of healthcare professionals’ self-efficacy to resolve conflicts that occur among interprofessional collaborative teams. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/.
  12. Sexton, M., Stobbe, B., Lessick, M. (2012). Advancing medical surgical nursing through advanced simulation. Med Surg Matters, 21(3/4).

Abstracts and Letters to the Editor

  1. Rega, P.P., Sexton, M. E., McKenzie, N., Fink, B.N.; Ochs, N. (2018). The Tourniquet Gap Exists Even Among Healthcare Students. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Letter to Editor.
  2. Sexton, M., & Oberlander, J. (2017, April). IPE Pedagogy: What do student’s think? University of Toronto Center for IPE Newsletter. Retrieved from http://mailchi.mp/ce0f328847f8/uoft-centre-for-ipe-april-2017-newsletter?e=4183f2c314.
  3. Sexton, M., Ohn, M.J., Belcher, A., & Bowman, M. (2017, August).  Exploring Self-efficacy Among CNL Nursing Students in an Interprofessional Pediatric and Infant Simulation. University of Toronto Center for IPE Newsletter. Retrieved from http://mailchi.mp/e3bf8c74f8c6/uoft-centre-for-ipe-june-2017-newsletter-1449813?e=4183f2c314.
  4. Sexton, M., Schmitt, T. (2017, November) Integrating Interprofessional Education into Nursing Programs. 2nd World Congress on Nursing & Nursing Education. {abstract}.
  5. Peeters, M.J., Sexton, M. (2017). Assessing development in interprofessional education: a quasi-experimental analysis. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2017; 81 (5) Article S5 {abstract}.
  6. Allen, D., Sexton, M., & Rykhoff, M. (2013). Informing CIHC's National Interprofessional Competency Framework. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 27 (Supp.1) [abstract].
  7. Spatholt, D., & Sexton, M. (2013, January). Effect of TeamSTEPPS on Leadership Development in Interprofessional Teams [Abstract]. University of Toronto: Centre for Interprofessional Education Newsletter.
Last Updated: 10/23/23