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I am an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. I received my BSN from Duke University, neonatal nurse practitioner certificate from Pitt County Memorial Hospital (now Vidant Medical Center) and Brody School of Medicine, MSN and post-masters certificate in Nurse-Midwifery from East Carolina University, and PhD in nursing from East Carolina University.  I have 40 years of nursing experience that includes 24 years as a nurse-midwife and 10 years of prior experience as a neonatal nurse practitioner. I have worked in full-scope midwifery practices in a large teaching hospital, private practice, health department, and within a busy community hospital obstetrical service. I was the Project Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing (HRSA) funded project Enhancing the Care of Women Throughout the Lifespan using Technology in Interprofessional Education. In my role as Project Director I have been responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating interprofessional educational strategies for nurse-midwifery and third year medical students and dental medicine residents who participate together in a web-based learning environment.  My research and scholarly interests are in the use of technology in interprofessional education and strategies to enhance interprofessional learning in distance education programs.