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Gayle Prybutok, RN, BSN, MBA, PhD

11 Wellington Oaks Circle • Denton, TX 76210 •

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Home Number: 940-565-0602

Cell Number: 940-297-5043

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Earned a PhD and moved to academic faculty position after a successful 25 plus year career as a health care executive. In all executive positions, held P and L responsibility; was responsible for strategic planning and implementation;responsible for development and supervision of multiple department directors and large staff pools; developed and successfully implemented organizational marketing initiatives; maintained standards for regulatory compliance and organizational licensure; and developed, introduced, and successfully implemented new programs. In these positions, which included serving as the Chief Nursing Officer of a hospital, Regional Director of Baylor Homecare, and Executive Director of anNIH funded national non-profit, interfaced successfully at all levels within and external to each organization, and developed and implemented programs for community outreach. Upon the transition to academia, taught a variety of undergraduate and masters’ courses online, and served as guest lecturer for both the College of Business and College of Information. During the 2015-2016 academic year, successfully designed and developed a master’s degree in Health Services Administration with 2 different concentrations, and a doctoral degree in Health Services Research, and shepherded these programs first through the University of North Texas internalapproval process, and then the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) approval process. Both programswere approved in May 2016 for delivery at UNT beginning Fall 2016.Also developed two new online core courses for the new masters’ program for delivery in Fall 2016 (Health Services Administration and Health Information Systems) using the Quality Matters design parameters, and submitted the Health Services Administration course for Quality Matters certification in May 2016. Contracted with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to complete a funded assessment project, published seven journal articles, presented at multiple conferences, and serve on the editorial boards of two academic journals.

EDUCATION

PhD, Interdisciplinary Information Science, with an emphasis on Health Informatics.

Library Information Science Department, College of Information, University of North Texas,August 2014, GPA 4.0

Masters of Business Administration, TexasWoman’s University, May 2009 GPA: 4.0

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, June 1976

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Juniata College, May 1974

Professional Certifications: Licensed Texas RN, License Number: 580275

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TEACHING/RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Consumer Health Informatics
  • Health Education
  • Health Services Administration
  • Operations Management

SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Social media health information channels
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Care Quality

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  • Health Policy

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor, Health Services Administration, Department of Disability and Addiction Rehabilitation, University of North Texas, Fall 2016- present

Responsible for teaching two fully online Master’s program courses: AGER 5450, Health Services Administration and AGER 5300 Information Systems for Health Care Management. Developed both courses, obtained approval from the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR) for 3 years, and had both courses Quality Management Certified. Responsible for student advising, teaching, research, and community service activities associated with promoting and recruiting for the new Master’s degree in Health Services Administration. Also designed and work within the new PhD in Health Services Research. Responsible for design of several additional new courses: Theories and Measures of Health and Wellness (AGER 5710), Health Services Marketing (AGER 5820), and to development of a graduate health Ethics. Serve on doctoral committees and supervise doctoral students conducting independent research. Responsible for investigating and contributing to the development of an accelerated online program in Health Services Administration, and working to obtain certification for the Health Services Administration program by CAHME, the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.

  • Full Time Adjunct Faculty and Special Assistant to the Dean, College of Public Affairs and Community Service (PACS) at the University of North Texas, Fall 2015-present

Responsible for the redesign of the Master’s and Doctoral program curriculain Applied Gerontology and for shepherding the new programs through the steps in the approval process, both internally at UNT and by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). The goal of the program redesign was to reposition master’s program offerings as concentrations within a master’s major in Health Services Administration (HSA), which can address the needs of a broader range of students. At the doctoral level, the goal was to transition the current PhD in Applied Gerontology to a PhD in Health Services Research, which will be useful to a broader student audience. In addition, the Health Services Administration core courses will serve as a foundation for concentrations in several other masters’ degree programs offered by other departments in the College, which will broaden the scope of both degrees. I have been responsible fordeveloping and advancing the newly designed programs, which reflected both a name/curriculum change and a reduction in credit hours, through the necessary academic approval processes, and both newly designed masters and doctoral programs were approved by the THECB in May of 2016 for delivery in Fall 2016. InSpring 2016, taught AGER 4450, The Family in Later Life, an online undergraduate course in the Applied Gerontology program, and received a SPOT evaluation rating of 4.7/5.0. This academic year, I also designed twonew online courses using the Quality Matters design parametersthat will be offered in Fall 2016, and which will serve as core offerings in theredesigned master’s major. These courses are AGER 5450 Health Services Administration, and AGER 5300 Health Information Systems. AGER 5450 was submitted for Quality Matters certification by CLEAR in May 2016.

  • Adjunct Professor, Health Informatics, College of Information, Department of Library Information Science at the University of North Texas. Fall 2014 andSpring 2015 Teaching INFO 4365, Health Sciences Information Management.Responsible for course development and instruction for this online blended course for undergraduates and graduate students. Designed learning modules and prepared grading rubrics and supporting materials. Lead and moderated discussion forums, evaluated student performance and infused discussion with current events and relevant resources.
  • Guest Lecturer, DSCI5320, Quality Control, Fall 2014. Presented case study on successful quality management project to reduce Emergency Department wait time in a local community hospital in this graduate Quality Control class in the College of Business at the University of North Texas.
  • Teaching Fellow,Fall 2013 and Spring 2014, College of Information, Department of Learning Technology. Taught LTEC 4121, Corporate Presentation Skills Responsible for serving as instructor of record for 26 (fall) and 32 (spring) students for this online course administered via Blackboard Learning Management System.SETE Fall 2013: 3.37/4.0, SETE Spring 2014: 3.8/4.0
  • Facilitator,Undergraduate Research Group. The research team investigated the use of Social Media as a health communication channel directed at reducing binge drinking among college students. We conducted our study during the fall semester, 2013 and presented the study at the Decision Sciences Institute Southwest Region, Dallas, Texas. March 2014. Manuscript being finalized for journal submission.
  • Graduated from the Toulouse Graduate School’s Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Program (Gstep), May 2013. Continued as Mentor to continuing Gstep participants. Online teaching portfolio available at: View resume, teaching philosophy and showcase.
  • Facilitated Gstep online Student Motivation Workshop, June-July 2013.
  • Teaching Practicum, Fall 2012- SLIS 5711 Internet Applications for Internet Professionals. Responsible for weeklong segment for 21 students on the Role of the Librarian in Health Information Seeking for this online course. This topic included cultural competency, health literacy, health information quality on the Internet, and the Internet as a health information channel.
  • Teaching Practicum, Spring 2013- CECS 5300 Learning and Cognition. Responsible for a two-week segment on Learning and Motivation for this online course using the Moodle Learning Management System.
  • Graduate Assistant, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK) August 2011 –May 2012.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Publications

  • Prybutok, Gayle L & Cleveland, Ana. “Impact Analysis of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, Express Outreach Awards 2011-2013”, International Journal of Services and Standards, 11(3), pp.221-241.DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2016.10000893
  • Hong Qin, Victor Prybutok & Gayle Prybutok (2016) Quantitative

comparison of measurements of urgent care service quality, Health Marketing Quarterly, 33:1,59-77, DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2016.1131581

  • Prybutok, G.L. (2016).“An Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) that Utilize Internet Based Smoking Reduction/Cessation Programs” Int. J. Electronic Healthcare, Vol. 8, Nos. 2/3/4, 2015
  • Prybutok, Gayle L., & Ryan, Sherry. (2015) “Social Media: The Key to Health Information Access for 18-30-Year-Old College Students”. Computers, Informatics and Nursing, 33(4), pp. 132-141, doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000147. This publication, which appeared in the April 2015 issue of the journal, and CIN were awarded a Bronze award for Best Original Research by the American Society for Healthcare Publication Editors, and, at the Editor’s request, will serveas the inaugural publication presented to the CIN Journal Club, an online synchronous discussion forum in which the selected publication is presented by the author to Journal Club members.
  • Qin, Hong, Prybutok, Victor R. and Prybutok, Gayle L.(2015) “Quantitative comparisons of urgent care service providers”, The International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 28 (6), pp. 574-594.
  • Prybutok, G. L., Koh, C., & Prybutok, V.R., (2014) “A Content Relevance Model for Social Media Health Information”. Computers, Informatics and Nursing, 32, (4), pp. 189-200, doi: 10.1097 / CIN.0000000000000041.
  • Prybutok, G. L., Koh, C., & Prybutok, V.R., (2014) “A Content Relevance Model for Social Media Health Information”. Reprinted from Computers, Informatics and Nursing in "Social Media and Informatics." Topic Collection Issue 2, 2015.
  • Prybutok, G.L., O’Connor, B., and Prybutok, V.R. (2013). “What Makes a Health Education Video ‘Go Viral’?” Journal ofModern Internet of Things,(MIOT),(2)1,1-7.
  • Prybutok, Gayle L.(2013). “YouTube: An Effective Web 2.0 Informing Channel for Health Education to Prevent STD’s”, Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline,16, pp. 19-36.

Manuscripts in Progress

  • Prybutok, Gayle L, Ruuska, Alexandra, and Prybutok, Victor R. “The Impact of Health Message Design on College Student Response to Anti-binge Drinking YouTube Health Education Videos”, being finalized for journal submission.
  • Prybutok, Gayle L. “An Integrative Model of eHealth Communication”, targeted for submission to MIS Quarterly, summer 2016.

Conference Presentations and Publications:

  • Prybutok, G.L., “Ninety to Nothing: A Parable about Health Care Quality Management,” Presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Austin, Texas, Nov 19-22, 2016.
  • Prybutok, G.L., Prybutok, V., and Xie, H., “An Effective Health Education Venue for Safe Sex in a Target Population,” Presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Austin, Texas, Nov 19-22, 2016.
  • Scott, R., Prybutok, G.L., and Prybutok, V., “Impact of Social Media Exchanges on Healthcare Services,” Presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Austin, Texas, Nov 19-22, 2016.
  • Prybutok, G., and Prybutok, V., “YouTube: An Effective Health Education Venue for Safe Sex in a Target Population,” Proceedings Abstract & Presentation at the Decision Sciences Institute Southwest Region, Oklahoma City, OK, Mar 9-11, 2016.
  • Scott, R., Prybutok, G., and Prybutok, V., “Rapid Vaccination Response to a Deadly Disease Outbreak,” Presentation at the INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 1-4, 2015.
  • Prybutok, G. L., “Health Informatics and eHealth”, Invited presentation to Southwest Decision Sciences Annual meeting, Houston, TX., March 12, 2015
  • Prybutok, G.L., and Prybutok, V., “A Health Education Module for Preventing STDs among 18-30 Year Olds,” Presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Tampa, FL, Nov 22-25, 2014.
  • Invited Panelist, Doctoral Student Consortium, Decision Sciences Institute, Dallas, Texas, March 2014: “From Proposal Completion to Seeking Your First Academic Position”.
  • Ruuska, A., Prybutok, G., Prybutok, V.R., and George, B., “Comparison of the Effectiveness of Social Media as a Health Information Channel about Binge Drinking for Honor and Non-honors Students.,” Proceedings & Presentation at the Decision Sciences Institute Southwest Region, Dallas, TX, Mar 12-15, 2014, PA075.
  • Presenter to Decision Sciences Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2013:

“Incidental Health Information Acquisition via Digital Media among 18-30 Year Olds”.

  • Prybutok, G.L. “Social Media and Health Education; YouTube and the Link to Smoking Prevention/Cessation in 18-30 Year Olds” Poster Presentation at the Diabetes Health and Welfare Institute, Dallas, TX, March 2012.
  • Qin, H., Prybutok, V.R., and Prybutok, G. “Comparison of Quantitative Measurement of Service Quality,” Presentation at the Decision Sciences Institute, San Francisco, CA, Nov 17-12, 2012, DM-14-1
  • Poster submission to iConference 2013: “YouTube and the Health Information Seeking Behaviors of Young Adults”, December 2012.
  • Prybutok, G.L. “Social Media and Health Education; YouTube and the Link to Smoking Prevention/Cessation in 18-30 Year Olds” Poster Presentation at the College of Information Doctoral Symposium, Denton, TX, April 2011.

Professional Development Activities

Contributed to the grant proposal submitted late summer 2015 by the College of Public Affairs and Community Service to the Heart to Heart Hospice Foundation. The College was awarded a $25,000 endowed scholarship for PACS undergraduate students pursuing a career in aging. The Foundation also gavePACS $11,000 in expendable funds. The award included five $1,000 graduate internships and two $3,000 community education programs, for which I have outlined the content to be presented at each session.

Served as Graduate Advisor 2016-2017

Serve on Health Services PhD Committee

Serve on Admissions Committee for the Health Services Administration Master’s Degree Program

Served on Core Communal Scoring teamsfor Jeanne Tunks in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016

Invited to join the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Healthcare Quality Assurance 2016-2017

Invited to join the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare 2016-2017

Presentation for the University of North Texas Honors College to Terry Scholars on research projects and engaging undergraduates, October 29, 2013.

Selected to participate in 2013-2014 UNT Graduate Research Fellowship Support Program. The program aims to increase the number and quality of extramural proposals in support of graduate research and study at UNT. A secondary objective is to improve the skills of UNT graduate students in preparing proposals for research grants and fellowships. The program is jointly sponsored by the Toulouse Graduate School, the Office of the Vice President for Research, and the UNT Office for Nationally Competitive Scholarships. Competitive selection was based on the range and significance of the participant’s proposed contribution to field of study, the quality of the match between the ideas and the targeted grant or fellowship opportunity, and the overall quality of the application’s likelihood for funding success.

Manuscript Review Activities

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (IJHCQA-09-2016-0136-R1) December, 2016

Manuscript peer review for Computers, Informatics and Nursing (Manuscript ID CIN-D-16-00100), December, 2016

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Electronic Health Care (IJEH-163693) December, 2016

Manuscript peer review for Computers, Informatics and Nursing (Manuscript ID CIN-D-16-00089), October, 2016

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (IJHCQA-09-2016-0136) September, 2016

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Electronic Healthcare (Manuscript ID IJEH-150859), August, 2016

Manuscript peer review for Quality Management Journal(Manuscript ID 160515 “Improving the efficiency of a Healthcare facility using TQM tools: An Action Research application.”), August 2016

Manuscript peer review for Computers, Informatics and Nursing (Manuscript ID CIN-D-16-00059), July 2016.

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (Manuscript ID IJHCQA-06-2016-0089), July, 2016

Manuscript peer review for Computers, Informatics and Nursing (Manuscript ID CIN-D-16-00031), May, 2016.

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Electronic Healthcare (Manuscript ID IJEH-141527), April, 2016.

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Information and Libraries (Manuscript ID HILJ-16-0007), March, 2016

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (Manuscript ID IJHCQA-06-2015-0070.R2), March, 2016

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (Manuscript ID IJHCQA-10-2015-0125.R2), March, 2016

Manuscript peer review for Computers Informatics and Nursing (CIN-D-15-00107), January, 2016.

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance(IJHCQA-10-2015-0125.R1) January, 2016

Manuscript peer review for Computers Informatics and Nursing (CIN-D-15-00078R1) January, 2016

Manuscript peer review forComputers Informatics and Nursing (CIN-D-15-00078) November, 2015

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (IJHCQA-10-2015-0125),November 2015

Manuscript peer review for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (IJHCQA-07-2015-0087),July 2015

Manuscript peer review for Health Information and Libraries (HILJ-14-0084.R2), June, 2015

Manuscript peer review forComputers Informatics and Nursing (CIN-D-15-00038), June, 2015

Manuscript peer review for Health Information and Libraries (HILJ-14-0084.R1), March, 2015

Manuscript peer review for Informatics for Health and Social Care (IHSC-2014-0125), November, 2014

Manuscript peer review forHealth Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ-14-0084), November, 2014

Manuscript peer review forComputers Informatics and Nursing (CIN-D-14-00069), October 2014

Manuscript peer review for Health Promotion Practice(HPP-14-0030R3) September 2014

Manuscript peer review for Informatics for Health and Social Care (IHSC-2014-0069R1), September 2014.

Manuscript peer review forComputers Informatics and Nursing (CIN-D-14-00053), August 2014.

Manuscript peer review for Informatics for Health and Social Care (IHSC-2014-0069), July 2014.

Manuscript peer review for Health Promotion Practice (HPP-14-0030.R1), June 2014.

Manuscript peer review for AMCIS SIG Health (Manuscript ID AMCIS-0705-2014) March, 2014.