Dr. Karrie N.
Associate Program Manager – Special Programs Pathways
Karrie serves as Futuro Health Human Touch Healthcare facilitator. Her experience includes being a full time Professor of Health Professions, Associate Psychology Professor, Associate Sport Psychology Professor at the Doctoral Level, an Activity Care Program Coordinator/Educator, an American Heart Association BLS CPR Instructor, a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia Care Trainer, and previously as both an Interim Coordinator in a Health Sciences Program and as a Corporate Virtual Medical Language Instructor.
Karrie has additionally taught in higher education, classes which have include Sport Psychology, Psychology, Health and Wellness Promotion, Gerontology, Lifespan Growth and Development, Social Psychology, End of Life Issues, Introduction to Public Health, Healthcare Communications, Medical Terminology, Health Information Management, Healthcare Administration, Pathophysiology, and being TESOL certified, she has also taught English as a Second Language.
Karrie has also developed curriculum for health professions programs in the gerontological field of study, in healthcare professions, in psychology, and in education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
- Sport, Rehabilitation, and Wellness Psychology
- Sport Psychology and Management
- Psychology of Adult Development and Later Life
- Healthcare Communication
- Health Information Technology and Management
- Gerontology, Alzheimer’s, and Dementia Psychology and Care
- Healthcare Administration, Revenue Stream, and Billing
- Medical Language Specialist
EDUCATION:
- PsyD Doctor of Psychology, The University of the Rockies, 2018
- MAEd Master of Education, Ashford University, 2011
- B.A. Bachelor of Healthcare Administration, Ashford University, 2010
- A.A.S. Associate of Applied Science, Health Information Management, Collin College, 2020
- A.S. Associate of Science, Health Information Technology, Lonestar College System, 2018
- A.S. Associate of Science, General Science and Psychology, Collin College, 2015
- A.A. Associate of Arts, Premedical Health Sciences, Lonestar College System, 2005
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AND CREDENTIALS:
- CWP Certified Wellness Practitioner, National Wellness Institute
- CADDCT Certified Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia Care Trainer
- CDP Certified Dementia Practitioner
- AC-BC Board Certified Activity Care
- QM TOC Quality Matters Teaching Online Certified
- QM PCR Quality Matters Peer Course Reviewer, Higher Education
- AHA BLS American Heart Association, BLS CPR HCP Instructor, Certified
- HMCT Licensed, HeartMath Certified Trainer
- TESOL Teacher of English Students of Other Languages, Certified
- MBSR Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Certified
- HICATT Health Informatics Curriculum and Training for Transformation, Informatio
- Technology/Information Systems, Office of National Coordinator Workforce
- Development Program Certified
- TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- HIT Medical Coding and Billing Level 1, Certified
- TBL Team-Based Learning Consortium (TBLC), Fundamentals of Team-Based
- Learning, Certified