My research is at the nexus of healthcare pedagogy, health systems, and digital technologies. I aim to enhance healthcare education through critically framed pedagogies that improve learning outcomes and equip healthcare professionals with the needed skills to care for complex clients. Concurrently, I use a complex systems approach to understand better opportunities and barriers to optimize health services, reduce costs, and personalize patient care. Central to my work is the innovative application of digital technologies within both education and healthcare systems. Ultimately, my research strives to create an interconnected healthcare ecosystem that is efficient, effective, and patient-centric, significantly advancing both education and health outcomes.

Dr. Kristin Petrovic is an Assistant Professor in the MHS & MNGEN programs. Kristin has over a decade of experience in nursing education, including eight years as an academic coordinator at AU in the LPN-BN program. As an undergraduate program educator, Kristin taught and led many courses with a focus on community health, final consolidation in practice, and nursing research. Kristin also served as a curriculum lead, course lead, and course writer, where she analyzed, planned and developed curriculum structures, courses, assessments, resources, and learning activities. As a registered nurse, Kristin has 15 years of community, maternal, and neonatal nursing experience with a specialty focus on infant feeding and transitional care.