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Debra K. Mattison

Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work

Debra K. Mattison

Debra K. Mattison, MSW '81, has extensive experience in providing clinical social work services as well as program planning in a variety of settings including cancer care, palliative care and integrated primary care, and private practice. Her professional interests have focused on oncology, chronic illness, grief and loss, palliative care, women’s health, interprofessional education, group work and spirituality in social work practice. She is a board certified oncology social worker and an Association of Oncology Social Work Fellow. Her published articles cover a variety of areas including professional standards and ethics, professional resilience, spirituality in social work practice and interprofessional education.

Mattison has received awards for her leadership and clinical practice, including Social Worker of the Year from the Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

Research Interests/Focus

Medical social work in a variety of settings (cancer care, palliative care and integrated primary care), integrated healthcare, chronic illness, grief and loss, interprofessional education and spirituality

Contact Information

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Education

Year Degree   School
1981 MSW Social Work University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1979 BA University of Indiana, South Bend
Year Description
2023 Smith, L., Mattison, D., Anderson, O., Balzer, K., Trupiano, N. & Edwards, H. (2023). The new waveof IPE: Scaling strategies and impact. University of Michigan Health Professions Education (HPE) Day.
2023 Phanudulkitti, C. Mattison, D., Bavireddy, V. & Gross, Melissa (2023). The impact of course design, gender, and academic level on student responses to an introductory IPE experience. Collaboration Across Borders (CAB) Annual Conference: Hope and Trust in Health Care,
2023 Farris, K., Anderson, O., Balzer, K., Bishop, T., Edwards, H., Fitzgerald, M., Mattison, D., Rulli, D., & Smith, L. (2023). Patient evaluations of interprofessional student healthcare teams: Opportunity to rate teams is variable while participation is positive. Nexus Summit 2023: Working Together for Impact.
2023 Mattison, D. & Irish, K. (2023). Forgiveness: Exploring its power and complexities. Association of Oncology Social Workers Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2023 Mattison, D., Smith, L. & Bishop, T. 2023). Innovations in IPE faculty recruitment, engagement, and retention. Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) VIII Conference. Oral Presentation.
2023 Mattison, D., Smith, L. & Bishop, T. (2023). The team that “teams” together, stays together: Balancing transactional and relational teamwork. Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) VIII Conference. Oral Presentation.
2023 Smith, L., Edwards, H., Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M., Anderson, O., Blazer, K., Bishop, T., Rulli, D., & Mattison, D. (2023). Early experiential interprofessional offerings: Innovation in scaling and sustainability. Nexus Summit 2023: Working Together for Impact
2022 Anderson, O., Mattison, D., Trupiano, N., Bishop, T., Balzer, K., Patterson, V. & Smith, L. (2022). Awareness of social and environmental factors of healthcare through patient-centered experiential IPE in early health professional learners. National Academies of Practice Annual Meeting & Forum: Promoting diversity, resilience and interprofessional collaboration in education, practice and research. San Diego, CA.
2022 Mattison, D., Balzer, K., Anderson, O., Bishop, T., Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M., Patterson, V., Rulli, D., Trupiano, N. & Smith, L. (2022). Putting the patient at the center of IPE learning and evaluation. University of Michigan, Heath Professions Education Day, April 5, 2022. Poster Presentation.
2022 Mattison, D., Anderson, O., Bishop, T., Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M., Trupiano, N. Ursuy, P. & Smith, L. (2022). Dipping your toes in the water: A low-stakes, experiential strategy to recruit and engage faculty in interprofessional education, Nexus 2022 Summit, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Mattison, D. & Blackburn, S. (2022). Embracing brokenness and reclaiming life: Wabi sabi and kintsugi in oncology social work practice. Association of Oncology Social Work 2022 Annual Conference.
2022 Mattison, D. (2022). The hurried life: Time may not be the problem or the solution. Association of Oncology Social Work 2022 Annual Conference.
2022 Farris, K., Anderson, O., Balzer, K., Bishop, T., Fitzgerald, M., Mattison, D., Patterson V., Smith, L., & Ursuy, P. Introductory, experiential, inter-professional education (IPE) teams: concordance in ratings of team performance by students, patients and faculty experts. Nexus Summit.
2022 Mattison, D., Anderson, O. , Bishop, T., Farris, B., Fitzgerald, M. Trupiano,, N., Ursuy, P., Smith, L. (2022). Dipping your toes in the water: A low-stakes, experiential strategy to recruit and engage faculty in interprofessional education. Nexus Summit.
2022 Anderson, O., Rulli, D., Smith, L. Ascalera-Torres, A., Patterson, V., Mattison, D., Balzer, K., Bishop, T., Fitzgerald, M., Ursuy, P. & Farris, K. Engaging early health profession students with real patients develops awareness of social determinants of health and biases. Nexus Summit.
2022 Bishop, T., Smith, L., Anderson, O., Ursuy, P. Trupiano, N., & Mattison, D. (2022). Fostering an interprofessional learning community of scholars: A model for contemporary faculty and system partners development. Nexus Summit
2021 Mattison, D., Anderson, O., Balzer, K., Bishop, T. , Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M., Patterson, V., Phanudulkitti, C., Rulli, D. Trupiano, N. and Smith, L. (2021). Longitudinal Interprofessional Family-Based Experience (LIFE). University of Michigan, Heath Professions Education Day,
2021 Smith, L. Mattison, D., Balzer, K., Bishop, T., Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M., Gross, M., Rulli, D., Patterson, V., Phanudulkitti, C., Trupiano, N. & Anderson, O. Virtual longitudinal interprofessional family-based experience: Model framework with learner & patient outcomes. NEXUS Summit 2021.
2021 Smith L., Mattison, D. Balzer, K. Bishop, T., Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M. Gross, M. Rulli, D. Patterson, V. Phanudulkitti, C., Trupiano, N., & Anderson, O. (2021). Longitudinal Interprofessional FamilyBased Experience (LIFE) – A Framework for virtual experiential introductory learning. Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center
2021 Anderson, O., Mattison, D., Fitzgerald, M., & Smith, L. (2021). An experiential IPE opportunity to expose students to the social and environmental complexities of healthcare. Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center Annual Conference.
2021 Mattison, D., Balzer, K., Trupiano, N., Smith, L. (2021). Putting the patient in IPE: Use of patient experience advisors in experiential learning. Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center Annual Conference.
2021 Bishop, T. Smith, L.& Mattison, D. (2021). Creative strategies for virtual “teamness” during a pandemic: Innovative adventure/experiential learning approaches in virtual introductory experiential IPE. NEXUS Summit 2021.
2021 Mattison D. , Balzer K, Trupiano N, Smith L, Anderson O, Fitzgerald M, Bishop T, Farris K, Patterson V, Rulli D. (2021). Putting the patient in IPE: Engaging patient advisors in experiential IPE learning and evaluation. NEXUS Summit 2021.
2020 Phanudulkitti, C., Farris, K., Anderson, O., Bavireddy, V., Fitzgerald, M., Mattison, D., Patterson, V., Smith, L., Ursey, P. & Gross, M. (2020). Cohort differences in the impact of an online introductory experience on student attitudes about interprofessional education. Nexus Summit 2020 Virtual: Retaining the Vital Focus on the Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environment
2020 Mattison, D. (2020). Forgiveness: Exploring its power and complexities. Association of Oncology Social Work 2020 Virtual Conference presentation.
2019 Williams, B., Fischer, D., Khang, E., Kuzma, E., Mattison, D., Reid, K., Rye, H., Stanley, E., & Thompson, A. (2019, April). Caring for complex, underserved patients: Interprofessional education and care where it matters most [Poster presentation]. Health Professions Education Day Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
2019 Mattison, D. & Millard, A. (2019). Boundary violations: Sorting out the shades of gray. Association of Oncology Social Work 35th Annual Conference. Tuscon, AZ
2019 Mattison, D. (2019). Assessment: it’s our bread and butter, so do it well! Association of Oncology Social Work 35th Annual Conference. Tuscon, AZ
2019 Gross, M., Anderson, L., Daniels,T., Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M. Goa, M., Mattison, D., Moore, L., Najjar, G., Patterson, V., Ursuy, P. & Smith, L. (2019). A One-two punch: Introducing students to IPE with an online module followed by a face-to-face event. American Interprofessional Health Collaborative in partnership with the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative. Collaborating Across Borders VII Conference
2019 Najjar, G., Daniels,T., Farris, K., Gross, M.,. Mattison, D., Patterson, V., Smith, L., Ursuy, P. & Fitzgerald, M. (2019). Faculty perceptions of interprofessional education experience: A qualitative analysis of “IPE in action” event education. American Interprofessional Health Collaborative in partnership with the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative. Collaborating Across Borders VII Conference.
2019 Smith, L., Mattison, D., Anderson, L., Daniels, T., Farris, K., Fitzgerald, M., Gao, M., Moore, L., Najjar, G., Patterson, V., Ursuy, P. (2019). From a classroom to an arena: Lessons learned from a large scale foundational IPE event. American Interprofessional Health Collaborative in partnership with the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative. Collaborating Across Borders VII Conference.
2019 Mattison, D. (2019). Oncology social work skill building: A day to learn, reflect and renew. Georgia Social Work Oncology Group. Fall Conference September 9, 2019. Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA. 8 hour training. Invited Faculty
2019 Mattison, D. (2019). Spirituality matters: Integrating spiritual assessment and intervention in oncology social work practice. Association of Oncology Social Work National Webinar, Invited Faculty.
2018 Schuler, B., Weaver, A., Mattison, D., & Fischer, D. (2018). Facilitators and barriers to implementing an integrated health-care focused curriculum: MSW student perceptions [Presentation]. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
2018 Williams, B., Fischer, D., Khang, E., Kuzma, E., Mattison, D., Reid, K., Rye, H., Stanley, E., & Thompson, A. (2018, April). Caring for complex, underserved patients: Interprofessional education and care where it matters most [Conference presentation]. Health Professions Education Day Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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