Annette Craven, PhD, CPA
Faculty Emerita
University of Incarnate Word
Dr. Craven is an international faculty member of École des Ponts in Paris, France where she is the subject matter expert in qualitative research and dissertation/culminating experience supervisor. She is emeritus from University of the Incarnate Word where she served 20 years and was a tenured full professor of business. Dr. Craven earned her PhD in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in Human Communications at University of Denver where her final dissertation was a mixed methods study in the topic of continuous program improvement in accreditation. She continued to develop her methodology skills, becoming a qualitative research methods expert.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Background, Problem, Aims: To strengthen IPE simulation focused on interprofessional communication, part of preparing students for collaborative practice, health professions educators should deliberately incorporate hybrid instructional methods to bypass logistical hurdles and longitudinal approaches to achieve higher-level learning outcomes. The LINC Simulation IPE Experience at UT Health San Antonio—designed as part of a university-wide effort to do just that—began in 2023 with 769 students representing 11 different professions at/near the middle of their respective educational programs.…
Implementing large-scale clinical interprofessional education (IPE) experiences within clinical learning environments (CLEs) remains challenging. We previously piloted an IPE experience to bridge this divide and unite learners across diverse CLEs. In this Lightning Talk, we will report on a large-scale, successful implementation of an interprofessionally designed, para-clinical IPE experience targeting IPEC-derived teamwork concepts involving students at our large public health sciences university in academic year 2023-2024. Our interprofessional team designed, piloted, refined, and…