Carrie
Thiessen,
MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Carrie Thiessen, MD, PhD, is an abdominal transplant surgeon and bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has a long-standing commitment to student and resident education. Her research focuses on patient and provider decision-making about risk, ethics of living donation, and considerations associated with novel organ preservation and donation methods.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE) Interprofessional Education (IPE) Clinical & Community Placement Experience aims to enhance IPE learning during students' clinical and community placements by providing tools for students, instructors, and preceptors to integrate IPE intentionally.
The IPE Transplant Care Practice Placement was conceived from the experiences of a UW-Madison fourth-year medical student (first author) and was further developed by UW CIPE and a faculty champion in the transplant surgery section. Learning…