Cheri
Friedrich,
DNP, APRN, IBCLC, CPNP-PC, FNAP, FAAN
Clinical Professor, Co-Director of Interprofessional Education / CPNP-PC Specialty Coordinator
University of Minnesota
Cheri Friedrich, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, FNAP, FAAN is a Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing, and is the specialty coordinator of the pediatric nurse practitioner-primacy care specialty Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the School of Nursing. She first began teaching at the University of Minnesota in 1992 and has taught across three programs at the school: the Bachelor of Science (BSN) program, the Masters of Nursing (MN) program, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Dr. Friedrich draws on her years of experience as a primary care PNP and interprofessional team member to inform her teaching, as she consistently integrates teaching of graduate students into her clinical practice. Dr. Friedrich maintains an active clinical practice in a non-profit clinic that serves un- and under-insured children and their families in Anoka County.
Dr. Friedrich also has a broad focus on interprofessional education which is evident in all three missions of the School of Nursing: teaching, service and scholarship. Dr. Friedrich is currently a Co-Director of the University’s Center for Interprofessional Health. She has been instrumental in representing and co-leading efforts in developing innovative interprofessional teaching and learning strategies through this work. Dr. Friedrich has been the lead faculty developer on two interprofessional escape rooms for both early and advanced learners.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
This lightning talk presents the design, implementation, and early outcomes of an innovative model situating interprofessional education (IPE) explicitly within the practice setting as part of the clinical learning environment experience. Partnerships between the University of Minnesota Center for Interprofessional Health and select high-quality clinical sites maximize a shared commitment and responsibility to advance IPE and collaborative practice through LEAP experiences (Learning through Engaging Actively in Practice). LEAP experiences involve explicit, sustainable, coordinated integration…
The Itasca Interprofessional EcoHealth Experience team of founders and sustainers will present our journey from ideation to execution, as well as our plan to grow and advance this successful program model that focuses on the intersection between interprofessional healthcare education, practice, and One Health principles. The experience is homegrown, collaborating with students and faculty experts at the University of Minnesota and within the community to deliver an experience that naturally connects students to animals, plants, and the earth., Participants find deeper connections with one…