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Christine Arenson, MD, FNAP
Director
National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

Dr. Arenson is the Director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. As a family physician and geriatrician, she served as the Alumni Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 2013 to 2020. Dr. Arenson was the founding Co-Director of the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, serving in that role from 2007-2016. She was actively engaged in primary care transformation across the Jefferson Health primary care network, now including over 100 practices. Dr. Arenson has served as principal investigator on eight HRSA grants focused on aspects of practice transformation and interprofessional collaborative practice and has provided leadership in numerous roles to the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Advancing Theory-Driven Research, Evaluation, and Program Development Within Interprofessional Practice & Education
Goal: This workshop aims to introduce participants to essential knowledge and skills to be able to identify and effectively incorporate theoretical frameworks into their interprofessional endeavors – across research, program development, and developmental & outcomes evaluation. Key to the mission and requirements of the National Center, since its founding, is to advance scholarship, evidence, coordination, and national visibility in IPE. Format: Through interactive discussions and case studies, we will illustrate how theories, frameworks, and models can be applied to design and evaluate…
Leading in the Nexus: Learning Everyday in Practice
The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (National Center) was founded on the aspirational principle of the Nexus - simultaneously transforming practice and education together to achieve health and learning outcomes that matter. We’ve been learning with, from, and about colleagues from across the US and globally in deep engagement for more than a decade. We have synthesized the practical wisdom gained from everyday learning in practice settings, from social science and educational theory, and from scholarly works into a new model, the NexusIPE™ Learning Model. This new…
Navigating Complexity to Advance Outcomes - A Call to Action from the Nexus Summit 2024
This session will synthesize learnings from Nexus Summit 2024 from the perspective of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, the Nexus Distinguished Scholars, and the National Center’s Patient Advisors and Patient Responders. Through engagement during the Nexus Summit, participants will contribute to identifying the most pressing issues and opportunities facing the field, which will inform the National Center’s strategic priorities for the coming year. The session will conclude with a call to action for each of us to work locally and nationally to advance our shared…
NexusIPE™ Leadership Academy Leaders Forum Showcase
The NexusIPE™ Leadership Academy Senior and Emerging Leaders Forums launched in Spring 2024. Join us at this Showcase to learn with, from, and about our 2024 Senior and Emerging Leaders! Leaders will briefly showcase their interprofessional programs and highlight how participation in the Leaders Forums has focused and advanced their work. Learn about how the Leaders Forums can develop and advance your leadership in learning and care environments. National Center Director Christine Arenson will moderate the session.
Utilizing the NexusIPE™ Learning Model as a Framework: Aligning an Interprofessional Practicum Learning Experience to Address Community-Identified Health Goals.
The National Center introduced the NexusIPE™ Learning Model (1) as a framework to help develop and assess the impact of IP learning and its application in collaborative practice settings in both clinical and community-based learning environments. "Preparing future health professionals to be effective members of interprofessional practice teams" cannot occur solely through didactic and classroom-based learning. Developing effective collaborations and strengthening the clinical learning and community practice sites are essential to applying and engaging in demonstrable collaborative practice…