Janet
Lieto,
DO, FACOFP, CMD, CPPS
Associate Professor of Medicine
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Janet Lieto, DO, FACOFP, CMD, is an Associate Professor at UNTHSC-TCOM. Board Certified in Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care. Clinically, she cares for patients on Inpatient Hospice Unit as part of an Interdisciplinary Team, where communication is essential. Medical students, residents, geriatric, and hospice and palliative medicine fellows are trained on the unit. As the Course Director, Dr. Lieto is developing Professional Identity and Health Systems Practice Curriculum for Osteopathic Medical Students in Years 1-4. Dr. Lieto has spoken locally, statewide, nationally and internationally on both geriatric and hospice and palliative care issues.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Description: Often the focus of innovation and improvement in the field of IPE targets the student and patient/community experience, overlooking the enabling or inhibiting factors of the faculty and preceptors charged with building said cultures for interprofessional education and/or interprofessional collaborative practice. We are often reminded that professional development in IPE is necessary, but time is limited and there is no bureaucracy forcing the need. It doesn't have to be done, but this session implores that leaders make the time and space for interprofessional teams at their…