Jennifer
Seifert,
MS, RPh, BCGP
Associate Professor of Practice & Director of Continuing Professional Development
The Ohio State University
Jennifer Seifert, MS, RPh, BCGP, is an Associate Professor of Practice at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. She serves as the Director of Continuing Professional Development and Director of the PGY1 Community-based Residency Program. She currently teaches in global health encouraging a global perspective for pharmacy students. Her practice interests include innovative community practice, underserved care, and geriatric medication management. She graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and from The Ohio State University in 1999 with a Master of Science in Pharmacology. She is Board Certified in Geriatric Pharmacy.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
To provide quality interprofessional education (IPE), active learning sessions must involve facilitators who can articulate values and ethics, communicate effectively, and honor roles and responsibilities. Facilitators are commonly faculty, staff, or clinicians. However, with competing interests, faculty, staff, and clinician time can be limited and a barrier to implementing effective IPE. The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy implemented a system to utilize residents and fellows as IPE facilitators to combat this challenge and provide additional teaching opportunities to trainees…