John Luk, MD
Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Integration and Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
John Luk serves as the Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Integration and works with colleagues and stakeholders on and off campus to create experiences that will prepare graduates to be effective team players, communicators, and leaders. Dr. Luk also cares for hospitalized children and their families as a pediatric hospitalist. His passion to better prepare healthcare providers for 21st century healthcare practice has also led him to work with premedical college students on healthcare ethics and professional identity formation. Dr. Luk is a core member of the Steering Committee for the UT Austin Health Interprofessional Practice and Education Center.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Background: C.D. Doyle Clinic (CDD) is a student-run free clinic (SRFC) that provides acute, episodic care at the Esperanza Community, a 200-member emergency shelter complex serving those experiencing homelessness. The Foundations for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (FICP) course teaches interprofessional education to medical, pharmacy, nursing, and social work students. A hackathon is a time-bound event where teams collectively prototype solutions for diverse problems. CDD’s Community Hackathon took place in an FICP class with prompts reflecting CDD’s challenges. Our research aims…