Kari
Northeim,
PhD Environmental Science, IPE Chair School of Public Health
Assistant Professor
University of North Texas
I currently chair Interprofessional Education (IPE) at the School of Public (SPH) and help organize a year-long training of graduate students in health professions, including doctors, physician assistants, pharmacists, and public health leaders. I also participate in a High Impact Educational Practices (HIEF) committee to help the SPH faculty to provide high-quality and high-impact educational experiences for graduate students. I have taken on the leadership role in HIEP and have pedagogical and instructional expertise, including design and implementation of both online and in-person classes over multiple platforms.
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…