Merilee
Brockway,
PhD RN IBCLC
Assistant Professor
University of Calgary
Dr. Brockway is a registered nurse and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary with expertise in human milk composition, donor human milk, infant feeding, and patient engagement. She completed her PhD in nursing at the University of Calgary, examining maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and infant feeding outcomes in moderate and late preterm infants and then conducted a three-year post-doctoral fellowship examining donor human milk in preterm infants. Dr. Brockway’s program of research examines human milk as a clinical intervention to mitigate early life perturbations to the infant microbiome and resultant infant health outcomes.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Interprofessional socialization is often fostered through interprofessional education and can positively contribute to interprofessional collaboration. There is a demand for interprofessional education in the practice setting; however, healthcare educators require specialized knowledge and skills to effectively facilitate interprofessional learning. Although there is an emerging body of evidence to support the use of interprofessional education to enhance interprofessional socialization in healthcare students and frontline staff, there is a gap in the literature considering its…