Michelle
Colarelli,
MA
IPE Instructional Designer; Sr. Instructor
University of Colorado
Michelle Colarelli, MA is an Instructional Designer and Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She currently works for the CU Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (CU CIPE) and is a faculty lead for the IPE foundational courses. She has worked with medical simulation, represented the patient’s voice, and taught/developed/assessed interprofessional curriculum since 2010. She enjoys designing for engagement and manifesting the ‘big ahas’ that come from in-person, online, remote and hybrid learning.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The opioid epidemic is a current public health emergency. Opioid overdoses caused over 100,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2022 alone and continues to rise. Addressing this epidemic takes a collaborative and interprofessional approach. At the University of Colorado (CU) Anschutz Medical Campus, students from dental medicine, medicine, undergraduate nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, and physician assistant programs engage in the Interprofessional Healthcare Ethics & Health Equity (IPHE) course that brings together over 650 students to learn about healthcare ethics and equity by examining the…