Nana
Entsuah-Boateng,
PharmD
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor School of Pharmacy
University of California Irvine
Nana Entsuah, PharmD is a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCI School of Pharmacy. Also serving as a geriatric clinical pharmacist at UCI Health Senior Health Center, Dr. Entsuah aims to expand collaborative relationships between UCI Pharmacy and the Senior Health Center. With a Doctor of Pharmacy from The Ohio State University, she brings a passion for geriatric pharmacy and community outreach. Dr. Entsuah's experience includes Geriatric Pharmacy Residency at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy-Glendale, where she provided patient-centered care and mentored young pharmacists. Her role at UCI involves coordinating IPE courses for pharmacy students and mentoring students to make a positive impact in their communities.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The UCI Interprofessional Education & Practice (IPEP) Collaborative, committed to transforming health professions education and healthcare delivery, organized a free community health fair aimed at advancing interprofessional care through practice-education partnerships.
Held at Orange County's oldest African American congregation, the health fair engaged over 200 residents. This event was unique in its inclusion of multiple facets demonstrating true interprofessional practice, including collaborations between nursing, medicine, pharmacy, public health, early education outreach programs, a…
The Choose Your Major Conference at UCI’s Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences stands out as a pioneering event that redefines healthcare education pathways. By integrating interprofessional collaboration and interactive learning experiences, this conference uniquely prepares high school students, particularly those from underrepresented communities, for successful careers in healthcare. Organized by the Health Affairs Interprofessional Education and Practice Collaborative and the Center for Educational Partnerships, this initiative represents a bold step towards inclusivity…
Our lightning talk will focus on an innovative interprofessional curriculum, the Medical Ethics, Sociology and Humanities (MESH course), which aims to cultivate critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and cultural understanding among healthcare students. This innovative course covers a wide array of topics, including social determinants of health, medical narratives, climate change and medicine, LGBTQ+ healthcare, culinary medicine, and structural violence. Our talk will provide knowledge to learners through a short but engaging interactive session demonstrating how educators can develop team-…