Nichole
Valenzuela,
MS
Assistant Director, Immersions & Interprofessional Education
Tulane University
Nichole Valenzuela, MS, serves as the Assistant Director for Immersions and Interprofessional Education at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Nichole leads the development, operation, and evaluation of SPHTM’s immersion and interprofessional (IPE) programs. She has worked collaboratively to design innovative IPE modules and curricula, that introduces the Fundamentals of Interprofessional Collaboration and Practice to public health students. She is currently focused and working on the development and implementation of an IPE Scholars Program. Her commitment to fostering interprofessional collaboration and educational excellence is evident in her leadership and background in strategic program development.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background (Part of the AIHC Mentoring Program)The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine has embarked on an ambitious project to enhance the interprofessional education (IPE) of public health students through the creation of innovative online modules. The need for this project stems from a recognized gap in interprofessional competencies among public health graduates, which hinders effective collaboration in real-world settings. To address this, we collaborated with experts from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Texas Medical Branch at…