Sharmi Amin, B.A.
Medical Student
University of Michigan
Sharmi Amin is a second-year medical student at the University of Michigan. She attended Duke University where she studied Global Health and Environmental Policy. While in medical school, Sharmi has served as a student director of the Student-Run Free Clinic and is a part of the Medical Ethics Path of Excellence. Sharmi is passionate about growing community mentorship programs, facilitating bioethical conversations, and increasing awareness and actions to combat socioeconomic health disparities. Through research, she hopes to investigate pathways for improving surgical outcomes and expanding access to care through interprofessional student-led initiatives.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

This talk explores the role of adaptive leadership within early Interprofessional Education (IPE) contexts. It presents a study conducted among early health science students (n=1539) at the University of Michigan, focusing on their diverse leadership styles and the importance of articulating these styles early in their educational journey. The health sciences students at the University of Michigan enrolled in the Introduction to Interprofessional Education (Intro to IPE) module are in the early stages of interprofessional identity development and team formation. As health and helping…