Suzanne
Brandenburg,
MD
IPE Director; Vice Chair for Education; Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado
Suzanne Brandenburg, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado (CU) Anschutz Medical Campus. She is the Director for the University of Colorado Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CU CIPE). She is Associate Dean for Education in the School of Medicine.
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…
Background To address critical collaborative practice skills, we developed a 1-credit hour Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP) course for early health profession learners from six programs. IPCP cultivates fundamental competencies in teamwork and collaboration. Through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous modules, learners engage in interprofessional teams to achieve course objectives including understanding team and professional roles, exploring effective teamwork, providing feedback, and recognizing the impact of collaboration on healthcare outcomes. Interprofessional…