Veronica
Young,
PharmD, MPH, FNAP
Director and Clinical Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Veronica Young, PharmD, MPH, FNAP is the Founding Director of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and Education, where she leads institutional initiatives in education, practice, and scholarship that advances collaborative person-centered care and population health. Dr. Young also is Clinical Professor and Director of Interprofessional Education and Community Engagement at the UT Austin College of Pharmacy. Her research focuses on interprofessional education and patient safety, with an emphasis on community health empowerment. Representing UT Austin, Dr. Young is one of five founding members of the Texas Interprofessional Education Consortium.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: C.D. Doyle Clinic (CDD) is a student-run free clinic (SRFC) that provides acute, episodic care at the Esperanza Community, a 200-member emergency shelter complex serving those experiencing homelessness. The Foundations for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (FICP) course teaches interprofessional education to medical, pharmacy, nursing, and social work students. A hackathon is a time-bound event where teams collectively prototype solutions for diverse problems. CDD’s Community Hackathon took place in an FICP class with prompts reflecting CDD’s challenges. Our research aims…
As the Texas IPE Consortium approaches its tenth anniversary, it stands as a model for developing and sustaining leadership in interprofessional practice and education across Texas. The consortium provides: annual meetings focused on best practices in IPE, virtual conversations in IPE; in-person and virtual trainings for TeamSTEPPS, IPE Facilitation and Rapid Teaming; and has established a fellows program to mentor and support leaders in IPE. The consortium has grown to approximately 39 institutions representing private universities, public universities, community partners, and healthcare…