Jamie
Penner,
RN, PhD(c)
Assistant Professor
University of Manitoba
Jamie is an Assistant Professor with over 21 years of experience in nursing practice, research, and education. She draws on her interprofessional clinical practice experience in tertiary inpatient and outpatient settings, to inform her teaching of an undergraduate course in Supportive and Palliative Care, and an interdisciplinary and intergenerational course in Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan. Jamie’s program of research is focused on engaging and bringing together diverse sectors in the community and family caregivers to co-design supportive interventions aimed at improving the experience of family caregivers and promoting their health and wellbeing.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: Use of experiential learning (EL) as a teaching strategy for students in healthcare disciplines has been reported in the literature; however, there has not been a synthesis of literature specific to EL in the development of interprofessional practice (IPP) competencies among these students. Although often regarded as “hands-on” training, EL in a formal education context entails a repeated cyclical sequence of stages that a learner progresses through to gain knowledge and transform through experience. Identifying specific educational strategies used to engage…