Jillian
Rivard,
PhD
Senior Research Analyst
Western University of Health Sciences
Jillian Rivard is a Senior Research Analyst for the Interprofessional Education (IPE) Department in the Center for Teaching and Excellence at Western University of Health Sciences. She coordinate research activities for IPE initiatives, including curriculum improvement efforts, summarizing student-centered outcomes of IPE success, and preparing reports for internal distribution and external publication.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description:
Background:
As racial and ethnic health disparities continue to plague the United States health care system, health profession educators have been called to action to train the next generation of health professionals on the causes and solutions to these health inequities.1 The newly proposed revisions to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies highlight the importance of IPE curricula in this mission to “advocate for social justice and health equity of persons and populations across the life span.”2 This lightening talk will describe…
Poster Description:
Background:
Designing and implementing robust assessments of student learning within Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) curricula continue to present unique challenges for health profession educators. Currently, there is no universally adopted IPE content delivery and no standardized way to assess student learning of IPE content. As the field of IPE struggles to meet the needs of post-pandemic learners amid the growing complexity of the health care system, sharing assessment initiatives is a necessary and important step toward developing best practices in IPE…
Lightning Talk Description:
Background:
Useful and timely feedback on students’ proficiency in the Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) competencies is critical to the success of any IPE Program. As the length, breadth, and complexity of IPE curricula present logistical challenges, educators struggle to achieve these feedback goals in an efficient way that benefits students’ long-term interprofessional identity development. Some programs include IPE activities using Team-based learning, highlighting the potential benefits of peer feedback within the interprofessional context.…