John Luk, MD
Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Integration and Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Dell Medical School
John Luk serves as the Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Integration and works with colleagues and stakeholders on and off campus to create experiences that will prepare graduates to be effective team players, communicators, and leaders. Dr. Luk also cares for hospitalized children and their families as a pediatric hospitalist. His passion to better prepare healthcare providers for 21st century healthcare practice has also led him to work with premedical college students on healthcare ethics and professional identity formation. Dr. Luk is a core member of the Steering Committee for the UT Austin Health Interprofessional Practice and Education Center.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Lightning Talk Description: Dual identity development has been proposed to be central to interprofessional collaborative practice. This requires the formation of an interprofessional identity along with professional identity development. Existing literature suggests longitudinal, integrated interprofessional programs may enhance interprofessional identity formation, but further research to determine critical learning modalities in these programs is needed. Our institution conducts a 2-semester, interprofessional foundational course for students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work…