Kira
Rodriguez,
MHS
Senior Research Associate
University of New England
Kira Rodriguez is a Senior Research Associate with the University of New England's (UNE) Center for Excellence in Public Health. Ms. Rodriguez currently is the lead evaluator for the Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education at UNE and two HRSA funded health workforce programs: the Maine Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the Maine Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) training programs. She received her BA in Psychology from Brown University and her Master of Health Science (MHS) from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: Interprofessional researchers are working steadily to advance evidence linking the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative, person-centered, clinical practice and the ways practice needs shape health professions education requirements. Studies with single university alumni find that graduates who participated in campus-based IPE recognize that their collaborative academic experiences shaped what they looked for, expected, and practiced in their workplaces (Shrader, et al, 2022; Crampsey, et al, 2023). These observations have been further…