Mary Beth
Warren,
MS, RN
Executive Director
University of Kansas Medical Center
Area Health Education Centers
Mary Beth Warren is Executive Director of the University of Kansas (KU) Medical Center's Area Health Education Centers and Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development. She has focused on organizational development, professional development, and quality improvement, supported the implementation of interprofessional student education, and is leading KU's journey toward interprofessional lifelong learning.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: Traditional approaches to interprofessional education focus on health professions students, who then graduate to find themselves employed in practice settings where the workplace culture does not support collaborative practice. The continuing education team is the missing link to overcoming this hidden curriculum and preparing the current and future workforce for interprofessional collaborative practice. It takes planning and leading by and for the continuing education team and learning with, from, and about each other to transition from siloed uniprofessional to…