Nikki Cooper, BBA
Program Manager
University of Kansas Medical Center
Area Health Education Centers
Nikki Cooper is Program Manager at the University of Kansas (KU) Medical Center’s Area Health Education Center - Western Kansas. With several years of experience, she has provided support and leadership in continuing education and professional development in rural areas throughout western Kansas. Cooper is actively continuing to participate and support leadership in the journey towards 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…