Taylor Bringard, BSN, RN, CCRN
U-M IPE Student Advisory Committee Co-Chair
University of Michigan

My name is Taylor, and I am born and raised in Michigan. I graduated from the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan in 2018. Since then, I have worked for the past 5 years as a surgical intensive care nurse. I became interested in how I could help address primary health disparities and decided to pursue my graduate degree in the family nurse practitioner program. I am working towards obtaining my Doctor of Nursing Practice, as well as a certificate in nursing education. I am passionate about interprofessional education and believe that IPE gives nursing a space to not only grow within our own field, but also with our health discipline colleagues. When not in school, I enjoy running, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Centers for IPE have had success in co-developing IPE curricula with student leaders, leading to more meaningful and relevant IPE for health professional students. IPE leaders have also bemoaned the “hidden curriculum” of experiential settings, often undoing the IPE advancements made in the didactic setting. While there is a new opportunity for IPE faculty and centers to transform interprofessional practice and experiential education, we have not discussed how to leverage our students as partners and co-developers in leading this change. We invite students, practitioners, educators and IPE…