Veronica
Young,
PharmD, MPH, FNAP
Director and Clinical Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Health Interprofessional Practice and Education Center
Veronica Young, PharmD, MPH, FNAP is the Founding Director of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and Education, where she leads institutional initiatives in education, practice, and scholarship that advances collaborative person-centered care and population health. Dr. Young also is Clinical Professor and Director of Interprofessional Education and Community Engagement at the UT Austin College of Pharmacy. Her research focuses on interprofessional education and patient safety, with an emphasis on community health empowerment. Representing UT Austin, Dr. Young is one of five founding members of the Texas Interprofessional Education Consortium.
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…