Office of Interprofessional Programs

Independence Day - University Holiday
2022-07-04

Nexus Summit 2022 - Learning Together in the Nexus: A Focus on What Matters Most [In-Person External Event]
2022-08-20 - 2022-08-23

Interprofessional Education (IPE) Orientation
2022-08-29, 2023-08-17

Labor Day - University Holiday
2022-09-05

Nutritional Interprofessional Experience
2022-09-07

Nexus Summit 2022 - Learning Together in the Nexus: A Focus on What Matters Most [Virtual External Event]
2022-09-13 - 2022-09-14

Joining Forces Program (Piscataway)
2022-09-23

Making Difficult Decisions with Patients and Families IPE Event
2022-10-06, 2022-10-08, 2023-03-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-03-04 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-10-12 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-10-14 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)

IPE Online Exercise with Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Nutrition Programs
2022-10-11 - 2022-10-13

IPE CVA Case Experience
2022-11-03, 2023-11-02

Thanksgiving Day - University Holiday
2022-11-24

Day after Thanksgiving - University Holiday
2022-11-25

Christmas Day - University Holiday
2022-12-26

Joining Forces Program (Newark)
2023-02-16 14:00 - 17:00

Interprofessional Education Medication Errors Workshop
2023-03-29 15:00 - 18:00

Hospice Interprofessional Case Conference
2023-04-03 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-01 14:00 - 17:00

Joining Forces Program (RWJMS, Piscataway)
2023-11-17 14:00 - 17:00

Interprofessional Joining Forces Veteran's Healthare Program (Newark)
2024-02-15 14:00 - 17:00

Interprofessional Grand Rounds: "Interprofessional Practice and Education: Maximizing Our Impact for the Future"
2024-02-26 12:00 - 13:00
Join the RBHS Office of Interprofessional Programs on Monday, February 26, 2024 at 12:00pm – 1:00pm as we host Dr. Christine Arenson, Director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, for the FIRST ANNUAL RUTGERS INTERPROFESSIONAL GRAND ROUNDS. All faculty, students and staff are welcome!
Please register for this event by clicking HERE. The Zoom link will be provided to you immediately after registration.
About the Speaker:
Christine A. Arenson, MD, is director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. Dr. Arenson was named co-director of the National Center in July 2020, working in Nexus with Barbara Brandt, the National Center’s founding director. She transitioned to director in December 2021.
Prior to joining the National Center, Dr. Arenson served as alumni professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Arenson graduated from the University of Delaware in 1986 and Jefferson Medical College in 1990. She completed family medicine residency training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in geriatric medicine. She was the founding director of the Jefferson Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care and has focused on patient-centered care and team education for health professionals as strategies to improve the health of older adults. She was the founding co-director of the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, serving in that role from 2007-2016.
Most recently, she has been actively engaged in primary care transformation to meet the Quadruple Aim: Improve the Experience of Care, Improve Health Outcomes, Reduce Costs and Restore Joy in Practice. She previously served on the board of Jeff Care Alliance, Jefferson’s clinically integrated network, and the Executive Steering Committee for Jefferson Health population health and primary care service lines, implementing a new Advanced Primary Care Model across the Jefferson primary care network, now including over 100 practices. From 2013 – 2019 she was a member of the board of the Delaware Valley ACO. She also works to educate healthcare teams to improve healthcare outcomes. She is a past chair of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative. She has served as a member of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Knowledge Generation Advisory Committee since 2014.

Making Difficult Decisions with Patients and Families: A Virtual Interprofessional Education Event
2024-02-29 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-03-02 10:00 - 12:00

Nexus Summit 2023 Webinar Series: Interprofessional Practice and Education Through a One Health Lens (March 19, 2024 12-1pm EST)
2024-03-19 12:00 - 13:00
This webinar is part of the Nexus Summit 2023 Seminar Showcase series.
You may register for this and the other webinars in the Series here.

Series Description:
The Nexus Summit Seminar Showcase is a free webinar series from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. The seminar showcase features the highest rated peer-reviewed seminars offered during last year’s annual conference, the Nexus Summit 2023, and covers topics ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), longitudinal assessment strategies, team well-being, health equity, multi-institutional models, and interprofessional advocacy, among others. Offered between March – July 2024, the Nexus Summit Seminar Showcase will provide an opportunity to learn from, with, and about the work being done to improve practice, education and health for those we serve.

Abstract:
Interprofessional Education (IPE) has become a key focus in the curricula of health professions, including veterinary medicine. The broad purpose of IPE is to provide educational opportunities between two or more professions that lead to current and future collaboration to improve patient and client care and health outcomes. One of the challenges of implementing IPE programs that include veterinary medicine is understanding the role of the veterinarian in the health team. The One Health initiative, with its focus on interprofessional collaboration, shares many similar themes with IPE and is widely utilized in veterinary medical education. This seminar will focus on how IPE can leverage One Health concepts and improve inclusion of veterinary medicine and other non-traditional professions such as environmental science and ecosystem health.
One Health is an approach that recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment. As populations grow and expand into new geographic areas, close contact with animals and their environments provides more opportunities for diseases to pass between animals and people. The recent COVID-19 pandemic is an example of a disease with transmission factors in humans, animals, and the environment. Organizations that focus on One Health competencies, often adopt the same competency frameworks used in interprofessional work because the core concepts involve bringing multiple professions together, fostering effective collaboration and team work, to improve health outcomes. Focusing One Health and IPE on issues surrounding zoonotic diseases, water and food security, antimicrobial resistance, and the impact of societal, environmental, and climatic factors are in alignment with the expressed goals of improving care and health outcomes.
Addressing the theme of Building the IPE Case Through Information, Evidence and Outcomes, inclusion of One Health concepts and practitioners, especially those connected to veterinary medicine and environmental science, will expand the reach of IPE work. This session intends to leverage the relationship in advancing IPE through One Health in curricula across the nation, especially including programs of veterinary medicine. Panelists from multiple institutions will share experiences and best-practices for incorporating topics related to human, animal, and environmental health into IPE curricula. Active learning will be encouraged through the use of short polls spliced between speakers and an interactive virtual whiteboard that tracks visually the links between IPE and One Health. Participants will be invited to share and reflect on their experience with One Health and veterinary medicine and methods they can utilize to incorporate One Health topics into existing IPE programs.
Learning objectives and actionable skills:

Define One Health and interpret how One Health and IPE are similar.
Analyze how One Health concepts can be incorporated into interprofessional curricula.
Envision an action plan for the development/integration of One Health-focused IPE at participant’s university or organization

This seminar is submitted on behalf of the Clinical and Translational Science Award One Health Alliance (COHA), a consortium of veterinary schools that facilitates implementation of IPE. The collective expertise allows successful interprofessional interactions in a One Health context.

Presenters:
Claire Tucker, DVM, MPH, MS, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Colorado State University
Hossein Khalili, BScN, MScN, PhD, FNAP, Winston-Salem State University
Amy Blue, PhD, University of Florida
John Tegzes, VMD, Western University of Health Sciences
