Interprofessional Education: A Process of Sowing, Growing, and Reaping
Date:
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm 
This provocative panel presentation features faculty members from the schools of nursing, social work, and pharmacy discussing how they collaborated to develop a unique multi-year, interprofessional education initiative on breast cancer. This successful collaboration may serve as a model for future interprofessional activities.
Speakers
Deborah McGuire, PhD, RN, FAAN, co-director
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Sandra McLeskey, PhD, RN, former director
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Julianne Oktay, PhD, scholar-in-residence
University of Maryland School of Social Work
James A. Trovato, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, scholar-in-residence
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Objectives
- Describe the evolution of the Komen Partnership from a single professional activity to an interprofessional education collaboration
- Analyze the creation and modification of a Web-based educational program reflecting the unique but complimentary roles of each health care profession
- Appraise the opportunities and challenges created by the partnership
- Highlight future collaborative activities that can directly reflect care of people with or at risk of breast cancer.
Location: UMSON, Room 130
Time: 4-5:30 p.m. Panel discussion will be immediately followed by a reception.
Fee: Free to all. Registration is appreciated.
To register, please visit: http://www.eventrebels.com/umnurse.
For more information, contact pe@son.umaryland.edu or 410-706-3767.
