Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH and Barbara Brandt, PhD discuss a new PCPCC publication that focuses on interprofessional primary care training. The publication takes a deeper dive into seven exemplary programs that train medical students, residents, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, social workers, psychologists, and other health professionals for work in patient-centered medical homes.
Nielsen provides a general overview and major takeaways from the new report. Brandt, who directs the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, talks about how several of these training programs have efforts underway that realign clinical practice redesign with new models of interprofessional education.
Guest Speakers:
Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH: CEO, Primary Care Collaborative
Barbara Brandt, PhD: Director, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, Associate Vice President for Education, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Professor, Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems
Vice President, Director, Associate Vice President, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education and Education, Academic Health Center
Dr. Brandt, director of the National Center, has served as associate vice president for education and professor, pharmaceutical care and health systems, at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center since 2000. She has served as the principal investigator and director of the Minnesota Area Health Education Center (AHEC) statewide network, an interprofessional workforce development program for rural and urban underserved Minnesota. Dr. Brandt is responsible for implementing the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center 1Health initiative in interprofessional education in allied health, dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health and veterinary medicine. Dr. read more
