The Team Education Advancing Collaboration in Healthcare (TEACH) is IU's foundational, competency-based, interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum that emphasizes team-based healthcare strategies through interprofessional learning events on nine IU campuses across the state. Adapting educational content to an online environment in this manner can be difficult, and even more burdensome when connecting an interprofessional group of students and faculty across multiple campus locations in the state. Identifying practical approaches that balance competing time demands and remain considerate of faculty schedules and other coursework can be challenging. With an emphasis on achieving the desired learning objectives and competencies, this session will provide useful advice on how to structure large-scale online events in a manner that is flexible and accommodates the learning and scheduling preferences of participating students and faculty.
Promoting Student Success through Adaptable Online Interprofessional Education Experiences
About the presenters
Zach Weber, PharmD
Assistant Dean for Programming, Interprofessional Practice and Education
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Education, Interprofessional Practice and Education Center
IU School of Medicine
IUPUI
zaweber@iupui.edu
Zach Weber, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, FASHP is the Director of Interprofessional Education and Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice for Purdue University College of Pharmacy and the Assistant Dean for Education for the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center (IU IPE Center).
He received his PharmD degree from Purdue University and completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice residency at the Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN followed by a PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty residency at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. At the College of Pharmacy, he is responsible for the implementation and oversight of the required, longitudinal IPE curriculum for Doctor of Pharmacy students, and at the IU IPE Center he oversees and manages the educational content and delivery of the Indiana statewide Team Education Advancing Collaboration in Healthcare (TEACH) IPE curriculum.
Laura Romito, DDS, MBA, MS, BS
Professor
Biomedical Sciences and Comprehensive Care
Biomedical and Applied Sciences
School of Dentistry
IUPUI
lromitoc@iu.edu
Laura Romito, DDS, MS, MBA, FNAP is Assistant Dean for Faculty Development and Engagement at the IU Interprofessional Practice & Education Center and Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Comprehensive Care at the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD).
Dr. Romito earned both her Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degrees from the Ohio State University. She completed a General Practice Residency in dentistry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center before entering private practice. A growing interest in health behavior change and its interrelationship to oral and systemic health led her to earn a master's degree in health promotion from Nebraska Methodist College and certification as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota. Additionally, she holds an MBA from Indiana State University. At IUSD, she serves as a clinical instructor, course director for pre-doctoral courses, and director of the school's tobacco dependence education program.
Dr. Romito leads faculty development at the IU IPE Center by providing leadership in professional development and promoting best practices among IU's health sciences in teaching and learning in interprofessional education and practice. In conjunction with the Center's staff and faculty, Dr. Romito works with stakeholders from participating schools to develop, implement, and assess learning opportunities and training in interprofessional education and practice. She promotes faculty engagement in and recognition for teaching, research and service related to interprofessional education and practice.
April Newton
Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
IU School of Medicine
IUPUI
apnewton@iu.edu
April D. Newton, PT, DPT, MA, FNAP, is the Director of Interprofessional Practice Development at the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center. Dr. Newton is an assistant professor in the IU School of Medicine's department of family medicine and an adjunct assistant professor in the department of physical therapy. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from A.T. Still University and a Master of Physical Therapy from The University of Iowa. Additionally, she holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communication and Journalism from Drake University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from East Tennessee State University.
In addition to her academic responsibilities at IU, Dr. Newton's roles include developing and integrating interprofessional education and collaborative practice curriculum; promoting and developing innovative interprofessional clinical training models; and collaborating with clinical faculty, healthcare professionals, and staff at varying healthcare facilities regarding team-based care. She provides oversight and direction to the team-based care clinics at the IU Health/Methodist Family Medicine Center. In addition, she is a physical therapy provider/preceptor in the Comprehensive Pain Assessment Clinic (CoPAC) and Transition of Care Clinic (TCC). She is a faculty advisor in the Well Child and Oral Health Clinic and the Indiana University Student Outreach Clinic (IU SOC).