A record 21 health science educators were recently selected as the third cohort of the Interprofessional Leadership (IPL) Fellows faculty development program, including Dr. Carrie Bell from OBGYN.
The fellows come from the U-M schools of dentistry, kinesiology, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, social work and LSA, as well as U-M Flint’s schools of nursing and health professionals & studies. During the 18-month program, the fellows will participate in a campus-based interprofessional learning community facilitated by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) and embark on team-based projects.
The IPL fellows traditionally apply as individuals and then work in interprofessional team. This year for the first time, a team of four scholar-educators was also selected together as a team. These four faculty fellows from nursing, public health and engineering are part of the U-M Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE). Because the COHSE curriculum already brings together learners of multiple professions, they hope to use the IPL program as a launching pad to make COHSE programs truly and intentionally interprofessional.
The 2018-2019 IPL Fellows are:
- Medical School Fellows: Carrie Bell and Jaynee Handelsman
- School of Nursing Fellows: Diane Asher and Elizabeth Duffy; plus Marjorie McCullagh on the COHSE team
- School of Dentistry Fellows: Danielle Furgeson and Elisabeta Karl
- School of Kinesiology Fellows: Pete Bodary and Weiyun Chen
- College of Pharmacy Fellows: Jeong Park and Amy Thompson
- School of Public Health Fellows: Tom Braun and Laura Power; plus Stuart Batterman, Rick Neitzel, and Marie O’Neill on the COHSE team
- School of Social Work Fellows: Mary Eldredge and Shanna Kattari
- U-M Flint Fellows: Reza Amini (School of Health Professions & Studies) and Judy Haefner (Nursing)
- Literature, Science and the Arts Fellows: Adam Eickmeyer (Health Sciences Scholars Program)
- Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE) Fellows: Marjorie McCullagh (School of Nursing), Stuart Batterman (College of Engineering and School of Public Health), Rick Neitzel (School of Public Health), and Marie O’Neill (School of Public Health)