Abhilasha Borad, PharmD
Medical Student
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dr. Abhilasha Borad is a third-year medical student at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy in 2020 from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, both at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She has extensive involvements in fostering interprofessional collaboration in academic settings via serving as a founding member and leader of the student-led Interprofessional Education (IPE) program at Rutgers University and serving on the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences IPE student advisory council.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Interprofessional education (IPE) is an important component of healthcare education preparing students to provide well-rounded patient care as part of a collaborative team. Despite the overall satisfaction reported with participation in IPE programs and events, challenges exist due to IPE efforts commonly being faculty-led, in-person, and single-session. The purpose of this study is to describe an approach to the implementation and flexible modification of a pilot virtual, longitudinal, case-based, student-led, faculty-supported IPE program designed to address the challenges encountered by…