Ashton
Strother
PharmD student
University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy
Ashton Strother is a fourth year PharmD student at the University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Minor in Music at the University of Michigan in 2019. She is a member of the University's IPE Student Advisory Committee. Following graduation, she plans on pursuing a PGY1 pharmacy residency program.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced a pedagogical shift in education, moving many courses online. This study assessed the impact of moving a large-scale, semester-long interprofessional education (IPE) course from in-person to an online format. Approximately 500 students from five health-science programs (dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work) are placed in fixed interprofessional teams that have at least one member from each discipline.Methods: All enrolled students from two cohorts were analyzed: 2019 (fully in-person) and 2021 (fully synchronous remote). Due to…