Ashwini
Veerasuntharam,
BScN
Research Assistant & Undergraduate Student
Toronto Metropolitan University
Ashwini Veerasuntharam (BScN) recently graduated from the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has been working as a research assistant on this project and is a keen novice researcher. Ashwini aims to pursue graduate studies and a career in nursing research that explores and strengthens global health systems.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Integrated health services are proposed as a strategy to manage and deliver care across various sectors throughout an individual’s lifespan (WHO, 2015). New models of care require different models of learning, as there are limitations in current healthcare providers’ abilities to support integrated health service delivery (Chehade et al., 2016). Interprofessional education (IPE) is recommended as a critical strategy in preparing the healthcare workforce for integrated service delivery models (Bookey-Bassett et al., 2022). However, it is unclear how IPE is incorporated to support the…