Barbara
Phelps,
MS, RNC-MNN
Assistant Clinical Lecturer
Ball State University
Barbara Phelps’ primary focus is teaching and service. Barbara is a nurse educator with a clinical focus in community health and childbearing families. In addition to collaboration for the College of Health Humanities course, Introduction to Health Consumerism, Barbara teaches in NUR 404 Community Health course as well as NUR 406 Childbearing Families course in the pre-licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Program.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Ball State University College of Health is incorporating interprofessional education into curriculum across health professions students at an early stage. A team of interprofessional faculty from health sciences and nutrition, nursing, and social work developed a Tier 1 humanities University Core Curriculum course, Introduction to Health Consumerism, to address this need and educate all students about the importance of being informed consumers of health care. The Summit theme of Interprofessional Learning for Collaborative Practice and Education will be addressed as we provide knowledge to…