Brenda Zierler, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director of Research and Training for the UW Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education
School of Nursing at the University of Washington (UW); three adjunct appointments – two in the School of Medicine and one in the School of Public Health
Dr. Zierler studies team science with interdisciplinary research and clinical teams. Her primary appointment is in the School of Nursing at the University of Washington (UW), but holds three adjunct appointments – two in the School of Medicine and one in the School of Public Health. Dr. Zierler co-leads the Team Science Core for UW’s Institute for Translational Health Sciences (CTSA). She is the Director of Research and Training for the UW Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Practice and Research. She is a past member of the Institute of Medicine’s Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professions Education.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

The Train-the-Trainer Interprofessional Team Development Program (T3-ITDP) is a national professional development program for interprofessional teams of health professions educators, clinicians, and administrators. Institutional teams each consisting of three or more members representing at least two professions participate in an interactive 3.5-day training designed to immerse trainees in the design, implementation, and assessment of evidence-based IPE activities and programming. Core to the program is the integration of project-based learning as part of the learning pedagogy. Teams apply…