Dipali Yeh, M.S., PA-C, CHSE
Coordinator, Simulation and Interprofessional Education
Rutgers University
Dipali is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies. Her areas of expertiese are interprofessional education, healthcare simulation, standardized patient best practices, and team science. She also works out of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Education. She is a doctoral candidate through Rosalind Franklin University's Department of Interprofessional Healthcare Studies. Her doctoral work is a qualitative exploration of the lived experience of interprofessional team members assessing resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

lnterprofessional education (lPE) allows future practitioners to effectively collaborate. lPE involves professions learning about, from, & with each other to deliver safe, patient-centered care. The lPEC (lPEC) competencies for healthcare improvement include teamwork/team-based practices, communication, values/ethics, and roles/responsibilities. A formalized curriculum such as Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS®), validated in decades of research, allows for learner competency assessment, and is successful towards improved team efficiency,…