Elizabeth
Bruderle,
PhD, RN
Clinical Professor
Villanova University Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Elizabeth Bruderle, PhD, RN, Clinical Professor, served as full-time faculty member in the Villanova University Fitzpatrick College of Nursing from 1990 until her retirement in May 2021. Her primary teaching responsibilities were classroom, laboratory, and clinical instruction of freshman, sophomore, and graduate students. Dr. Bruderle presented and published on the use of creative teaching strategies, simulation scenarios, deliberate practice, peer mentoring, and integrating standardized patients with disabilities into nursing education. She was promoted to the rank of Clinical Professor in 2018, and was the recipient of the Bridge Builders Award from the Villanova University Office of Learning Support and the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Over the last three years, a dual university virtual interprofessional education (IPE) experience focused on the topic of improving LGBTQ+ healthcare was successfully implemented for counseling, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, and physician assistant students with a high degree of student satisfaction for this learning experience. The purpose of this Lightning Talk, however, is to discuss an aspect of IPE implementation that is often overlooked - facilitator and standardized actor training. This topic is applicable to the conference theme of Interprofessional Learning for…