Hong
Chartrand,
DrPH
Director of AHEC Program
A T Still University - AHEC Program Office
Hong Chartrand, DrPH, is the AHEC Program Director at A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. She oversees the HRSA-funded AHEC project and provides leadership to the Missouri AHEC Network to support and grow healthcare workforce development in Missouri. She also has experience in researching and working with healthcare workforce development, health equity, community health workers, behavioral health, chronic diseases and oral health. In addition, she has taught a range of courses, including healthcare quality & safety and interprofessional education & practice.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
o Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is critical to preparing health professions (IP) students to be effective members of the healthcare workforce. Missouri AHEC (MAHEC) offers AHEC-affiliated HP students several interprofessional (IP) programs, utilizing a combination of didactics, experiential training and clinical exposure in rural and underserved settings. One IP program has the HP students participate in IPE training experience in a clinical training site. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of this program on IPE outcomes.o Design or methodology: Pre-…