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Joseph Zorek, PharmD, BCGP
Director, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC)
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Office of the Vice President for Academic, Faculty & Student Affairs
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Joseph A. Zorek, PharmD, BCGP, FNAP, joined The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in July 2019 as Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Director of the university-wide Quality Enhancement Plan—Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC)—which was recognized nationally in July 2022 with the Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care by the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions. Joe co-authored the 2019 national consensus guidance on quality IPE jointly developed by the Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative and National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, and he is currently representing the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy on the workgroup assembled to update the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies framework. In partnership with IPEC and with support from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Joe is also co-leading development and validation of the IPEC Institutional Assessment Instrument, a tool designed to measure institutional characteristics associated with high-quality IPE and inform institutional efforts for quality improvement. In 2021, Joe published “Interprofessional Practice in Pharmacy: Featuring Illustrated Case Studies” with McGraw-Hill Education, a textbook intended to highlight the myriad ways pharmacists leverage their expertise to advance the safe and effective use of medications as contributing members of interprofessional teams.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

A Co-Curricular Case Competition to Explore Interprofessional Solutions Addressing Local Health Disparities
Organized by faculty and staff members of Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), UT Health San Antonio’s Quality Enhancement Plan to advance interprofessional education, interprofessional teams of first- and second-year professional and graduate students were invited to participate in the second annual LINC Interprofessional Case Competition during the spring 2022 semester. This competition afforded student teams an opportunity to augment their professional development, earn prize money, and garner university-wide recognition via an experiential, co-curricular IPE…
A Comparison of Student Outcomes in Online Versus In-Person Interprofessional Education
Background: Members of Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), UT Health San Antonio’s institutional initiative to advance interprofessional education (IPE), developed the university-wide LINC Common IPE Experience for all incoming learners. Launched in 2020, this foundational IPE activity involves three case-based online modules focused on teamwork and communication competencies completed synchronously in interprofessional groups of 3-4 students. In 2021, as COVID-19 social distancing restrictions loosened, student groups were encouraged to complete the modules online…
A University-Wide Seed Grant Program Fosters Scholarly Dissemination of Interprofessional Education Projects
Background: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has a dedicated university-wide initiative to advance interprofessional education (IPE) called Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC). Started in 2019, the annual LINC Seed Grant Program offers a competitive funding opportunity for interprofessional teams of faculty and staff intended to support pilot testing of novel IPE activities that meet an identified educational need and demonstrate potential for long-term scalability, sustainability, scholarship, and integration into…
Advancing the Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environment: A Conversation With NCICLE, IPEC, and HPAC
Interprofessional collaborative practice is increasingly required to achieve outcomes that matter most to individuals, families, communities and the health of populations. Interprofessional education has been widely recognized as critical to prepare future health professionals for effective collaborative practice. Increasingly, interprofessional educators are working to expand partnerships with practice to expand opportunities for learners to engage in interprofessional collaborative practice before graduation. Multiple national organizations are developing tools to support ongoing…
Promoting IPE Scholarly Dissemination Through a Peer-to-Peer Based Writers’ Workshop
Background: Generating scholarly output is a perpetual challenge for health sciences faculty who often juggle heavy teaching and practice workloads. At UT Health San Antonio, where clinical faculty are the primary drivers of interprofessional education (IPE) activity across campus, this challenge resonates. In response, members of Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), an institution-wide initiative to advance IPE, developed and implemented a pilot writers’ workshop targeting faculty currently engaged in IPE projects and disseminating their results in the IPE literature…