Kalee
Kirmer-Voss,
MD
Assistant Professor
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kalee Kirmer-Voss, MD joined the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health in 2021 as Assistant Professor. She completed her residency in this program and served as chief resident during her final year. Her job duties involves medical education and training our next generation of physicians. The majority of her time is in clinical context working hands-on with learners. She also works with students in an interprofessional format which includes spending time educating learners from different disciplines in the clinical environment. Her scholarly projects have focused on quality improvement projects to improve student education, but also clinical patient care.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The University of Kansas Department of Family Medicine has a robust history of interprofessional activities, including our Interprofessional Teaching Clinic (IPTC). Student teams comprised of learners from medicine, pharmacy, psychology, nursing, PT, OT and sometimes law are given autonomy and independence to evaluate patients and then propose their treatment plans before faculty help complete each visit. Two family physicians, along with faculty from other professions, provide supervision.Our patients tend to be complex both medically and socially, such that caring for them presents an…