Kathleen Waite, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Duke School of Medicine
Dr. Kathleen Waite is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. She obtained her medical degree from Duke University and Internal Medicine residency at Duke. She is actively involved in medical student education. Currently she is the co-medical director for the Interprofessional Education Clinic that brings together nursing, medical, physician assistant, physical therapy, and pharmacy faculty and students to care for patients in the urgent care setting. She is also course director for the Introduction to Outpatient General Internal Medicine at Duke and teaches in the Duke Capstone course.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Objectives:1. Review the rationale and reasoning behind the development of an interprofessional clinical learning experience 2. Discuss resources and commitments required for the development and maintenance of an interprofessional clinical learning experience 3. Review the “existential” questions that must be addressed when considering an interprofessional clinical learning experience 4. Brainstorm ideas and formulate answers that are profession and program specific in order to develop and grow an interprofessional clinical learning experienceThis Seminar is an opportunity to examine and…
Duke University Schools of Medicine and Nursing developed an interprofessional student clinical experience which brings together students and faculty from their professional programs including doctor of allopathy (MD), advanced bachelors of science in nursing (ABSN), nurse practitioner (NP), physician assistant (PA), physical therapy (PT) to provide collaborative care to patients in the Duke emergency department (ED). The IPE experience focuses on team-based, hands-on patient care as well as learning from and with each of the professions. As this is a patient care experience, there is…
Duke University Schools of Medicine and Nursing developed an interprofessional student clinical experience which brings together students and faculty from their professional programs including doctor of allopathy (MD), advanced bachelors of science in nursing (ABSN), nurse practitioner (NP), physician assistant (PA), physical therapy (PT) to provide collaborative care to patients in the Duke emergency department (ED). The IPE experience focuses on team-based, hands-on patient care as well as learning from and with each of the professions. We sought to understand the impact this 4-hour…
Duke University Schools of Medicine and Nursing developed an interprofessional student clinical experience which brings together students and faculty from their professional programs including doctor of allopathy (MD), advanced bachelors of science in nursing (ABSN), nurse practitioner (NP), physician assistant (PA), physical therapy (PT) to provide collaborative care to patients seeking care in the Duke emergency department (ED). The IPE experience focuses on team-based, hands-on patient care as well as learning from and with each of the professions. Many of the involved learners are early…