LeeAnne
Denny,
MD
DIrector of Interprofessional Education
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
LeeAnne Denny is a family physician at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Family Medicine Residency. She is the Director of Interprofessional Education and Practice at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix and runs the Longitudinal Patient Care Course, collaborating with NAU to run the Community Health Mentor Program in which medical students, occupational therapy students, physical therapy students and physician assistant students learn from one another and from a patient with disabilities and/or chronic medical conditions. She is a co-chair for the Arizona Nexus. In her free time she enjoys rollerskating and strategic board games.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
This Lightening Talk will describe how to develop and sustain a university and healthcare organization collaborative which can promote and support interprofessional education, practice, and research.Tell the story of the Arizona Nexus’s creation, disruption and resumption: The Arizona Nexus is a statewide collaborative between universities and healthcare organizations. The Arizona Nexus began as a pioneer Nexus Innovations Network member with the National Center, accelerating innovation through funding projects, establishing a shared vision, engaging leadership and the development of…