Michelle Colarelli, MA
Instructional Designer/Senior Instructor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Michelle Colarelli, MA is an Instructional Designer and Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She currently works for the CU Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (CU CIPE) and is a faculty lead for the IPE foundational courses. She has worked with medical simulation, represented the patient’s voice, and taught/developed/assessed interprofessional curriculum since 2010. She enjoys designing for engagement and manifesting the ‘big ahas’ that come from in-person, online, and remote learning. Since the pandemic, she now has experience designing to all learning environments at once.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

The importance of interprofessional education in ethics and health equity has become increasingly relevant as caring for patients becomes more complex and often involves care across professions and specialties. Rarely as healthcare professionals do we make decisions in isolation. Developing a shared framework for approaching ethical and health equity issues across professions is critical to prepare the next generation of health professionals and address the complex health care issues of society. The University of Colorado’s Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CUCIPE) prepares…
The pandemic has required educators to adapt their pedagogies, methodologies, and learning environments suddenly and gradually. We have learned that a ‘One Size Fits All’ approach often yields ‘One Size Fits None’ realities. The on-going challenge is to design simultaneously for in-person, online, synchronous, and asynchronous learners to provide flexibility for all learners to participate actively. At the University of Colorado’s Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (CUCIPE) we created an inclusive environment for students accessing group learning in a variety of ways. Our…
Background: The pandemic required educators to adapt their teaching methodologies and learning environments at a moment’s notice.   At the University of Colorado’s Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (CIPE) we adapted our team report out methods to accommodate asynchronous participation from long-distance learners around the world and those with conflicting clinical schedules locally.   Our challenge was how to include asynchronous learners in synchronous inter-team discussions and classroom learning.  Originally, we utilized discussion boards within the Canvas learning…