Nicole Trupiano, BS, MD Candidate
Co-Chair
University of Michigan Medical School
Nicole (Nikki) Trupiano graduated with a BS in Business Administration in 2018 from UNC-Chapel Hill. She spent a year working as a case manager on an interprofessional team at a primary care office in North Carolina. She is now in her fourth year of medical school at the University of Michigan Medical School. Her research and educational interests include IPE, medical consulting, medical education, and dermatology. She is the current Logistics and Administration Co-Chair of the Interprofessional Student Advisory Committee for all of the health science programs at the University of Michigan.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

BackgroundWith the substantial growth of Interprofessional Education (IPE), there is increasing demand for engaged, trained faculty to support ongoing IPE innovation, expansion and sustainability. While there is growing literature regarding IPE faculty development, limited literature exists regarding effective, best-practice strategies to recruit and engage new IPE faculty.DesignA “dip your toes in the water” faculty recruitment and engagement strategy was developed using personalized, collegial outreach and invitation to an experiential, exposure level “faculty observer” IPE experience. This…
BackgroundResearch has consistently shown that interprofessional education (IPE) improves patient-centered care and outcomes. Specifically, newer research has identified that student leadership in IPE leads to improved participation among peers, thus leading to improved IPE overall. Peer teaching described within medicine and nursing has had positive effects for both the learner and the teacher, but these studies were uni-professionally and did not examine this within an interprofessional context. The authors aimed to describe a student-developed IPE curriculum where health professional…
BackgroundResearch has consistently shown that interprofessional education (IPE) improves patient-centered care, hence the way it is taught to students is pivotal. Previous studies evaluating an interprofessional teaching approach have proven to be effective in increasing interest in the topic. However, most of these studies involved only physicians and physical therapists. To our knowledge, no studies have examined other health professions teaching medical students. Therefore, a group of learners and staff set out to allow health professionals to teach medical students. MethodsA cross-…