Rosemary
Brander,
PhD, MSc, BSc (PT)
Assistant Professor
Queen's University
Rosemary Brander is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Department, and School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is past Director, Office of Interprofessional Education & Practice, Queen’s University. Her teaching and research interests include collaborative practice and customer service in healthcare environments; interprofessional education and team-based learning at undergraduate and graduate levels; and collaborative leadership and organizational change for improved health outcomes. Dr. Brander holds a doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences, Queen’s University, a Master of Science, University of Western Ontario, and a Bachelor of Science (Physical Therapy), Queen’s University.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
With today’s complex health and social problems, it has become essential that healthcare professionals work to collectively utilize interprofessional knowledge and collaborative skills capable of better meeting the populations’ needs. Interprofessional education (IPE) is one of the ways these skills can be gained. Most interprofessional education (IPE) in North America occurs within graduate-level healthcare programs. The introduction of IPE at the undergraduate, pre-professional level has begun to be explored, however, the extent to which the utilisation of an online/virtual IPE platform for…