Sarah
Uhm
MPH Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sarah Uhm is an MPH student at UW-Madison and a Wisconsin AHEC Scholar. She earned her B.S. in Microbiology and certificates in Global Health, Religious Studies, and Leadership from UW-Madison in 2021. Her primary research interests include infectious disease, microbiology & immunology, harm reduction & overdose prevention, public health law, and health equity. Sarah believes that interprofessional practice and education challenge us to grow as healthcare leaders, identify innovative ways to transform care practices, and improve health and health equity across all communities.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The four core competencies of interprofessional collaborative practice are values and ethics, role and responsibilities, communication, and teamwork. Interprofessional practice and education (IPE) experiences often center around these competencies, particularly in clinical settings. As students in the inaugural UW-Madison IPE Path of Distinction (PoD) cohort, we aim to conduct a project focused on curriculum development to expand IPE integration into clinical and community experiences. This proposal is an integral part of our IPE PoD scholarly project requirement to implement, evaluate, and…