Cheri
Friedrich,
DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, FNAP, FAAN
University of Minnesota
MN,
United States
Cheri Friedrich is the co-creator and co-director of the University of Minnesota Center for Interprofessional Health and is a national leader in developing innovative interprofessional health education approaches to advance interprofessional competencies. She led the development and implementation of interprofessional health care escape rooms, developed an innovative virtual interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum, and co-developed a continuing workplace education series for clinical preceptors. She is also the specialty coordinator of the pediatric nurse practitioner-primary care Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Dr. Friedrich is a fellow of the National Academies of Practice and the American Academy of Nursing.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
This presentation describes an innovative hybrid continuing education curriculum for health professionals to develop and apply the IPEC competencies in their roles as providers and preceptors within interprofessional clinical learning environments. Presenters will summarize the curriculum content, present feedback data, and share lessons learned in implementation and assessment.
Significant gaps exist in implementing interprofessional education in the clinical learning environment. In partnership with three health organizations, the UMN Center for Interprofessional Health launched an innovative academic-clinical partnership model designed to leverage and support IPE Champions employed within health systems. Champion presenters will share lessons learned, outcomes, and impacts.
In this presentation, a nurse practitioner mother and her clinical ethicist daughter will describe their interprofessional collaboration through the art of storytelling to encourage attendees to foster relationships of curiosity and appreciation with their colleagues to enhance resilience, well-being, and work-life balance.