Andrea
Pfeifle,
EdD, PT, FNAP
The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
Kentucky,
United States
Andrea Pfeifle, Associate Vice President for Interprofessional Practice and Education at The Ohio State University, focuses on advancing the University’s commitment to a current, future, and emerging work force that improves health, health care, and well-being through interprofessional practice, education and team collaboration. Dr. Pfeifle graduated from the University of Kentucky with degrees in Physical Therapy, Curriculum and Instruction, and Educational Leadership and Administration. Prior to coming to Ohio State, she served as inaugural leader of university-wide interprofessional education initiatives at the University of Kentucky and Indiana University. Dr. Pfeifle is the current President of the National Academies of Practice.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
This workshop, hosted by IPR.Global, focuses on advancing knowledge and research in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP). Participants will explore the role of theory in research, engage in hands-on exercises in mixed-method research, and collaborate on strategies to evaluate IPECP outcomes, contributing to improved health, care, and equity outcomes globally.
This interactive workshop uses the "Wise Crowds" method to help leaders in IPE and collaborative practice address real-world challenges through peer-driven problem-solving. Participants will share leadership dilemmas, receive actionable feedback, and collaboratively generate solutions. Leaders across settings will engage, network, and gain practical strategies to advance their efforts.
IPE research should answer meaningful questions and utilize appropriate research designs and conceptual framing. The purpose of this session is to bring novice educational researchers to the next level based on individualized goals. Participants will build on their IPE research question of interest in a participatory workshop with research mentors that leads to a plan of action for each participant.
Digital health, including AI, wearables, electronic health records, and telehealth, has revolutionized healthcare. Interprofessional, digital health literacy is needed for cohesive, patient-centered care. This interactive session equips educators to integrate digital health literacy into interprofessional education programming and will culminate in the development of action plans for curricular enhancements.
We will explore three potential contributions to interprofessional education: management reasoning, collective competence, and critically reflective practice. These concepts can help prepare future graduates for the complexity of working in increasingly pressured contexts. Through facilitated discussion, participants will consider how these ideas can be incorporated into their educational practices.
Using retrospective case studies of two university-wide IPE programs, participants discern best practices in immersive experiential learning that ultimately translates into lifelong learning and workforce development. Participants identify characteristics that deeply engage students from all professions, synthesize best practices, and pinpoint enabling and distracting factors affecting outcomes.