Jennifer
Burba,
MSEd
Indiana University
Jennifer L. Burba, MSEd is an experienced higher education administrator with over three decades of service at Indiana University. She currently serves as Deputy Director of Operations at the Interprofessional Practice and Education Center, where she co-leads strategic planning, curriculum management, and HR operations. Jennifer also holds adjunct faculty positions at both Indiana University and Purdue University, teaching courses in leadership, human behavior, and organizational development.
Her background spans educational leadership, human resources, curriculum design, data analysis, and program evaluation. She is a published researcher, frequent presenter at national conferences, and an active contributor to university service and professional organizations. Jennifer holds an MSEd in Adult Education, is currently pursuing an EdD in Instructional Systems Technology, and is recognized for her excellence in academic and administrative leadership.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
If we are expecting learners to engage in specific interprofessional behaviors, the attitudes they hold towards those behaviors are critical. The psychological literature on behavior change identifies attitudes as a precursor to behavior change. Individuals need to have an attitude that specific behaviors matter if they are to develop an intent to engage in these behaviors. Therefore, without an attitude that interprofessional work matters, it is unlikely that learners will engage in the intended collaborative behaviors in the workplace. This presentation describes the specific application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to the design and evaluation of a longitudinal interprofessional core curriculum.