Jim
Ballard,
MS, EdD
University of Kentucky
KY,
United States
Dr. Ballard is director of the University of Kentucky Center for Interprofessional and Community Health Education and associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is past chair of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) and a member of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Expert Panel “Leveraging the IPEC Competency Framework to Transform Health Professions Education.” Dr. Ballard is a graduate in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and received a MS in Educational Psychology from the University of Kentucky and a Doctorate in Education at Northern Kentucky University with an emphasis on Interprofessional Education.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
Equine-assisted Services (EAS) have been utilized as an approach in healthcare and learning; however, its utility has not been investigated in the context of interprofessional team leadership development (ITLD). This pilot demonstrates the utility of learning with horses as an EAS method to foster development of key interprofessional leadership components.