Michelle
Colarelli,
MA
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
CO,
United States
Michelle Colarelli MA is an Instructional Designer and Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She currently works for the CU Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (CU CIPE) and is a faculty lead for the IPE foundational courses. She has worked with medical simulation, represented the patient’s voice, and taught/developed/assessed interprofessional curriculum since 2010. She enjoys designing for engagement and manifesting the ‘big ahas’ that come from in-person, online, and remote learning. Her passion is restoring health, wellness, and rseiliency in team based practices.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
This presentation describes an innovative and replicable opportunity to incorporate naloxone training into interprofessional education curricula. The impact of these trainings includes improved knowledge, clinical skill acquisition, and appreciation of interprofessional collaboration as a means of addressing key ethics and health equity challenges of the opioid epidemic.
This mini-workshop explores the intersection of social, professional, and interprofessional identities in shaping learning and belonging. Participants will engage in reflective exercises, case studies, and discussions to connect social identity concepts to inclusive teaching practices, fostering student inclusivity, equitable educational practices, and professional identity formation in interprofessional teams.