Douglas
Ander,
MD
Emory University School of Medicine
GA,
United States
Dr. Douglas S. Ander earned his Medical Degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Currently, Dr. Ander is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Dean for Medical Education. He works clinically at Grady Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. Dr. Ander has authored multiple scholarly works. His educational passion, administrative responsibilities and scholarly output over the past several decades have focused on interprofessional education.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
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.
IPE-ACTS is Emory’s interprofessional education program for students in the schools of nursing, medicine, and public health. IPE-ACTS allows students to focus on an issue impacting the health of Atlanta and work together using IPEC Core Competencies to create a novel approach to improve the health of vulnerable Atlanta communities.
The IPE program has provided a generation of students with a strong basis of teamwork and communication skills that form a foundation for collaborative practice. The future will focus is on translation to collaborative practice skills in the clinical environment. The program's success highlights the importance of teamwork and communication in healthcare education.
The Emory Farmworker Project (EFP) is an interprofessional service-learning program at Emory University where health professional students provide care to migrant farmworkers in the fields. PA and MD students participated in focus groups about the interprofessional nature of EFP and the impact of community-based, practical IPE on their clinical learning.
Despite the rise in interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice, opportunities for true IPE are limited in traditional didactics and rotations. The Emory Farmworker Project provides a model for community-based IPE programs to create a unique, high yield learning environment to foster collaboration and co-learning for health professional students.
This workshop explores strategies for systematic and longitudinal assessment and evaluation of IPE programs, focusing on learner outcomes, collaborative skills, and program effectiveness. Participants will engage in interactive activities to design robust assessment frameworks, enhancing their ability to evaluate and refine IPE curricula to meet accreditation standards and improve educational practices.