Aline
Saad,
PharmD, FNAP
Director of Faculty Development, Coordinator of Interprofessional Education, Associate Professor of
Wayne State University
Dr. Saad currently serve as the Director of Faculty Development, Coordinator of Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Since 2020, she has completed a comprehensive mapping and assessment of the IPE offerings, developed an IPE plan for the PharmD program, and chaired the IPE College Committee. At MI-AHEC, she is the IPE faculty champion co-leading on the delivery of the AHEC scholars’ program. She also is part of the WSU AGREED GWEP Grant facilitating the IPE learning for students. Between 2007 and 2020, she served the Lebanese American University by chairing the Pharmacy Practice Department and contribution to the curriculum and assessment committees.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Mentoring serves as an essential tool to facilitate the growth and development of healthcare educators engaged in interprofessional practice and education (IPE). The American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC), in collaboration with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, developed the AIHC mentoring program. This study describes the characteristics of mentors and mentees choosing to participate in the AIHC mentoring program, reports on their perceived effectiveness of the program in meeting its objectives and assesses if participation supported achieving…
Learning Objectives: After attending this session, the learner will be able to: 1) Efficiently analyze assessment data through an AI platform 2) Provide feedback generated by a Large Language Model (LLM) to students 3) Utilize AI tools for educational improvement Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is crucial for preparing health professional students for collaborative healthcare practice, a requirement mandated by various accrediting bodies. Wayne State University's (WSU) Interprofessional Telehealth Team Visit (IPTTV) facilitates this by bringing together over 800 students and…
Background: Team composition and size may influence student learning during interprofessional education events. This study investigated the impact of team size and composition (number of disciplines on a team) on changes in student interprofessional values and standardized patients’ (SPs) perceptions of team performance. Methodology: Students from 7 professions (Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Social Work) participated in an interprofessional telehealth team visit (IPTTV) with standardized patients. Teams of students virtually met with their…