Amber
King,
PharmD, BCPS, FNAP
Co-Director, Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
Thomas Jefferson University
Amber King, PharmD, BCPS, FNAP is Co-Director of the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education and Associate Provost for Interprofessional Practice and Education at Thomas Jefferson University, and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Jefferson College of Pharmacy. She is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and completed pharmacy residencies in Pharmacy Practice and Critical Care at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. King has received the James B. Erdmann Award for Excellence in Interprofessional Education and the Fred and Sadye Abrams Award for Excellence in Clinical or Laboratory Instruction.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (JCIPE) launched its first program, Health Mentors, in 2007 with nearly 450 students from 4 health professions. Over the last 18 years, JCIPE has expanded its offerings, now delivering 16 programs and reaching over 2,300 students from 20 health professions each year. Growth has allowed for greater flexibility and options for professions to integrate IPE into their curricula and students to voluntarily participate in co-curricular or extra-curricular interprofessional (IP) learning activities. With expansion of offerings came…
Educators and learners volunteering to facilitate and/or participate in interprofessional education (IPE) may receive no formal recognition for their additional involvement, challenging sustainability and efficacy of activities. However, increasing evidence indicates that interprofessional collaboration is imperative to providing safe, timely, and equitable healthcare, with accreditation requirements supporting integration of IPE across health professions curricula. Faculty facilitators must be knowledgeable about and able to model the core interprofessional competencies in administering IPE…