
Olivia
Anderson,
PhD, MPH, RD, CLC
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan
Dr. Anderson is an associate clinical professor and associate chair of educational initiatives in the Nutritional Sciences Department at the University of Michigan. interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning in public health education. Her research has a specific emphasis surrounding: 1) implications of the public health discipline to interprofessional education (IPE) and practice, 2) lactation education training aimed to reduce health disparities and promote population health, and 3) equitable teaching strategies for effective education especially in public health writing. Dr. Anderson teaches maternal child nutrition and professional development courses that foster public health writing and teaching skills.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Introduction to Interprofessional Education (IPE) at the University of Michigan (U-M) began as a 1.5-hour asynchronous module, serving as an assignment for first-year students in various health profession programs, introducing them to two IPEC competencies. In 2023, it was revised as a 3-hour asynchronous offering to describe all IPEC competencies, intercultural humility (a U-M-specific IPE competency), define IPE and IP collaboration (IPC) in relation to the quintuple aims and social determinants, identify attributes of effective interprofessional teams, and reflect on conflict/leadership…
BackgroundSince its inception, the University of Michigan (UM) Center for Interprofessional Education (C-IPE) has recognized a 5th IPE competency unique to UM focused on intercultural humility. Originally adopted from a white paper by the UM Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, its definition and application have undergone revisions. Most recently was in response to: the 2023 updates to the national Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competencies and the definition of the UM Core Curriculum to emphasize learning outcomes essential before entering practice-level settings…
Establishing team norms is critical in ensuring positive student collaboration and performance, yet there is a lack of literature describing how early learners in IPE learn about and practice establishing team norms. To develop skills to establish team norms, health professional students at the University of Michigan enrolled in the core interprofessional education (IPE) courses: Introduction to IPE (Fall 2024) and Longitudinal Interprofessional Family Experience (LIFE) (Winter 2025). These were early learners in their professional programs. This mixed-methods study examined students’…