Sue
Wenker,
PT, PhD, MS, Distinguished Fellow NAP
Director, DPT Program, Associate Professor, DFMCH
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Wenker is an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She sits on multiple education and professional development committees for the UW Madison and is co-coordinator of the UW CIPE Healthy Aging Initiative. Dr. Wenker’s interests lie in program development and evaluation evident by her involvement in both state and national education programming. In 2020 Dr. Wenker received two awards through the Academy of Geriatrics, the Joan M Mills Award, the highest award in the Academy, and the Distinguished Educator Award. She was a recipient of the SMPH Dean’s Teaching Award in 2021.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
As evidence mounts for the positive patient and workforce outcomes of interprofessional education (IPE), educators must not only offer comprehensive instruction of IPEC competencies but also nurture the next generation in IPE leadership and scholarship. To achieve this latter goal, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE), in collaboration with its ten program/school partners, developed the longitudinal UW Interprofessional Practice and Education Path of Distinction (UW IPE PoD) Program (https://cipe.wisc.edu/education/#pod). The UW…
As the global population ages, the number of people living with dementia (PLwD) is rising rapidly, placing increasing demands on healthcare systems. Yet, traditional health sciences curricula often lack sufficient focus on brain health, caregiver support, and interprofessional collaboration. The Healthy Aging Initiative (HAI) was developed to address these gaps and prepare interprofessional students to meet the complex needs of older adults through collaborative, person-centered care. This Lightning Talk will describe the development and implementation of the HAI curriculum, which includes…
Description of the Lightning Talk: This Lightning Talk will describe how facilitators are trained for roles in the UW Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE) Healthy Aging Initiative (HAI) to enhance collaborative practice among healthcare learners. The HAI prepares learners for real-world interprofessional collaboration by delivering three virtual programs focused on developing interprofessional competencies in learners, specifically in the context of healthy aging. This Talk will highlight best practice training methodologies and the role of facilitation in fostering…