College of Osteopathic Medicine
3200 South University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2018
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NSU sent an
interprofessional
team of leaders
from multiple
programs to the
Interprofessional
Education Collab-
orative (IPEC) Interprofessional Education: Building a
Framework for Collaboration Institute, which was held
October 1-3 in Herndon, Virginia.
Dr. Kamilah Thomas-Purcell
, director of interprofes-
sional primary care education at NSU-COM’s Center for
Interprofessional Education and Practice, was the team
leader for the IPE Sharks team. NSU attendees included
Dr. Anthony J. Silvagni
,
Barbara Barrett, D.N.P.,
A.R.N.P.
, associate dean of academic affairs at the Col-
lege of Nursing,
Karen Grosby, Ed.D.
, dean of the Center
for Psychological Studies, and
Terry Morrow Nelson,
Ph.D.
, assistant dean of student affairs at the College of
Health Care Sciences.
At the conference’s conclusion, the team created an
action report to develop and sustain interprofessional
education and practice at NSU. The action plan will be
launched in 2015.
Pictured are Dr. Karen Grosby, Dr. An-
thony J. Silvagni, Dr. Kamilah B. Thomas-Purcell, Dr. Terry
Morrow Nelson, and Dr. Barbara Barrett.
Collaboration Is the Key to Interprofessional Education
