Jennifer Morton presents poster on behalf of CHANNELS (UD7 HRSA) at the Institute of Medicine

Jennifer Morton, DNP, MPH, APHN, interim director and associate professor of the Department of Nursing and project director of the CHANNELS program, presented a poster on the assessment and evaluation process of the Interprofessional nature of the Community, Health, Access, Navigate, Network, Education, Leadership and Services (CHANNELS) project at the Global Forum on Innovations in Health Professions Education at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), held in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 2013.

The University of Missouri, The Ohio State University, Xavier University, and UNE were selected from a competitive peer review among all 27 Health Services Research Administration (HRSA) awardees to present their innovative methodologies and early findings.  Additionally, presenters served as guests to the Global Forum proceedings whereby recommendations were developed for Interprofessional Education (IPE) standardized assessment processes.
 

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