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PORTLAND, Maine

Shelley Cohen Konrad and Karen Pardue facilitate IPE training in Michigan

Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., LCSW, FNAP, interim director for the School of Social Work and director of the InterProfessional Education (IPE) Collaborative and Karen Pardue, Ph.D., R.N., CNE, ANEF, associate dean in the Westbrook College of Health Professions, recently returned from Eastern Michigan University where they facilitated a two day IPE scholars training. 

Cohen Konrad and Pardue were invited by Christine Karshin, Ph.D., associate dean in the College of Health and Human Services at Eastern Michigan University. Faculty leaders from different health care disciplines learned about IPE and collaborative practice and gained the knowledge necessary to jump start interprofessional initiatives at their university. 

Cohen Konrad and Pardue frequently present nationally on the development, implementation, and evaluation of interprofessional education. “UNE’s reputation for IPE innovation has provided us with incredible opportunities to train health educators across the nation and evoke passion for transforming health practice and education,” said Cohen Konrad about the experience. 

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.