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The changing healthcare environment requires frontline innovation from healthcare providers to improve the health of the population, decrease the cost of care, and enhance the patient experience. Providers must be leaders to achieve these goals. In this year’s symposium, attendees will learn from experts in interprofessional leadership about how to turn great ideas into great accomplishments. Topics will span the continuum from education of healthcare providers to practice-based intervention proven to create a healthier society.

Symposium Objectives: 

At the conclusion of the Symposium, attendees will be able to:

• Describe the changes in the practice environment supportive of increased interprofessional practice
• Summarize evidence-supported innovations in interprofessional practice
• Identify educational approaches to develop a workforce prepared for interprofessional practice

Keynote:

Christine Arenson, MD

Associate Professor and Co-Director, Senior Adult Oncology Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Christine Arenson is a family physician who co-directs the Jefferson Center for InterProfessional Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She specializes in geriatrics and palliative care and uses insights from her team-based clinical practice to shape her research and teaching. She has led a number of clinical innovations related to interprofessional practice and has published research about interprofessional education and innovative models of care.

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