Jennifer Taylor, DHEd, MPH, MCHES
Assistant Professor Family Medicine/ Executive Director Indiana AHEC
Indiana University School of Medicine / Indiana AHEC Network
Jennifer Taylor, DHEd, MPH is the Executive Director of the Indiana AHEC Network and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine for the Department of Family Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). She holds positions on the IUSM Admissions Committee and Academic Standards Committee. Dr. Taylor holds a Doctorate in Health Education, a Master’s in Public Health, and is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist. Her background includes over a decade of experience working on a variety of health-related topics including health workforce development, program evaluation, interprofessional education, and primary prevention.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

A substantial number of interprofessional learning experiences have been developed using didactic formats, yet students often find these experiences artificial and the impacts of these experiences often dissipate once learners enter the clinical environment.1-5 There is consensus that IPE should be integrated into clinical education settings or other experiential contexts.5 This session will highlight a recent, nationally-implemented educational intervention that situates IPE within the context of community and overall health system transformation - the AHEC Scholars program. Utilizing the…