Marisa
Vaskalis
Director, Interprofessional Education
Campbell University
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Marisa Vaskalis is the Director of Interprofessional Education (IPE) at Campbell University. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Malone University in Canton, Ohio. She has served as Curriculum Coordinator at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and most recently as the Medical Education Specialist for the Campbell University Physician Assistant Program. As Director of IPE, Marisa coordinates curricular events, manages assessment and evaluation, collaborates with students and faculty members who champion IPE in their specific health sciences programs, oversees official IPE Office communications, and more as she serves the IPE Office.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Campbell University Office of IPE (CUIPE) hosts four major IPE events each academic year, for which space is reserved on the academic calendar of the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. Each event is attended by all CPHS students along with different classes within CUSOM, the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. The IPE Office’s mission states that they seek to “ultimately create an integrated continuum balancing curriculum and team-based care,” and has been working to strategically place events on this continuum which progresses through IPEC…
Background: Longitudinal feedback from students collected by The Campbell University Office of IPE (CUIPE) has indicated a need for direct learning pertaining to the roles and responsibilities of the different health sciences professionals on the healthcare team. In response, CUIPE created a new event called REPS: Reflect, Engage, Practice, & Summarize, which would give students the much-needed opportunity to increase their understanding of the roles and responsibilities of various healthcare professionals. The aims of this event included: Increase student understanding of other health…