Advocacy Projects in Interprofessional Education: Update on the Jefferson Health Mentors Program

Authors

Nethra S. Ankam, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Anne Mitchell, PhD, ANP-BC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sarah Dallas, BA, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sarah Libros, BA, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Tracey Vause Earland, PhD, OTR/L, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Lauren Collins, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Elena Umland, PharmD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Background

Patient advocacy, essential to optimal team-based care, is included in the accreditation standards for many professions. Advocacy is an ideal vehicle for interprofessional education. Implemented since 2007, the Jefferson Health Mentors Program (HMP) is a required longitudinal program for first and second-year students from:

• Couple and Family Therapy
• Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy
• Physician Assistant Studies

Publication Date

7-30-2018

Keywords

advocacy, interprofessional education, JCIPE, Health Mentors Program

Disciplines

Education | Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Presented at the 2018 Nexus Summit

Recommended Citation

Ankam, MD, Nethra S.; Mitchell, PhD, ANP-BC, Anne; Dallas, BA, Sarah; Libros, BA, Sarah; Vause Earland, PhD, OTR/L, Tracey; Collins, MD, Lauren; and Umland, PharmD, Elena, "Advocacy Projects in Interprofessional Education: Update on the Jefferson Health Mentors Program" (2018). JCIPE Posters. 2.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jcipeposters/2