Shelley Cohen Konrad and Karen Pardue deliver Mary Switzer lecture

Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., LCSW, associate professor in the School of Social Work and director of the Center for Excellence in Interprofessional Education (CEIPE), and Karen Pardue Ph.D., R.N., ANEF, associate dean for Undergraduate Education in the Westbrook College of Health Professions and associate professor of nursing, delivered the Mary Switzer lecture to the fall meeting of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professionals on October 24, 2013, in Orlando, Florida.

The Switzer lecture is an invited keynote honoring the pioneering vision of Mary Switzer who advanced team-based vocational rehabilitation services.  Cohen Konrad and Pardue addressed the contribution of Interprofessional Education  (IPE) in shaping today's health professional and the imperative for learning experiences addressing the competencies of communication, values/ethics, teamwork, knowledge of diverse roles, collaborative leadership and patient centeredness in contemporary health profession curricula.