Alex Buchanan, MA
Project Manager
Indiana University
Alex Buchanan is the Project Manager for the Indiana University Grand Challenge: Responding to the Addictions Crisis at the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center. He also manages the Indiana Communities Advancing Recovery Efforts Project at the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health through project ECHO. Alex has a BS in General Studies from IU. He earned his MA in Executive Development at Ball State University. Alex previously worked at the IU Kelley School of Business as the Associate Director of Student Engagement and was the Assistant Director of Student Life at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

The intended learning objectives for attendees are: Determine a theme that reflects a current cause or initiative at your institution or home state. Generate topic ideas related to the theme Identify collaborative partners to support the development of the topics Discuss strategies to promote the development of interprofessionalism among the student participants. Draft an IPE co-curricular event for further development with collaborators.   This seminar session was borne from the development of a co-curricular Interprofessional Education (IPE) Workshop Series related to substance abuse…