April D. Newton, PT, DPT, MA, FNAP
Director, Interprofessional Practice Development
Indiana University
April D. Newton, PT, DPT, MA, FNAP, is the Director of Interprofessional Practice Development at the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Newton leads the development and integration of interprofessional education and collaborative practice curricula; promotes and guides interprofessional clinical training models; and collaborates with clinical faculty, healthcare providers, health professions learners, and staff to implement team-based care clinics. She is involved with the Comprehensive Pain Assessment Clinic (CoPAC), Team Care Clinic, Well Child & Oral Health Clinic at the IU Health/Family Medicine Center and the IU Student Outreach Clinic.

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…
The presentation describes the process and outcomes from a 5-year review of the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center and focuses on the transformative changes that occurred in the Center’s work as a result. The evaluation goals were to assess the existing university-wide foundational IPE curriculum to determine if student and faculty outcomes were being met and assess the effectiveness of the Center’s current organizational structure. The evaluation was conducted by the Health Sciences Evaluation Team (HSET), appointed by the University Clinical Affairs (UCA)…