Erin Leiman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Interprofessional Education and Care Center
Dr. Erin Leiman is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. She is involved with graduate and undergraduate medical education and is the co-medical director of the Interprofessional Education Clinic that brings together nursing, medical, physician assistant, and physical therapy faculty and students to care for patients. She is an Assistant Director for the Duke Interprofessional Education and Care Center. She received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University and trained at the Harvard-affiliated program in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston where she was chief resident.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Early interprofessional education (IPE) experiences can optimally position students for ongoing interprofessional learning and practice. A team from an academic health center’s newly established Center for Interprofessional Education and Care collaborated to create virtual IPE events for three different health professions programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.The purpose of this session is to describe the virtual IPE “Primer” learning experiences, instructional content, evaluation outcomes, and perspectives of the interprofessional planning group. These events established early integration of…
The Duke Interprofessional Education (IPE) Experience provides professional students the opportunity to participate in interprofessional clinical activities. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a novel pilot was developed to allow medical students to attend physical therapy sessions utilizing a hybrid virtual model. Students observed physical therapy sessions and discussed the session with the physical therapist and a faculty physician.In spring 2021, a novel pilot allowed medical students to voluntarily participate in physical therapy sessions. Due to social distancing, one student could be in…
The COVID-19 pandemic forced health professional schools to develop virtual educational opportunities in clinical care. We transitioned our already established Interprofessional Educational Clinic to allow an interprofessional team of students to virtually provide care to emergency department (ED) patients. The telehealth ED experience occurred from Sept 2020 – March 2021. ED faculty physicians were physically present with the patients and an interprofessional team of 2-3 students joined the clinical experience virtually. The sessions were 2.5 hours with a goal to provide care to 2 ED…
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, a new level of innovation has been required to ensure quality education for healthcare students. As the student advisory committee for Duke’s Interprofessional Education Care (IPEC) Center, we have been tasked with creating, planning, and executing a solution to effectively educate our peers on the scope and daily functions of various healthcare professionals within a virtual environment.Design/Methods The “Day in the Life” initiative is a social media experience aimed at giving current and future healthcare students a better understanding of different…