Kristen Bordner, PharmD Candidate
University Honor Council, COP Student Ambassador, and APhA-ASP VP of Communications
Medical University of South Carolina
Kristen is a Charleston native (rare) and is the youngest of 4 siblings (3 older brothers). Kristen has wanted to be a pharmacist since she was 13 years old, plans on pursuing a residency after school, is a cat lover, and loves being outside and taking care of her body.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

During the 2020-2021 academic year, we offered a new interprofessional course, “Emergency Response Management”. The course was extremely popular: 160 students enrolled in the Fall and 100 in the Spring. As facilitators for the course, we developed numerous group activities that appeared to be relevant and what we hoped would be interesting, motivating, and fun. While students’ on-going evaluations of the activities were positive, it was concerning that the final evaluations highlighted students’ dislike for group work, as well as a considerable reluctance to initiate communication with…