Paige
Whitney,
MSc, PhD Candidate
Asst. Dean of Interprofessional Education, Director, and Senior Clinical Instructor
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Paige is the Assistant Dean of IPE and a Senior Clinical Instructor in Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and the Director of the Center for Active Living located on campus. She works collaboratively with interprofessional faculty and student teams to develop, implement, evaluate innovative health and wellness programs for the community that simultaneously provide students hands-on experience and training. In addition, Paige is finishing her PhD in Educational Leadership, Research, and Policy to further develop her skills as a leader, educator, and change agent.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
What is the right thing to do? The training of ethics and ethical decision making is oftentimes overlooked and assumed to be an innate skill; however, it is a central concept expected to be upheld by each provider through their respective code of ethics. Ethical decision making is not black and white and typically complicated by complex circumstances. As leaders, and mentors to future leaders, it is our responsibility as educators to train the future workforce to work collaboratively to solve the increasingly complex health problems we see today and can expect in the future. By intentionally…