Professor Hugh Barr, CAIPE President to receive prestigious award from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education:NEXUS Summit 2023

 

Professor Barr:

I write today to award the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education’s 2023 Pioneer Award to the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE), in special recognition of the groundbreaking contributions you, as CAIPE President, have made to the field.

The Pioneer Award, presented at the annual Nexus Summit since 2017, recognizes interprofessional practice and education pioneers for the foundational role that they have played in advancing the field. This award is reserved for those who have made significant contributions that have forever shaped and advanced the field of interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

The National Center Pioneer Award recognizes leaders in IPE, particularly those who have contributed to the early iterations of what interprofessional practice and education. Certainly, CAIPE and your work represents decades-long commitment and investment in scholarship, education, and practice, not only in the United Kingdom, but across the globe.

We have worked with Professor Elizabeth Anderson and Dr. Angela Lennox, CAIPE Co-Chairs, who have created a lovely video tribute that will be featured on the Nexus Summit and National Center websites. Additionally, as the Nexus Summit is virtual this year, National Center Director Christine Arenson will be recognizing CAIPE and you during a plenary session on Thursday, September 28.

Sincerely,

Barbara F. Brandt, PhD

Founding Director and Senior Advisor Director

 

Christine Arenson, MD, FNAP

Director

National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health

University of Minnesota

URL: https://nexusipe.org/

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National Center Pioneer Award

In 2016, the National Center established a special recognition, named the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Pioneer Award, to recognize interprofessional practice and education pioneers for the foundational role that they have played in advancing the field. This prestigious award is given at the discretion of the National Center leadership and is reserved for those who have made significant contributions that have forever shaped and advanced the field of interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Those who work in in interprofessional practice and education owe a debt of gratitude for the pioneers’ courageous vision and action to make a difference in quality health care by supporting teams of learners in many environments.