Teresa Cochran, DPT, assistant dean for the CAHP at the Health Science Education Complex in Kearney, and Devin Nickol, MD, associate professor in UNMC Internal Medicine, recently led a workshop, Advancing the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice & Policy Research Agenda, at the National Academies of Practice (NAP) conference in Washington, DC. NAP consists of 14 health professions academies that advise Congress on health policies needed to support interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Dr. Cochran also participated in visits to the Nebraska Congressional delegation to share policy modifications that would achieve the Quadruple Aim and facilitate team-based care.
Drs. Cochran and Nickol took interprofessionalism to Washington
