IPE Panel Presentation: Assessment of Interprofessional Practice

Eric Gilliam is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and serves as the Assistant Director of Experiential Programs at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Aurora Colorado. In addition to his faculty appointment, Eric serves as Director of the Clinical Integrations Program within the CU Anschutz Medical Campus Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. In this role, Eric oversees the development of clinical interprofessional training for 750 students across six health professions training programs located on the Anschutz Campus. Prior to entering academia, Eric practiced as an Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialist. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy at Butler University in Indianapolis, and trained as an EM Pharmacist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He currently serves as an EM Pharmacy Specialist at Denver Health Medical Center, a safety-net health system for Denver’s urban and underserved population. His scholarly interests include curricular design and evaluation, assessment of student learning, and professional identify formation.

John Luk serves as the Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Integration and works with colleagues and stakeholders on and off campus to create experiences that will prepare our graduates to be effective team players, communicators, and leaders. John also cares for hospitalized children and their families at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. His passion to better prepare physicians for 21st century healthcare practice has also led him to work with premedical college students on healthcare ethics and professional identity formation. Prior to joining Dell Medical School, John served as the Assistant Dean for Regional Medical Education in Austin for the University of Texas Medical Branch. John completed his Pediatric training at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland in California and went to medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine. He received his Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. John volunteers at his kids’ school as a yearbook photographer and classroom helper. He and his wife enjoy photography, live music, cycling, and running.

Lisa Howley is an experienced Educational Psychologist who has spent over 20 years advancing medical education. She currently leads strategic efforts to support the advancement of teaching and learning across the continuum of medical education. She oversees the newly formed Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships unit within the Medical Education Cluster. Prior to becoming the Senior Director of Initiatives and Partnerships at the Association of American Medical Colleges, she served as the Assistant Vice President of Medical Education and Physician Development for the Carolinas HealthCare System in North Carolina. In that role, she led a number of medical education initiatives across the professional development continuum, including graduate medical education accreditation and physician leadership development. She concurrently served as the Assistant Professor of Educational Research at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, where she supported curriculum and faculty development at the UNC regional campus in Charlotte, and engaged in scholarship contributing to empirical and conceptual literature in evaluation and assessment of clinical performance. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, and both her Master of Education and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia.