Innovative IPE Instructional Methods: Strategies & Lessons Learned

Frank J. Ascione is Professor of Clinical and Social and Administrative Sciences, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. He was Dean of the College from 2004-14 and has been a faculty member there since 1977. He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received his BS and PharmD from the College and his MPH and PhD from the School of Public Health. Dean Ascione was director of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) program that produced the second edition of Evaluation of Drug Interactions and is the author of Principles of Drug Information and Scientific Literature Evaluation: Critiquing Clinical Drug Trials.

Areas of research have included evaluating models of medication therapy management, consumer medication-taking behavior, and the use of technology in pharmacy practice. Dean Ascione's current research focuses on issues related to drug policy, and he teaches a course on issues in regulatory science.

Alan Dow, MD, MSHA is the Ruth and Seymour Perlin Professor of Medicine and Health Administration and Director of the Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care at Virginia Commonwealth University. Under his leadership, the Center develops, implements, and studies initiatives in interprofessional education and collaborative practice across seven schools at VCU, the VCU Health System, and the surrounding community. Over 2000 learners and 100 faculty participate in Center programs annually. He has been supported in this work with funding from the Josiah H. Macy, Jr Foundation as one of the inaugural class of Macy Faculty Scholars, a highly competitive national program focused on developing the next generation of educational leaders. In addition, he has also been funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Interprofessional Care and the Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice. A practicing internist, Alan attended medical school at Washington University and completed residency in internal medicine and a health administration degree at VCU.

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.