My First CAB!
By: Katie Eliot PhD, RDN
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending my first Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) VII meeting in Indianapolis. For the past several years, I’ve wanted to go to CAB and it has never worked out. But this year was my year! In my first year as a full time faculty member at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, I was able to join a team of 10 other faculty members from several different professions across campus. CAB is the premier interprofessional meeting for US and Canada that attracts scholars from around the world. A few highlights of my time at the meeting were…
Getting to know my new IPE colleagues.
Stepping out of the office and experiencing a professional meeting together is a great way to get to know your co-workers better. Thanks to the expert planning of our fearless leader and Assistant Director of Interdisciplinary programs at the OUHSC, our team had plenty of time to catch up over dinner and always found a table together at the combined meeting sessions. One of the best parts was that two 3rd year medical students joined the team on the trip. I loved getting to hear their perspectives and energy for their future careers in team-based health care. Engaging with students always leaves me feeling more energetic about my own work and hopeful about our future health care work force.
Catching up with colleagues from around the country
The exciting thing about CAB is that it brings together scholars and educators from around the world and the more I dig into this work, the deeper embedded I become in the fabric of those with the same mission of improving health care through IPE. In fact, the opening reception felt like a reunion, complete with outstanding food, excited conversations and even a photo booth! I re-connected with former colleagues from Saint Louis University, collaborators from several institutions and members of national groups like IPEC and the National Academy of Medicine Global Forum. The best part was getting to hear about the exciting things going on in others’ research and practice from so many different perspectives.
Learning more about IPE assessment
I was tasked with going to sessions that focused on assessment, which is a huge interest of mine. In session after session, I was engaged in conversations about best practices for evaluating our students’ learning in IPE. There were so many outstanding instruments and ideas that I was excited to bring back to campus and employ in our program here. I look forward to seeing how we can incorporate these to make our learning environments even more impactful.
In all, it was a great experience and I am already thinking about CAB VII which will be held somewhere in Quebec, Canada in 2021!
By: Katie Eliot PhD, RDN
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending my first Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) VII meeting in Indianapolis. For the past several years, I’ve wanted to go to CAB and it has never worked out. But this year was my year! In my first year as a full time faculty member at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, I was able to join a team of 10 other faculty members from several different professions across campus. CAB is the premier interprofessional meeting for US and Canada that attracts scholars from around the world. A few highlights of my time at the meeting were…
Getting to know my new IPE colleagues.
Stepping out of the office and experiencing a professional meeting together is a great way to get to know your co-workers better. Thanks to the expert planning of our fearless leader and Assistant Director of Interdisciplinary programs at the OUHSC, our team had plenty of time to catch up over dinner and always found a table together at the combined meeting sessions. One of the best parts was that two 3rd year medical students joined the team on the trip. I loved getting to hear their perspectives and energy for their future careers in team-based health care. Engaging with students always leaves me feeling more energetic about my own work and hopeful about our future health care work force.
Catching up with colleagues from around the country
The exciting thing about CAB is that it brings together scholars and educators from around the world and the more I dig into this work, the deeper embedded I become in the fabric of those with the same mission of improving health care through IPE. In fact, the opening reception felt like a reunion, complete with outstanding food, excited conversations and even a photo booth! I re-connected with former colleagues from Saint Louis University, collaborators from several institutions and members of national groups like IPEC and the National Academy of Medicine Global Forum. The best part was getting to hear about the exciting things going on in others’ research and practice from so many different perspectives.
Learning more about IPE assessment
I was tasked with going to sessions that focused on assessment, which is a huge interest of mine. In session after session, I was engaged in conversations about best practices for evaluating our students’ learning in IPE. There were so many outstanding instruments and ideas that I was excited to bring back to campus and employ in our program here. I look forward to seeing how we can incorporate these to make our learning environments even more impactful.
In all, it was a great experience and I am already thinking about CAB VII which will be held somewhere in Quebec, Canada in 2021!
