Below you will find UW IPE PoD students who have graduated with the UW IPE Path of Distinction Program completed. You can also view a few of the UW IPE PoD final reflections that some students were willing to share. We are so proud to have had the chance to watch these students learn with, from, and about other students, growing as a future leaders in IPE. We wish all of our scholars the best in their future endeavors!
Nine UW IPE PoD students gradated in Spring 2024 including Charis Benjamin, Doctor of Medicine; Joanna Hagan, Master of Public Health; Holly Keddington, Master of Physician Assistant Studies; Claudia Miller, Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Hope Schier, Doctor of Pharmacy; Julia Schiller, Doctor of Physical Therapy; Catherine Still, Doctor of Occupational Therapy; Hannah Than Win, Master of Genetic Counselor Studies; and Benjamin Weber, Doctor of Medicine. Congratulations!
Read more about these graduates below. Click HERE to read about the IPE Awards Ceremony where we were able to celebrate these graduates.
- Charis Benjamin
Program/year: Doctor of Medicine, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: Healthcare thrives when each member of a care team enters the room knowing they can teach and learn from one another. Skills learned in the IPE path of distinction helped me better facilitate collaborative and patient-centered care that encourages empathy and understanding among interprofessional teams in my future career as a psychiatrist.
Plans after graduation: Charis will begin a Psychiatry Residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell.
- Joanna Hagan
Program/year: Master of Public Health, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: Interprofessional education creates highly functioning, knowledgeable, and competent teams who are able to serve their patients and communities thoughtfully and holistically. Everyone benefits when we learn from and work with each other.
Plans after graduation: Joanna will be a fellow through the Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship. Joanna has been matched at Public Health Madison Dane County on their Maternal and Child Health Team.
- Holly Keddington
Program/year: Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: Every professional and patient brings rich experience to each healthcare encounter. When we foster an environment of collaboration, we benefit from these strengths and improve health outcomes.
Plans after graduation: After graduation, Holly will practice as a primary care provider in Wisconsin. Holly will utilize what she learned in the PoD program to be an effective practitioner, team member, and leader.
- Claudia (Dia) Miller
Program/year: Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: IPE and interprofessional collaboration is a necessary component of excellent patient care and great patient outcomes. My time with CIPE has allowed me to be a better future nurse, as well as a better peer, coworker, and teammate.
Plans after graduation: Dia will be at the VA Hospital in Seattle, Washington as part of their post baccalaureate registered nurse resident program. In a couple years, Dia plan’s to go back to school and get her DNP.
Click HERE to view Dia’s UW IPE PoD Final Reflection.
- Hope Schier
Program/year: Doctor of Pharmacy, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: To achieve exceptional patient care, the healthcare team must function at the highest level, and to work as an effective team, we must understand and appreciate each team member’s roles and perspectives.
Plans after graduation: Hope will be completing a 2-year Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency with Masters at the University of North Carolina Medical Center.
Click HERE to view Hope’s UW IPE PoD Final Reflection.
- Julia Schiller
Program/year: Doctor of Physical Therapy, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: Interprofessional collaboration is fundamental to provide exemplary patient care and I appreciated the opportunities UW CIPE offered me to practice, learn, and engage with other healthcare students to progress my profession forward.
Plans after graduation: Julia will be completing a neurological physical therapy residency at UW Health!
Click HERE to view Julia’s UW IPE PoD Final Reflection.
- Catherine Still
Program/year: Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: IPE means preparing students to function as members of a strong interprofessional team that recognizes and leverages the respective skillsets of each discipline involved.
Plans after graduation: Catherine will be working as an occupational therapist in UnityPoint Meriter Hospital’s inpatient psychiatric unit.
Click HERE to view Catherine’s UW IPE PoD Final Reflection.
- Hannah Than Win
Program/year: Master of Genetic Counselor Studies, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: To me, IPE means collaboration and integration of various medical experts to improve patient care and outcomes.
Plans after graduation: Hannah plans to take time to reconnect with friends and family after graduation, followed by pursuing a career that encompasses genetics and interprofessional practice.
- Benjamin Weber
Program/year: Doctor of Medicine, Class of 2024
What IPE means to me: Excellent patient care requires diverse members of the patient care team; IPE implores us to actively elicit the perspectives and expertise of our colleague across disciplines to drive good patient outcomes, and to work to understand the experience of those colleagues.
Plans after graduation: Ben matched to a preliminary medicine year at Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals and to the diagnostic radiology residency at UW Health.
Click HERE to view Ben’s UW IPE PoD Final Reflection.
The first UW IPE PoD student to graduate was Sarah Uhm, Master of Public Health, in Spring 2023. Congratulations!
Read more about Sarah below. Click HERE to read about the UW IPE PoD Graduation ceremony where we were able to celebrate Sarah!
- Sarah Uhm
Program/year: Master of Public Health, Class of 2023
What IPE means to me: IPE challenges us to grow as healthcare leaders, identify innovative ways to transform care practices, and improve health and health equity across all communities.
Plans after graduation: Accepted into the MD/PhD program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).
Click HERE to view Sarah’s UW IPE PoD Final Reflection.