What You’ll Learn:

In this episode, host Catherine McDonald, Patrick Adams, and guest Tina Patel Gunaldo discuss interprofessional collaboration. They explain the importance of interprofessional education (IPE) in training future healthcare professionals to collaborate effectively. Tina highlights the challenges of traditional hierarchies and the need for asynchronous collaboration.

About the Guest:

Tina is an innovative and results-driven healthcare leader dedicated to advancing interprofessional collaboration and patient-centered care. She is known for transforming visionary ideas into lasting, evidence-based systems that improve access, quality, and performance across clinical, academic, and community settings. With a proven track record of developing scalable models, securing multimillion-dollar funding, and launching initiatives adopted statewide and nationally, Tina brings together clinicians, administrators, educators, and community partners around shared goals that elevate both patient care and organizational excellence. Her work includes pioneering Louisiana’s first hospital-based food pantry, establishing the state’s first Interprofessional Consortium, and developing vaccination training programs for dentists. Guided by the principles of empowering patients as leaders of their health teams, fostering interdependence, and embedding evidence-based teamwork into practice, Tina continues to inspire innovation and collaboration in healthcare.

Links:

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