LINC Didactic IPE Initiative

The LINC Didactic IPE Initiative resides within the LINC Faculty Council. This working group is dedicated to understanding and advancing IPE activities that take place in classroom setting (including online) as part of formal curricula. Didactic IPE activities lead to a formal transcript designation; for example, as a required educational experience during a credit-bearing course.  This Initiative’s signature program is the LINC Common IPE Experience. Annually, the Leader of the LINC Didactic IPE Initiative and the LINC Director collaborate to develop charges to guide Initiative efforts and maximize contributions to the QEP.

Fiscal Year 2024 Charges

Revise content, implementation processes/procedures and evaluations for the Fall 2024 LINC Common IPE Experience based on program evaluation data collected, and stakeholder feedback obtained, from the Fall 2022 LINC Common IPE Experience.

Increase participation in Fall 2024 LINC Common IPE Experience by 5%.

Publish, in a peer-reviewed journal, results from the Fall 2023 LINC Common IPE Experience.

Submit at least one national peer-reviewed poster or podium presentation based on outcomes from the Fall 2023 LINC Common IPE Experience.

Submit at least one proposal for extramural funding to support the LINC Didactic IPE Initiative’s efforts to develop high-quality didactic IPE.

Working in collaboration with the Leader of the LINC Faculty & Staff Development Initiative, contribute didactic IPE expertise to the creation of workshops aimed at improving the IPE knowledge and skills of UT Health San Antonio employees and their attempts to increase quality IPE opportunities for students.

Contributions to Collaborative Scholarship

Click here to view a summary of scholarly dissemination products from the LINC Didactic IPE Initiative.

Moshtagh Farokhi, DDS, MPHMoshtagh Farokhi, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Leader, LINC Didactic IPE Initiative
Professor/Clinical, School of Dentistry
Dental Director, San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic
farokhi@uthscsa.edu

Moshtagh Farokhi, D.D.S., M.P.H., leads the LINC Faculty Council’s Didactic IPE Initiative. Dr. Farokhi brings private practice and teaching experience to her research at the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry. Her interests lie at the intersection of disease prevention, health promotion, and community engagement, with a focus on IPE, social determinants of health, refugee health, acculturation, and service learning. Her teaching is founded on principles of active learning and critical thinking, with an emphasis on cultural humility and empathy. Dr. Farokhi collaborates with various professions and partners within local community organizations, such as the Center for Refugee Services and Edgewood Independent School District, to address health disparities. She was recently appointed as a member of the UT System Shine Academy of Health Science Education. Dr. Farokhi was part of the QEP development team that pre-dated LINC, and she has represented the School of Dentistry on the LINC Faculty Council since June 2018. In 2021, Dr. Farokhi received the Academy of General Dentistry’s highest honor of Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition or LLSR, for her commitment to lifelong learning and service to the community and organized dentistry.

Aesha AboueishaAesha Aboueisha, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital & General Internal Medicine
Long School of Medicine
aboueishaa@uthscsa.edu

Bobby Belarmino HeadshotBobby Belarmino, PT, D.P.T., Ph.D., CCS
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
School of Health Professions
belarmino@uthscsa.edu

Bobby Belarmino, PT, D.P.T., Ph.D., CCS, is a member of the LINC Didactic Interprofessional Education Initiative representing the School of Health Professions. Dr. Belarmino is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy. He has been a physical therapist for over 28 years now. He received his bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy at Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation in the Philippines and his master’s degree in Applied Physiology at Columbia University in New York. He completed his Doctor of Physical Therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Mass., and then completed Ph.D. in Physical Therapy at Texas Woman’s University in Houston, Texas. Dr. Belarmino is a Board Certified Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Clinical Specialist (CCS) from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialty. His research interests are in ICU rehabilitation, reducing hospital readmission in cardiovascular and pulmonary populations and improving frailty in elderly population through rehabilitation interventions.

Daniel Saenz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Clinical, Department of Radiation Oncology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
saenzdl@uthscsa.edu

Daniel Saenz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor/Medical Physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UT Health San Antonio and the Mays Cancer Center. Having joined the faculty in 2017 after previously serving as a resident medical physicist in the same department, he has since then participated in the clinical consultation and operation of the clinical enterprise, worked on several research initiatives including stereotactic radiosurgery and served as a mentor in several educational programs. He is an adviser for a Ph.D. student, teaches two courses in the Radiological Sciences graduate program and mentors students in the Doctorate of Medical Physics Program.

Cynthia WallCynthia L. Wall, Ph.D., M.S.N., APRN, PCNS-BC, CNE
Associate Professor/Clinical, Office for Faculty Excellence
School of Nursing
wallc@uthscsa.edu

Cynthia L. Wall, Ph.D., M.S.N., APRN, PCNS-BC, CNE, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing with a Teaching Appointment, and her research program is focused on professional nurse identity formation and interprofessional learning. She was involved in the Quality Enhancement Program for UT Health SA which, led to the Interprofessional focus for UT Health SA. Dr. Wall brings clinical practice experience and formal training in education. She has been involved in interprofessional education and practice for many years. She served last year as a member of the UT Health SA School of Nursing IPE task group and guided the Common IPE Course for the nursing students in their 5th semester. She serves on the UT Health SA Didactic IPE Committee and is actively engaged in the revision and study of the Common IPE Course.

Dr. Wall has a broad background in nursing and as an Advanced Practice Nurse (Clinical Nurse Specialist) developed several interdisciplinary (early career) and interprofessional teams for collaborative team patient-centered care. She was a pioneer in development of the first two hospital-based Interprofessional Pediatric Transport Teams in San Antonio in 1993 and 1996, as well as the first interprofessional Inpatient Pediatric Palliative Care Service in Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio in 2003. She currently serves as a leader on the inaugural UT Health SA, School of Nursing Committee on Interprofessional Education, the UT Health SA LINC Didactic IPE committee and collaborates on the Common IPE Experience.

Past Members

We are grateful for the hard work and dedication of the LINC Didactic IPE Initiative’s inaugural Leader, Lark Ford, Ph.D., M.A., M.S.N., RN, Associate Professor/Clinical, who represented the School of Nursing on the LINC Faculty Council from 2018-2021.

Dr. Meredith Quinene, D.H.Sc., M.P.A.S., PA-C, made substantial contributions during her service as leader of the LINC Didactic IPE Initiative from 2020 to 2023. She was key in launching the LINC Common IPE Experience university-wide.

We would also like to recognize and thank the following past members of the LINC Didactic IPE Initiative (listed alphabetically by last name): Braulio Amezaga, Audio Visual Technician-Intermediate, Center for Simulation Innovation, School of Nursing (2019-2021);  Leticia Bland, D.H.Sc., M.P.A.S., PA-C, Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies Department, School of Health Professions (2019-2021); James Cleveland, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, Director, Center for Simulation Innovation, School of Nursing (2019-2021); Diane Ferguson, B.S.N, RN, Director, HEB Clinical Skills Center, Long School of Medicine (2019-2021); Wesley Richardson, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, CNL, Assistant Professor/Clinical, School of Nursing (2019-2021); Emme Lopez, MLS, Library Liaison (2019-2020); Rebecca Ajtai, MLIS, Library Liaison (2019-2020);  Kelly Lemke, D.D.S, M.S., Director of Admissions and Assistant Professor/Clinical, School of Dentistry (2019-2022); Noorpreet Kaur, B.D.S., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry (2022-2024); and Sadie Trammell Velasquez, M.D., FACP, Associate Professor/Clinical, Department of Medicine, Division of General & Hospital Medicine, Long School of Medicine (2019-2024).