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About Us

Mission
The NECPA-IPEC provides vision and leadership to foster and support interprofessional education in health care.

Background and History
Northeast and central Pennsylvania is home to several excellent post-secondary healthcare education programs. Unfortunately, these programs are somewhat small and isolated with most universities/colleges housing a limited number of disciplines. Therefore, a robust interprofessional education (IPE) program requires collaboration across institutions, disciplines, and county lines.   The Northeastern/central Pennsylvania Interprofessional Education Coalition (NECPA IPEC) was founded in 2008 by a group of dedicated faculty and administrators and currently is comprised 11 institutions in our region.  In addition the NEPA Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is an active member in our organization.

Participating Institutions ​
Johnson College

King's College​

Lackawanna College
Luzerne County Community College
Misericordia University

Marywood University​

NEPA AHEC

Geisinger Commonwealth

              School of Medicine

​The University of Scranton
Wilkes University

Contact us at necpaipec@google.com.

Leadership

Karen E. Arscott, D.O., M.Sc. (GCSOM), Scranton Coordinator, NECPA IPEC Chair

Diana Easton, MPAS, PA-C (King’s), Wilkes-Barre Coordinator

Marian Farrell, PhD, PMH-CNS, BC, CRNP, CS (University of Scranton), Scranton Coordinator

Christine Simon, CRNP (LCCC), Wilkes-Barre Coordinator

Laurie Brogan, PT, DPT, CEEAA, GCS (Misericordia), Wilkes-Barre Coordinator

Loriann Pajalich, DNP, MS, RN, CNS, GCNS-BC (Marywood), Scranton Coordinator

John Szarek, BPharm, PhD, CHSE (GCSOM), Scranton Coordinator

Judith L.  Kristeller, PharmD, BCPS (Wilkes) Wilkes-Barre Coordinator

Roxanne Caswell, BS RT (R) (M) (Johnson College) Scranton Coordinator

Michelle Sanford, MS, RD (Messiah College) Harrisburg Coordinator

Kelly McGovern PT, DPT (Lackawanna College) Scranton Coordinator

Click here for overview of the professions (created by  the NECPA IPEC).

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