Dr Veronica O’Carroll (PhD, MSc, BA, RN, SFHEA) is an educationalist and a Registered Nurse. She has been involved in health professions education since 2007 and is a Senior Lecturer, Director of Postgraduate Teaching, and Programme Director for the PgCert/PgDip/MSc Health Professions Education programme in the School of Medicine, University of St Andrews. Veronica has been involved in interprofessional education (IPE) since 2009. She has led the design and implementation of a number of IPE initiatives within the academic and practice environment and has undertaken research and published in this area. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Interprofessional Care and a member of the Board of Directors for The Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE).
As a Senior Educator, Veronica will be working with CSMEN to develop and support IPE across all regions. If you are considering developing new opportunities for IPE but are not sure where to start or if you are already implementing IPE and want to take this further to explore the impact on practice, please feel free to get in touch.
Dr Veronica O'Carroll - Senior Educator Interprofessional Education veronica.ocarroll@nhs.scot