Creating a utopian future by asking uncomfortable questions

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Notes

1. Sadly, Dr Robert L. Wears, coauthor of Still Not Safe and an international expert in health informatics, patient safety and emergency medicine, died of complications from surgery in 2017. Dr Sutcliffe carries on his work. https://med.jax.ufl.edu/news/story/?id = 1943.

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Funding

The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education has received funding from the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the John A. Hartford Foundation, the University of Minnesota, and was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under HRSA Cooperative Agreement [UE5HP25067]. The content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government or private foundations. 

Notes on contributors

Barbara F. Brandt

Barbara F. Brandt is the founding director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education and professor, pharmaceutical care and health systems, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. She and served as the Associate Vice President for Education at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, overseeing the implementation of interprofessional practice and education programs from 2000 – 2017. She has served on the strategic advisory board of the Journal of Interprofessional Care and on the editorial board of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions.