Over a 44-year career at Rosalind Franklin University, with six as its president, President Emerita Wendy Rheault has a long list of accomplishments.

One at the top of her list is the establishment of an interprofessional collaboration model with healthcare professionals working together for the benefit of their patients.

During their first quarter at the school, Rheault said students in all six of the colleges of the university take a course together where they study the basics of collaborative care.

“You get more energy and ideas when clinicians talk directly to each other,” she said. “They have to look at what path will work best for the patient.”

Rheault officially retired as Rosalind Franklin University’s seventh president on Nov. 6 at the school’s North Chicago campus after six y

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