Whole person care learning collaborative faculty member.

Elena was a faculty member of the 2020 Samueli and FMEC (Family Medicine Educational Consortium) Integrative Health Learning Collaborative led by Dr. Wayne Jonas. Elena also planned and led the 2024-25 FMEC Learning Collaborative, geared towards supporting Family Medicine residencies and providing practice improvement and CME credits to participating clinicians.

These learning collaboratives helped practices operationalize Whole Person Care using the HOPE toolkit, adapted from VA’s Whole Health Personalized Health Inventory. Elena facilitated large group sessions, conducted small group breakout discussions, and one-on-one consultations with participants. Elena also created learning resources and presentations.

Published articles on the project are found in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, “Implementing Whole Person Primary Care: Results from a Year-Long Collaborative” and Annals of Family Medicine, “Implementing Whole Person Primary Care.”