Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education, Speech Language Pathology Program
School of Health Professions, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Angela Kennedy, SLPD, CCC-SLP, is the Director of Clinical Education and an Assistant Professor for the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has over 10 years of clinical experience in pediatric speech-language pathology in a variety of settings including school-based, pediatric outpatient, home health, and university-based clinic settings. Her current areas of research interest include increasing access to rehabilitative services for pediatric patients with communication disorders in under-resourced areas, training and equipping of speech-language pathologists specifically in the area of speech sound disorders, and the implementation of interprofessional clinically based activities in graduate-level curriculums.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Background: The Quality Enhancement Plan at UT Health San Antonio, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), serves as the institutional blueprint for transforming campus-wide interprofessional education (IPE). A key component of this plan includes cultivating knowledge and skills in faculty and staff to increase IPE opportunities for learners. The LINC Faculty and Staff Development Program was launched in Fall 2020 to achieve this goal. Design/Methodology: This program included three synchronous online workshops. The first workshop provided a broad overview of IPE…