Carolyn
Porta,
PhD, MPH, RN
Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs / Professor - Nursing
University of Minnesota
Dr. Carolyn Porta is Associate Vice President of Clinical Affairs in the University of Minnesota Office of Academic Clinical Affairs, and a Professor in the School of Nursing. Dr. Porta has 20+ years of clinical experience as a sexual assault nurse examiner, working with diverse interprofessional teams to prevent and respond to sexual violence, supporting victim-survivors and offenders. Dr. Porta is passionate about supporting the future healthcare workforce to enter service to patients and communities as effective team members, and capable of advocating for the health of others and self.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Innovations are needed to advance interprofessional education and bridge the nexus to clinical practice. Preparing our health profession learners as collaborative practice-ready providers will require use of advanced technologies, novel educational models for authentic, community-engaged learning, and self-directed asynchronous opportunities to reflect on interprofessional competency development. Learners will become more effective team members if given opportunities to be part of a team during their education. The clinical learning environment can reinforce and extend development as an…