Clarissa
Lacson,
MA, MT-BC
PhD Candidate
Drexel University
Clarissa Lacson, MA, MT-BC is a PhD Candidate at Drexel University. She has 8 years of clinical experience in pediatrics and psychiatry. Her research focuses on music therapy and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is also involved with Dr. Joke Bradt's Music, Creativity, and Wellness Lab at Drexel University, studying music therapy and pain management. Clarissa is one of two Student Affinity Group leaders for the Sound Health Network, an initiative of the National Institute of Health, National Endowment for the Arts, and Renee Fleming. The aim of the Sound Health Network is to promote research and awareness about the impact of music on health and wellness.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional collaborative practice between multidisciplinary team members is difficult to achieve for many reasons, including scheduling demands, high workloads, physically distant workspaces, and lack of opportunity for face-to-face interactions between team members. Overlapping practice capabilities, differences in treatment paradigms, perceived power differentials, and misunderstanding about team members' roles may potentially lead to role ambiguity and role conflict between team members. However, music therapy service development literature demonstrates that pediatric music…