Layla
Simmons,
M.Ed, RDCS, RDMS
Program Director/ Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Layla Q. Simmons graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with a Bachelor of Science degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS). After graduation she went on to further her education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock where she earned a Master of Education in Learning Systems Technology, while also serving as an Assistant Professor in the DMS program at UAMS. Layla currently serves as the UAMS Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program Director and has a strong passion for enhancing interprofessional education and collaboration, as well as a strong desire to support public health needs in the community.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Inclusion of imaging students in a meaningful interprofessional education experience on the UAMS campus has been a challenge since the curriculum’s inception in 2015. Representation of sonography students exists within the curriculum, but often times imaging students struggle to feel like an essential component of the health care team.At UAMS we have the 12th Street Health and Wellness Center (12th Street HWC), a student-run, interprofessional, free clinic where students from all five colleges are invited to participate on Interprofessional teams to deliver health care services to patients…