Nexus Summit Student Posters
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Background: The interprofessional education (IPE) program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center services 19 professions in eight colleges across three campus locations. The Interdisciplinary Student Council (ISC) was formed in 2020 under the guidance of the Office of the Vice Provost and the Office of the Interdisciplinary Programs. There was a need for student representation in the development and implementation of interdisciplinary education. The ISC is led by the…
BackgroundLoneliness is a prevalent health problem worldwide, and strongly associated with detrimental outcomes including premature mortality, functional impairments, re-hospitalization, depression, cognitive decline, and dementia. For many older adults, primary care providers are their only point of social contact, and therefore in a vital position to initiate services to address loneliness; however, loneliness is underassessed and undertreated due to appointment time constraints. The…
Objective
Many health professions have been incorporating interprofessional education (IPE) into their curricula. However, many barriers to IPE still remain. Our goal was to create an interprofessional student organization to encourage collaboration and discussion in preparation for collaborative practice. The Interprofessional Relationship Outreach Network (IRON) - a purely student-directed and curated organization that includes the colleges of dentistry, medicine, nursing,…
Thirty students at The Ohio State University were asked to participate in the first-ever Interprofessional Community Scholars program and partner with the Partners Achieving Community Transformation (PACT) organization in Columbus’ Near East Side, the OSU Wexner Medical Center, and OSU Family and Community Medicine residents to work with Community Health Mentors to assess health needs, improve digital literacy, and enable access to important community care and services in a low socioeconomic…
Nicole
Trupiano,
MD Candidate
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Michaela
Murphy,
MPH/MSW Candidate
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Jingqi
Jia,
DDS Candidate
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Kelly
Powell,
PharmD candidate
Background: The IPE Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is a student-run committee that serves as a collaborative community for all the health professional schools and officially recognized interprofessional education (IPE) organizations at the University of Michigan. For the 2020-2021 academic year, the SAC co-chairs determined there was a need to improve the IPE experience for students across the health professional schools, increase engagement with interprofessional education, and improve…
BACKGROUND: Due to constraints such as time and funding, Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) are rarely evaluated for long-term impact on community capacity beyond the designated study period. This gap calls for further investigation on whether CBPR's knowledge and experiences continue to shape community capacity and ongoing efforts to enhance community wellbeing. The aim of this study is to explore the ability of CBPR to contribute to a meaningful and lasting impact on community…
Background: Death Over Dinner (DoD) for Healthcare Professionals (https://deathoverdinnerhealthcare.org) is a free, open access website that was created as a resource for healthcare workers to connect around the subjects of death and dying, and to help them process the grief and stress that comes with caring for patients at the end of life. Three medical students organized and facilitated two virtual interprofessional events with participating students (n=27) enrolled in medicine, pharmacy…
Kelly
Farrell
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Ceara
Murphy
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Grace
Serra,
MA (Fine Arts), MA (Arts Administration)
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David
Amponsah,
MD
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Holly
Feen-Calligan,
PhD
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Jennifer
Mendez,
PhD
Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, Art Therapy Program, and the Art Administration program collaborated to explore student ability to better analyze and interpret imagery. Wayne State School of Medicine is unique in that it offers ultrasound training as part of the basic science curriculum. Students learn ultrasonography as a technique to recognize normal human anatomy and to facilitate clinical diagnoses, however, interpretation of the images is a challenge and a competency that…
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, a new level of innovation has been required to ensure quality education for healthcare students. As the student advisory committee for Duke’s Interprofessional Education Care (IPEC) Center, we have been tasked with creating, planning, and executing a solution to effectively educate our peers on the scope and daily functions of various healthcare professionals within a virtual environment. Design/Methods The “Day in the Life”…
Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with Parkinson’s Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder affecting mobility, muscle control, and vocal strength and stability. As there were limited opportunities for group programming for Parkinson’s patients in West Virginia, we began to provide free weekly sessions with Music Therapists (MT) and Occupational Therapists (OT). The three aims included maintaining upper extremity range of motion, improve clarity of consonant enunciation,…