Tuesday, March 24, 2015: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Potomac 2 (Hyatt Regency Crystal City)
Summary: Temple University’s College of Public Health recently transitioned from a College of Health Professions and Social Work to a College of Public Health. The new College includes the following academic disciplines: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Health Information Management; Kinesiology; Nursing; Physical Therapy; Public Health; Rehabilitation Sciences; and Social Work. Historically, the departments have operated independently with a limited degree of interdisciplinary work. Beginning in Summer 2014, the College began moving towards a more interdisciplinary approach to education thereby providing training that is more reflection of real-world practice. The purpose of this workshop is to demonstrate opportunities for interdisciplinary education, including best practices, standards, approaches in a classroom setting and innovative approaches to engaging students from across the health professions in practice-based learning experiences. The session will include presenters from across the various disciplines within the College so as to provide multiple perspectives on how the interdisciplinary approach is beneficial for all students.
Learning Objectives: 1) Define trans-disciplinary education in public health
2) Discuss trans-disciplinary approaches for undergraduate and graduate students
3) Discover innovative teaching modalities that bring the class-room and real-world practice closer together
Description: Temple University’s College of Public Health recently transitioned from a College of Health Professions and Social Work to a College of Public Health. The new College includes the following academic disciplines, each with their own professional accreditation: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Health Information Management; Kinesiology; Nursing; Physical Therapy; Public Health; Rehabilitation Sciences; and Social Work. Historically, the departments have operated independently with a limited degree of interdisciplinary work. The new structure and governance created opportunities to build upon many strengths and to provide graduate and undergraduate students an integrated experience that is more reflective of real-world practice. In Summer 2014, faculty from across the Departments convened to form an Interdisciplinary Education Committee to build new educational and practice-based learning opportunities for students. The purpose of this workshop is to demonstrate opportunities for interdisciplinary education, including best practices, standards, approaches in a classroom setting and innovative approaches to engaging students from across the health professions in practice-based learning experiences.Presenter #1: Development of Interdisciplinary Education Committee – One member from the Interdisciplinary Committee will discuss the creation of the committee, teaching standards, practice-based learning standards, and innovative opportunities for student engagement in interdisciplinary learning and practice. The committee draws from the experience and lessons learned from across multiple disciplines, thereby integrating prevention and treatment into our approaches at both the individual and population levels.
Presenter #2: Development of new Interdisciplinary Courses - In order to promote faculty interdisciplinary work, the Committee has developed opportunities for co-teaching of the common public health course so that students are benefitting from instruction of faculty experts across the College to understand the intersection of public health across disciplines. One member of the Committee will present on one core public health course for graduate students and one core public health course for undergraduate students, as well as new electives that require co-teaching across disciplines. The presenter will also demo some of the course materials.
Presenter #3: Development of new Inter-professional Table Top Exercises - To facilitate the student learning process, the Interdisciplinary Committee has developed a series of table top exercises that will group students from across the various discipline together to address an emerging public health issue. One member of the committee will discuss the development and process for implementation of the exercises. Each student must present to the group how she/he would address the emerging issue. The group members would then work together to develop a comprehensive response to the issue that would be presented to colleague student work groups and faculty. The presenter will share one example of such a table top exercise and engage the audience to demonstrate how the approach can work.
Presenters:
Jennifer Ibrahim, PhD, MPH, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Temple University
,
Jessica Boyer, MSW, MPH, Assistant Director of Accreditation and Assessment, Temple University
and
Mary Sinnott, PT, DPT, MEd, Professor, Director of the DPT Program, College of Public Health, Temple University
Moderator:
Jennifer Ibrahim, PhD, MPH, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Temple University
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