Anastasia
Skliros,
PSYD
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Dr. Anastasia Skliros is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Comprehensive Psychological Services. She specializes in neuropsychological assessment, behavioral health consultation, and interprofessional education in integrated care settings. Fluent in Spanish, Greek, and English, she provides culturally responsive services with humility and data-informed precision.
Dr. Skliros actively facilitates interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives that promote collaborative learning, ethical reflection, and team-based care. Passionate about advancing person-centered and equitable clinical practice, she is dedicated to creating compassionate, research-driven training environments that foster interdisciplinary leadership and sustainable academic-practice partnerships.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background:Leadership development and professional identity formation are critical to early interprofessional training (Shrivastava et al., 2022). This study analyzed self-reflections from second-year medical (DO) students who co-led interprofessional education (IPE) sessions with Clinical Psychology doctoral (PsyD) students as an IPE requirement. Leadership training was integrated into the curriculum by scaffolding the learning experiences across cohorts. This project introduces a faculty-directed and coordinated, student-led IPE initiative that utilizes film-facilitated discussions to…
Research on volunteerism has been shown to increase happiness in medical students; improve self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social connectedness; lead to better well-being; improve physical well-being, decrease stress, and improve overall quality of life in general adult populations. Volunteerism also creates fellowship and fosters community connections. Thus, volunteerism helps to address the wellness of the healthcare team (quadruple aim of healthcare), and bring future healthcare professionals closer to the populations they aim to serve. An IPE module focused on volunteerism, including PCOM…
This presentation explores an interprofessional education (IPE) module featuring a powerful narrative from a 53-year-old psychologist, ovarian cancer survivor, mother, and alumna of the host institution. She shared her 23-year journey, beginning with a diagnosis of a rare form of ovarian cancer at age 30 while pregnant and completing her doctoral training in psychology.Her story illuminated the complexity of navigating medical decisions in the absence of clear evidence-based guidance, while managing the emotions of a life-altering diagnosis. She described encounters with healthcare…