Cynthia
Dougherty,
MSW, PhD, FNAP
Director of interprofessional Practice and Education Engagement
The Ohio State University | Wexner Medical Center
Dr. Cynthia Valdez Dougherty, PhD, MSW, FNAP is the Director of Interprofessional Practice and Education Engagement at The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Dougherty leads the development and implementation of Interprofessional Community Scholars and community-engaged IPE. She has a wide range of experience serving children, families, older adults, and communities through direct practice, program development, evaluation, and grant writing. She recently served as Director of the Office of Geriatrics and Interprofessional Aging Studies at the OSU College of Medicine. Cynthia earned an MSW in Social Administration and a PhD in Social Work with a public health concentration.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
It is well-established that interprofessional learning must occur in clinical learning environments (IOM, WHO). In 2023, leaders from the Doctor of Medicine (MD) curriculum and the Office of Interprofessional Practice and Education (OIPE) at The Ohio State University developed a new module for medical students to learn interprofessional (IP) collaborative competencies within a required clinical experience, Understanding Patients Within Populations (PWP). The “IPE in PWP: Identifying and Reflecting on Interprofessional Collaboration in Clinical Practice” module aims to enable immersive IP…