Dawn Joosten-Hagye, PhD, LCSW
Professor of Social Work
University of Southern California
Dawn Joosten-Hagye, PhD, LCSW, GC-C is a teaching professor of social work and coordinator of interprofessional and team-based education at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California (USC). She engages in IPE and scholarship at USC, nationally and internationally. She has over 20 years of team-based collaborative practice experience specializing in adults and older adults in community-based, inpatient, outpatient, residential and private practice settings. She is primary co-editor for an IPECP textbook: Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice: International Approaches at the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels (Joosten-Hagye, D. & Khalili, H., 2022).

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

The American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) estimates that over 77% of older adults aged 50 and older in the United States “want to remain in their homes for the long term” (2021). However, many older adults face persistent barriers rooted in inadequate supports related to their social determinants of health (SDOH), including food insecurity, limited language proficiency, and inadequate access to culturally competent care. These, in turn, result in decreased quality-of-life as well as increased risk for cognitive disorders and chronic conditions, making it difficult for older adults…
This presentation will provide attendees with an overview of a novel utilization of a multi-agent generative AI platform intended to support the self-directed learning of health sector program students regarding the roles and responsibilities of other professions as a part of their interprofessional training. Students engaged with multiple agents on this platform, each agent representing a separate health profession, which were trained using data from both the professional literature and a set of existing case study materials. This particular usage of the platform centered on community…