Kristen
Maisano,
OTD, MAEd, OTR/L
Associate Professor
St. Catherine University
Kristen is an associate professor in the occupational therapy, occupational therapy assistant, and interprofessional education programs at St. Catherine University. Prior to her transition to a role in academia, Kristen worked for the Department of Defense as an occupational therapist working with service members diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. Her scholarship of teaching and learning include a focus on emotional well-being of college students.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Hyflex learning experiences have become a popular modality to address the learning needs of students as it provides students with the option of attending experiences through face-to-face/in-person, online synchronous, and online asynchronous modalities (Bockorney et al., 2024; Heilporn & Lakhal, 2021). This modality creates greater possibilities for bringing students together from different disciplines, as common barriers to interprofessional learning include modality differences and schedule variations among different academic programs. Additionally, hyflex learning has been found to be…