Laura
Dammer Hess,
MLS
Director
University of Minnesota
Laura Dammer Hess, MLS, is an educator focused on experiential learning and collaborative leadership. As Director of CHIP, Laura guides interprofessional, student-led programming and creative interprofessional initiatives. Laura's academic and professional background include experience in program and curriculum development, community engagement, service-learning, critical reflection, student leadership and interdisciplinary approaches. Laura is an experienced facilitator of interprofessional, collaborative and innovative educational programming, and she finds joy in the process of co-creation.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
From Siloed to Social: Measuring the Impact of Shared Interprofessional Space on Student Connections
Recognizing that in 2020 we would have a new Health Science Education Center (HSEC), we knew this was an opportunity to study the effects of the building on the informal interactions that students have with each other. The 7-story building has state-of-the-art classrooms, a simulation center, an interprofessional lounge, and an interprofessional study area for all schools to use rather than learning and gathering in highly distributed and siloed sites.Our primary questions were whether the HSEC building changes the nature of the interactions among health profession students. We invited…
Co-curricular interprofessional engagement provides a unique informal space for future health professionals to find and make authentic connections with one another, build leadership skills through experimentation and innovation, and shape their educational experiences. Well designed and supported initiatives and spaces can both enhance student wellbeing and meet interprofessional education goals. For 50 years, the Center for Health Interprofessional Programs (CHIP) at the University of Minnesota has been supporting students across health professions to “do what matters to them, outside of…