Lynne
Shetron-Rama,
PhD, MLS (ASCP)
Professor and Program Director of Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program
Eastern Michigan University
Dr Lynne Shetron-Rama has been a professor and Program Director in the EMU Medical Lab Science Program for 15 years. She teaches microbiology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics. Along with teaching, her interests include doing research with undergraduate students. Currently, she is working with these students to discover new strategies for treating antimicrobial-resistant organisms using plant products. She has been a member of the IPE steering committee since its inception at the College of Health and Human Services at EMU.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
This Lightning Talk will describe how clinical reasoning was applied collaboratively in an interprofessional education (IPE) workshop involving Physician Assistant (PA) and Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) students. The session was designed to help students actively contribute to diagnostic decision-making by applying their discipline-specific skills to a shared clinical case. The talk will highlight how structured team-based reasoning, peer teaching, and discipline-specific knowledge contributed to diagnostic accuracy and decision-making. Attendees will gain insight into an interprofessional…