Stephanie
de Sam Lazaro,
OTD, MA, OTR/L
Associate Professor and Interprofessional Education Director
St. Catherine University
Stephanie de Sam Lazaro is Associate Professor and Interprofessional Education Director for the Institute of Simulation and Interprofessional Learning (I-SAIL) at St. Catherine University. Her clinical background is in pediatric occupational therapy. Her teaching focuses on the occupational therapy role and process with children, adolescents, and their families, evidence-based practice in interprofessional healthcare teams, and interprofessional team skills through curricular, co-curricular, and simulation-based learning experiences. Stephanie's scholarship agenda includes a focus on innovative and best practices in intra- and interprofessional teaching and learning strategies, including simulation.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
There is a growing body of research supporting SimIPE as an effective way for students to achieve IPEC Core Competencies (Granheim et al., 2018; Labrague et al., 2018; Marion-Martins & Pinho, 2020; Welsch et al., 2018). However, limited literature exists on how to scaffold experiences to support the development of interprofessional competencies among healthcare learners. Additionally, limited literature exists on the appropriate level of "dosing" of interprofessional learning experiences to support preparation for interprofessional practice.A Delphi study was completed to map the 2023…
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…
This lightening talk will discuss the development of interprofessional education (IPE) honor cords for students from the associate to doctoral level at St. Catherine University. St. Catherine University interprofessional education functions as part of the Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Learning (I-SAIL). While IPE has a department, because it is not a formal major or minor, it has historically been difficult to raise awareness around student accomplishments and to retain and engage students in activities outside of assigned attendance. Students, faculty, and staff across the…
The vast majority of health professions accreditation councils require interprofessional education as part of their standards or guidance (HPAC, 2020). Yet the demands of program accreditation and the varying formats of programs often make achieving interprofessional education at the highest level of Miller's model (1990) (knows how, shows how, does) challenging to implement. A higher education institution with over 25 health programs, including programs at the certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master's (entry-level and post-professional), and doctorate (entry-level and post-professional…