Teresa
Mortier,
PhD, MLS (ASCP)
Associate Professor, Clinical Laboratory Science Program
Eastern Michigan University
Dr. Teresa Mortier worked as a Medical Laboratory Scientist for 25 years. She is currently employed as an Associate Professor in the Medical Laboratory Science Program at Eastern Michigan University. She teaches Clinical Chemistry, overview of Laboratory techniques, Urinalysis and Hemostasis, and Laboratory management. Member of the IPE Steering Committee. Research interests include student learning across multiple health disciplines including Nursing and Phlebotomy,and transfer of tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge.
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…