Angela
Kennedy,
SLPD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education, Speech Language Pathology Program
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Angela Kennedy, SLPD, CCC-SLP, is the Director of Clinical Education and an Assistant Professor for the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has over 15 years of clinical experience in pediatric speech-language pathology in a variety of settings including school-based, pediatric outpatient, home health, and university-based clinic settings. Her current areas of research interest include increasing access to rehabilitative services for pediatric patients in under-resourced areas, examining the training and equipping of speech-language pathologists specifically in the area of speech sound disorders, and the implementation of interprofessional clinically based activities in graduate-level curriculums.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Aphasia is an acquired disorder, most commonly from stroke but also from neurodegenerative disease, that affects an individual’s ability to express and/or comprehend verbal and written language. Disproportionate effects on healthcare outcomes have been noted from aphasia as compared to other stroke-related disabilities likely due to aphasic patients’ impaired abilities to comprehend treatment plans or communicate medical concerns. Healthcare providers should be equipped with skills needed to effectively diagnose and treat this vulnerable population. Communication partner training (CPT) is an…
Implementing large-scale clinical interprofessional education (IPE) experiences within clinical learning environments (CLEs) remains challenging. We previously piloted an IPE experience to bridge this divide and unite learners across diverse CLEs. In this Lightning Talk, we will report on a large-scale, successful implementation of an interprofessionally designed, para-clinical IPE experience targeting IPEC-derived teamwork concepts involving students at our large public health sciences university in academic year 2023-2024.
Our interprofessional team designed, piloted, refined, and…