Jillian
Wanik,
DCN, RDN, CD-N
Associate Professor in Residence
University of Connecticut
Jillian Wanik is an Associate Professor in Residence in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. As an educator, Dr. Wanik teaches the science of medical nutrition along with the educational strategies necessary to impact behavior change. This includes a focus on inter-professional collaborations in education and health care. She works to transition students from consumers to producers of knowledge; translating medical nutrition therapies (MNT) into accurate, relevant information to help better the lives of individuals in diverse communities and in a range of clinical settings.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional, active learning has been associated with enhanced communication and improved clinical competency in health professions, but little is known about the use of this pedagogical technique as it applies to a collaboration among dietetics, pharmacy, and speech-language pathology students.A yearly, online synchronous workshop was developed for students from these three professions. Here we report the results of the 2024 workshop. All students were provided with the same clinical case and individually completed case discussion questions pertaining to each profession’s therapeutic…