Laura
Smith,
PT, DPT, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Michigan-Flint
Dr. Laura Smith is an Associate Professor with tenure and the Associate Director for Post Professional Clinical Professional Development in the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Michigan-Flint. Dr. Smith is an ABPTS Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. Her interprofessional work focuses on educational innovation and authentic experiential learning with the goal of advancing the physical therapy profession, health and health outcomes. Dr. Smith is the Director of the Interprofessional Research Lab (IRL) and is an established scholar with numerous presentations to local, national and international audiences on the topics of interprofessional education, collaborative practice and female breast injury.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
A shared experience among institutions advancing IPE is the challenge of developing, implementing and scaling meaningful experiential IPE. The collaborators on this seminar confirm the usual reasons for this issue that have been widely described (Brandt, 2015). However, an additional common observation is the striking paucity of ubiquitous models of interprofessional team-based care across the practice and community settings where health professional learners rotate. Adding to this challenge is the operational difficulties facing practice and health systems, especially after the pandemic.…