Oaklee
Rogers,
PhD, OTR/L
Associate Dean
Northern Arizona University
Oaklee Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, is the Associate Dean for the College of Health and Human Services at Northern Arizona University, located at the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC). Before that role, she was the Department Chair and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for NAU’s Occupational Therapy (OT) Program. Dr. Rogers has designed and taught numerous education, leadership, mental health, and scholarship courses. At NAU, she has served in various leadership roles at the Department, College, and University levels and within the state and national occupational therapy associations. She was one of the founding members of the Community Health Mentor Program.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Community Health Mentor Program in Arizona is a collaboration between the three public universities: Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, and Arizona State University. In this program students from PT, OT, PA and MD programs work together to learn from the lived health experiences of members of the community who have either chronic medical conditions and/or disabilities.
Students from all healthcare education programs must graduate prepared for collaborative practice. It can be a challenge to meet the interprofessional educational needs of hybrid learners. This lightening…