Tina
Dugdale,
MS, RDN, CD-N, RN
Extension Educator
University of Connecticut
Tina Dugdale is an Extension Educator at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. Implementing curricula that she developed, she manages and mentors Dietetics Masters students through community nutrition practicum courses that include the opportunity to deliver tailored and culturally sensitive nutrition education to the income-challenged and food insecure in the state of Connecticut. She has been funded by USDA SNAP Education for over 20 years.
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…