"Allyship & Advocacy: An Interprofessional Dialogue on Disability"
IPE Day 2025
Plenary Panel
9:00am- 10:00am
"Allyship & Advocacy: Voices of Persons Living with Disabilities and Clinicians Who Care for Them"
Location: VEC 201 & Alumni Auditorium
Morning Workshop Sessions
10:45am-12:15pm
Addressing Goals of Care in Advanced Dementia
Melissa Patterson (MD, MBA)
In-Person
This workshop will bring together faculty from an interdisciplinary team with expertise in geriatric medicine and palliative care to raise awareness of the importance of planning and supporting patients, families, and their loved ones during difficult decision making at the end of life, particularly in patients with advanced dementia.
Addressing Health Disparities & Trauma in Immigrant Communities
Natalie Navarro (MN Candidate), Valentina Ospina (Nursing Student), & Kristen Slesar (MS, DSW, LCSW,)
In-Person
This workshop will explore health disparities and trauma within immigrant communities, the impact of anti-immigrant policies, and strategies for better supporting immigrant patients.
Addressing Imposter Syndrome Among Healthcare Educators and Professionals
Anindita Dasgupta (PhD), Kevonyah Edwards (MSW, LMSW), Charles Lea (PhD), & Elwin Wu (PhD)
In-Person
Do you feel inadequate compared to your classmates? Afraid that your shortcomings will be found out? Imposter syndrome is a pervasive feeling of not belonging, feeling like a fraud, and fearing that one's "deceit" will be found out by others. This interactive workshop—led by a team of facilitators from doctoral students to full professors—explores who is most at risk for imposter syndrome; how it manifests across people, professions, and contexts; practical strategies to overcome it; and institutional ways to address and redress imposter syndrome. Whenever possible, we will explore aspects and dynamics particularly salient to people who are disabled.
Advocacy Workshop: Turning Science and Beliefs into Policy
Ross Frommer (JD)
In-Person
Good ideas are wonderful; good ideas supported by evidenced based practice are even better. But how do health care or public health experts, professionals, students, and patients convert these good ideas into policy? In this session we will attempt to have students learn some basic advocacy skills and apply those skills in a mock lobbying visit with an elected official.
Aging in Color: Painting, Drawing, and Dialogue on Life’s Final Chapter
Zoe Marshall (MD Student), Pawel Maslag (SON Student), Ashley Mendoza (DNS Student), & Shira Zhou (MPH)
In-Person
This workshop is a dive into the relationship between the visual arts and aging, featuring a conversation with the 94-year-old artist, Helen Frank, whose work is featured in the collections of The Library of Congress, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the NY Public Library, and many more. Participants will additionally be asked to write about art pieces and make some art of their own. The arts and sciences go hand-in-hand in medicine, and this workshop attempts to dive into how healthcare providers can use art in their practice and their lives to improve health and wellbeing.
Art As A Radical Healing Tool
Soren Glassing (BFA)
Viritual
A Palliative care team is by nature interdisciplinary, composed of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other specialists. In this presentation, we will explore how a palliative care chaplain uses art for healing at the end of life. The workshop will have two parts - the first part, we will explore how art has healing benefits, including some examples in the chaplains clinical work. The second part will be a creative experiential hands on simple art making project. No artist experience is necessary, come with an open, curious and playful mind.
Beyond the Ramp: Addressing Ableism & Barriers in Healthcare Settings
Laurel Abbruzzese (PT, EdD, FNAP) & Kaile Eison (MD)
In-Person
Healthcare professionals play a critical role in ensuring equitable and compassionate care for all patients, yet ableism and environmental barriers continue to impact the experiences of wheelchair users in healthcare settings. This interactive workshop engages students through reflection, narrative writing, discussion, and case examples. Participants will explore how systemic and unconscious ableism shapes care delivery and limits access. We will examine the ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities of providers from different lenses. Students will gain a deeper awareness of these barriers and develop strategies to foster person-centered, compassionate care that upholds dignity, autonomy, and accessibility.
Care for the Orthodox/Hassidic Patient in the Hospital Setting
Rabbi Ralph Kreger
In-Person
NYC is by far the most diverse place in our country. One group who you will certainly encounter while treating patients is the Orthodox/ Hassidic Jewish Community. While caring for this patient population you will encounter many behaviors and decision making which you will not experience from other patients. The purpose of this presentation is to equip the clinician with knowledge so he or she will not be blindsided by unusual requests while treating this crowd. Topics include Jewish Medical Ethics (end of life) and more.
Cartoon Communications
Benjamin Schwartz (MD)
In-Person
In this workshop, we’ll take an unusual, creative approach to examining the fundamentals of communication and alliance-building. We'll use cartoons to practice skills of attention, observation, imagination, and collaboration as participants work in pairs to recreate humorous drawings that have been described to them but not shown. No drawing experience necessary!
Community Nutrition: Food Insecurity, Food Justice
Kyle Murray (MS RD CDCES)
In-Person
Nutrition-related issues including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and obesity are the prevailing public health crises of our time. While nutrition education and counseling interventions should be at the forefront of mitigation efforts, it is essential that we as nutrition professionals understand the broader social determinants of health that lead to disparate diet quality and health outcomes between different communities. This course will review culinary medicine, food insecurity, and NYP's response to the needs of the community.
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
Janis Cutler (MD)
In-Person (10:00am-1:15pm) Traveling Via Bus
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center is a state psychiatric hospital in Queens with an art studio/display space called the Living Museum. This field trip will consist of interacting and observing with the art that was created by patients of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. There will be a shuttle picking students up at 10:00am and they will return at 1:15pm.
Cultural Aspects of Nutrition in the Aging Population
Simon Chang-Huang (MD Student), Yashica Kagithapu (Dental Student), Dalilah Mora (MPH Student), & Sherah Ndjongo (SON Student)
In-Person
This workshop explores the intersection of cultural food traditions and nutrition for the aging population. Participants will begin by reflecting on cultural meals enjoyed by their grandparents, followed by a presentation on diverse cultural diets and their nutritional benefits. Emphasizing the importance of preserving cultural culinary practices, the session demonstrates how these traditions support emotional well-being and better health outcomes. Participants will collaborate to create and share culturally-appropriate and nutritious meals, discussing strategies and/or challenges that arise to meet the dietary needs of older adults.
Hospitality and Mutual Kinship: Reimagining Disability beyond Deficit and Leaning into Abundance
Daniel H. Yang (Mdiv)
In-Person
When the word disability pops up, I imagine that we associate it with a deficit, perhaps even a defect. Unfortunately, in the spiritual/religious paradigm, this notion has been circulated and perpetuated quite tragically. I wonder though if we could reimagine our current view of disability through the lens of mutuality, interdependence and love. When applying a spiritual ethic to the notion of disability I wonder if we could move away from seeing it as a deficit, a defect, and a "charity case" to a perception of disability as a feature of the human condition that does not define the person in their totality but simply registers it as a feature. Moreover, I wonder if the notion/definition of disability changes if the infrastructure surrounding the person evolves.
Inter-professional Trauma Informed Care Team In Action
Latisha Hanson (DNP, PMHNP-BC), Pat Precin (PhD, PsyaD, NCPsyA, LP, OTR/L, FAOTA) & Phyllis Simon (OTD, OTR/L)
In-Person
Are you prepared to work with individuals who have experienced psychological trauma? Would you like to be? Join us in this in-person workshop to learn and practice trauma informed care principles, strategies, and techniques as you work with an inter-professional team of participants to analysis a case study. You will leave with increased awareness and knowledge of: 1) trauma-informed care principles, 2) how each member of the inter-professional team can integrate trauma informed care into their clinical practice, and 3) resources available to clients who have experienced trauma.
Meal, Mouth, Medicine: The Intersection of Food Access and Disability and its Impact on Oral-Systemic Health
Elizabeth Gershater (D.D.S. Candidate) & Suli Wang (IHN Student)
In-Person
Lack of access to food and the effects of poor nutrition on health are issues well-known to healthcare professionals, but the ways which they uniquely affect people with disabilities are often overlooked. This interactive workshop engages students in a discussion of obstacles that stand in the way of a person with a disability from enjoying a consistently filling and nutritious lifestyle. Through a series of small group activities and case studies, students will develop a comprehensive understanding of how barriers related to accessing food have ramifications for oral-systemic health and what measures can be taken to address this issue.
Mental and Medical Health Care in the Penal System
Gonzalo Aguilar (MPH Student)
In-Person
This workshop will provide a first-hand account of how punishment, such as prison, inflicts more trauma than rehabilitation.
Narrative Medicine: A Space for Creative Collaboration
Beth Cavanaugh & Rachel Sturley (MS Narrative Medicine)
In-Person
A hospice nurse with 28 years of experience and a soon-to-be medical student — both students in the Narrative Medicine Master’s Program — will lead a Narrative Medicine Workshop. The workshop will examine how the field of narrative medicine can allow for resonance and connection between diverse backgrounds (like our own!). We aim to demonstrate how the workshop creates transformative and meaningful spaces that are deeply needed in interprofessional healthcare, but rarely, if ever, exist. Our session will engage with themes of witnessing, creative reflection, and collaboration.
Narratives of Joy: Spiritual Care, Advocacy, & Healing Across Disciplines
Ssanyu Birigwa (M.S.Narrative Medicine) & Naomi Kalish (PhD, ACPE, BCC)
In-Person
Healing is not just about treating the body—it is about nurturing the spirit and advocating for dignity. This workshop explores how spiritual care and narrative medicine create space for connection, meaning, and joy in patient care. Through storytelling, reflection, and discussion, participants will develop skills to support patients with disabilities through compassionate listening, presence, and advocacy. This session will empower healthcare teams to center joy and inclusion as essential elements in the work of healing.
Positionality, Oppression, and Intersectionality: An Interprofessional Dialogue on Disability
Colin Meng (PsyD, LCSW)
Virtual
This 90-minute academic workshop, Positionality, Oppression, and Intersectionality: An Interprofessional Dialogue on Disability, explores the complex relationships between personal identity, systemic oppression, and disability. Participants from various professional backgrounds will engage in an interactive dialogue, examining how their positionality (e.g., race, gender, class, ability) shapes their understanding and approach to disability. The session emphasizes the importance of intersectionality in recognizing the diverse experiences of disabled individuals. Through case studies, group discussions, and reflective activities, attendees will deepen their awareness of how to foster inclusivity and advocate for equity in their respective fields.
Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Healthcare for Individuals with Disabilities
Jeanne Gagliano (MSOT 2025), Jessica Hui (DDS 2026), S. Ryan Jacobus (CUSON 2025), & Eisa Mohiuddin (DDS 2028)
Virtual
Loneliness is a major challenge for aging populations—but healthcare professionals can help! This interactive workshop explores innovative ways to foster social connections, from transforming waiting rooms into community spaces to organizing group activities that promote well-being. Learn how collaboration between physicians, social workers, physical therapists, and dentists can combat isolation through meal-sharing, transportation networks, and fall prevention programs, etc.
Responding to Disclosures of Gender-Based Violence: A Hands-On Workshop
Natalya Pasklinsky (DNP, ACNP-BC, CHSE, FNYAM) & Alexandra Tadro (Assistant Director, SVR CUIMC)
In-Person
A Revamp To "All Day Everyday Cosent In Health Care" The word consent has been understood within two primary contexts: socially during sexual interactions and medically when providing informed consent in healthcare settings. Join us to explore and broaden our shared understanding of the word “consent.” Participants will work in small groups to explore the social impacts of applying consent-seeking behaviors. We will then focus more deeply on the concept of consent in medical settings. Using the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam best practices for consent seeking, we will explore several situations in which patients might or might not provide consent.
Seeing Beneath the Surface: Exploring visual narratives and disability experiences through Graphic Medicine
Mario de la Cruz, (MS Associate Director, Division of Narrative Medicine)
In-Person
Participants in this workshop will explore narratives present in graphic medicine texts to unpack social norms and assumptions about disability experiences. Through close reading and experimentation with observational techniques, participants will discuss bias awareness and inference making as witnesses to the lives and stories of others. We will consider the viewpoints of patients, clinicians, and caregivers as they appear both in the texts and in our lived experiences. After practicing these skills, participants will reflect on allyship and advocacy opportunities through a creative activity.
Sim Squad: Teamwork and Communication in Action
Kristy Deyeso (DNP, RN, CCRN, CHSE, CHSOS, CPAN), Merona Hollingsworth (CHSOS), Mary Moran (MS, FNP, MPH, CCRN-K, RN), & Natalya Pasklinsky (DNP, ACNP-BC, CHSE, FNYAM)
In-Person
This workshop will utilize simulation-based learning to enhance interprofessional collaboration in healthcare. The content aligns with the goals of Interprofessional education (IPE) Day by promoting teamwork, communication, and mutual respect among healthcare professionals. The session will include two high-fidelity simulation scenarios, each designed to address critical aspects of interprofessional practice in diverse healthcare settings. IPE proves essential for fostering effective communication and collaboration among healthcare providers. By learning together, professionals from various disciplines develop a shared understanding of each other's roles and responsibilities, which ultimately leads to improved patient outcomes and a safer care environment. This workshop emphasizes the importance of IPE in high-stakes clinical situations, such as de-escalation and emergency code responses.
Stronger Together: Fostering Social Connections for Aging Communities
Ruben Mikaelyan (MS), Sa'eed Mustafa (CPO), Kylie Pecord (BA), & Jason Tao (BA)
In-Person
Loneliness is a major challenge for aging populations—but healthcare professionals can help! This interactive workshop explores innovative ways to foster social connections, from transforming waiting rooms into community spaces to organizing group activities that promote well-being. Learn how collaboration between physicians, social workers, physical therapists, and dentists can combat isolation through meal-sharing, transportation networks, and fall prevention programs, etc.
The Silent Curriculum: How Racism Shapes Nursing Education Subtitle: Unspoken Lessons, Unseen Barriers, and the Fight for Change
Sescily Coney, Esq., (LLM, MBA) & Dr. Stephné Coney (Founder/CEO of International Stop the Violence Alliance, Inc.)
In-Person
“The Silent Curriculum: How Racism Shapes Nursing Education” explores the unspoken lessons, systemic barriers, and everyday biases that impact students of color in nursing, and challenges participants to rethink how we educate and support the next generation of healthcare providers.
Writing the Body in Pain: From Journalism to Narrative Medicine
Lodovica Bo (MA Student)
In-Person
A transition and intersection between journalism and narrative medicine—how can one contribute to the other? In this workshop, we will explore how storytelling and journalistic inquiry help us understand and communicate experiences of illness and chronic pain through both narrative and visual representation. Through shared texts and works of art, we will examine how storytelling intertwines with narrative medicine and shapes personal narratives of illness.
Afternoon Workshop Sessions
1:30pm-3:00pm
Addressing Goals of Care in Advanced Dementia
Melissa Patterson (MD, MBA)
In-Person
This workshop will bring together faculty from an interdisciplinary team with expertise in geriatric medicine and palliative care to raise awareness of the importance of planning and supporting patients, families, and their loved ones during difficult decision making at the end of life, particularly in patients with advanced dementia.
Advocacy Workshop: Turning Science and Beliefs into Policy
Ross Frommer (JD)
In-Person
Good ideas are wonderful; good ideas supported by evidenced based practice are even better. But how do health care or public health experts, professionals, students, and patients convert these good ideas into policy? In this session we will attempt to have students learn some basic advocacy skills and apply those skills in a mock lobbying visit with an elected official.
Aging in Color: Painting, Drawing, and Dialogue on Life’s Final Chapter
Zoe Marshall (MD Student), Pawel Maslag (SON Student), Ashley Mendoza (DNS Student), & Shira Zhou (MPH)
In-Person
This workshop is a dive into the relationship between the visual arts and aging, featuring a conversation with the 94-year-old artist, Helen Frank, whose work is featured in the collections of The Library of Congress, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the NY Public Library, and many more. Participants will additionally be asked to write about art pieces and make some art of their own. The arts and sciences go hand-in-hand in medicine, and this workshop attempts to dive into how healthcare providers can use art in their practice and their lives to improve health and wellbeing.
Art As A Radical Healing Tool
Soren Glassing (BFA)
Viritual
A Palliative care team is by nature interdisciplinary, composed of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other specialists. In this presentation, we will explore how a palliative care chaplain uses art for healing at the end of life. The workshop will have two parts - the first part, we will explore how art has healing benefits, including some examples in the chaplains clinical work. The second part will be a creative experiential hands on simple art making project. No artist experience is necessary, come with an open, curious and playful mind.
Caring for Homebound Elderly Underserved Patients
Laurel Abbruzzese (PT, EdD, FNAP), Rochelle Mendonca (PhD, OTR/L), Letty Moss-Salentijn (DDS, PhD), & Mark Nathanson (MD)
In-Person
This workshop evolves from the case of a frail, homebound, geriatric patient with complex comorbidities, unable to access traditional community-based services, and subject to the consequences of social isolation and loneliness. The interprofessional faculty facilitates exploration of the psychosocial, nursing, oral health, medical, rehabilitation, nutritional, spiritual, neuropsychiatric and public health issues raised in this case. Students participate in shared learning and problem-solving small group breakout sessions. The emphasis centers on the role of teamwork, understanding and use of community and clinical resources, treatment planning, improvement in quality of life, and the challenges in the delivery of care in the home.
Community Nutrition: Food Insecurity, Food Justice
Kyle Murray (MS RD CDN CDCES)
In-Person
Nutrition-related issues including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and obesity are the prevailing public health crises of our time. While nutrition education and counseling interventions should be at the forefront of mitigation efforts, it is essential that we as nutrition professionals understand the broader social determinants of health that lead to disparate diet quality and health outcomes between different communities. This course will review culinary medicine, food insecurity, and NYP's response to the needs of the community.
Ethical Dilemmas In Health Care
Jeanne Churchhill (DNP, CPNP), Irene Sprung (LCSW), Helen Towers (MD), Mary Tresgallo (DNP, MPH, ACHPN), & Daniel H. Yang, (MDiv, BCC)
In-Person
This workshop addresses some of the more common ethical issues in pediatric healthcare. Utilizing a case-based approach with examples, we will address topics such as maternal fetal conflict, consent, adolescent autonomy, truth telling and conflict resolution. An Ethics Committee is a diverse gathering of providers across multiple different subspecialties and disciplines. The registrants in the workshop will participate as ethics consultants and members of an Ethics Committee where they will analyze and discuss the issues of each case and provide recommendations. This approach will address the main themes and goals of the IPE by highlighting interprofessional collaboration in action and strengthening ethical responsive and accountable care.
Disrupting White Supremacy Culture in the Health Professions and Practice
Elwin Wu (PhD)
In-Person
White supremacy culture pervades all facets of society, including healthcare professionals’ lives, workplace, educational endeavors, and service delivery/professional practice(s). Come to this workshop to learn how white supremacy culture operates as a universal milieu as well as more discipline-specific/salient manifestations; elucidate aspects particularly salient to people who are disabled; interactively and collectively brainstorm and problem-solve ways to redress white supremacy culture in healthcare organizations, interdisciplinary and multi-racial/ethnic teams, and service provision; and build commitment and skills to continue a lifelong journey of undoing white supremacy culture in your professional and personal lives.
How Can Health Policy Better Support People with Craniofacial Differences? A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Medical and Social Models of Disability
Elizabeth Gershater (D.D.S. Candidate) & Rabia Sumar (MPH Student)
In-Person
What is a disability? What counts as healthcare? In this interactive workshop, students across health professions will come together to learn about craniofacial differences, the special care needs that may be represented in this group, and how health policy, including specific legislation, can either fulfill these needs or block people from receiving important services. Using the medical and social models of disability, students will be challenged to reevaluate the meaning of disability and healthcare and how they can be powerful advocates and allies in the effort to establish meaningful, supportive policy change.
Imagining an improved interdisciplinary approach to preparation for and recovery from gender-affirming surgery
Tyler Gaedecke (MPhil, BSN, RN)
In-Person
Following a brief presentation on qualitative findings from interviews with patients after gender-affirming surgery, students will have an opportunity to creatively discuss how interdisciplinary collaboration might have the potential to impact outcomes for transgender and gender-diverse patients. This conversation will also attend to the ways that sociopolitical environments may create new challenges and opportunities in the provision of gender-affirming healthcare.
Inter-professional Trauma Informed Care Team In Action
Latisha Hanson (DNP, PMHNP-BC), Pat Precin (PhD, PsyaD, NCPsyA, LP, OTR/L, FAOTA) & Phyllis Simon (OTD, OTR/L)
In-Person
Are you prepared to work with individuals who have experienced psychological trauma? Would you like to be? Join us in this in-person workshop to learn and practice trauma informed care principles, strategies, and techniques as you work with an inter-professional team of participants to analysis a case study. You will leave with increased awareness and knowledge of: 1) trauma-informed care principles, 2) how each member of the inter-professional team can integrate trauma informed care into their clinical practice, and 3) resources available to clients who have experienced trauma.
Medicine in the Crossfire: The Role of Medical Providers in Mass Violence and Oppression
Sara Hijer (MPH Candidate), & Kristen Slesar (DSW, LCSW, MS)
In-Person
Medicine in the Crossfire will explore the ethical dilemmas faced by medical providers during genocides, dictatorships, and police states (including police brutality), examining their roles as witnesses.
Navigating Uncertainty: The widespread impact of recent Executive Orders
Silvia Amesty (MD, MPH) & Delivette Castor (PhD, MPH)
In-Person
Since January 20, 2025, a surge of disordered executive orders aimed at increasing government efficiency has led to catastrophic consequences for thousands: government workers, local and global communities, and immigrants. These actions, from defunding USAID to reducing Medicare and Medicaid funding, leave vulnerable populations even more exposed and without access to healthcare. Public health initiatives- pandemic response and vaccine preparedness -are also under threat, and scientific progress is being jeopardized. This IPE session aims to explore these issues, discuss their impact, and find focus and ways to resist amidst the chaos and confusion.
Painting Metaphors in Medicine
Benjamin Schwartz (MD) & Bree Zhang (DDS/MPH)
In-Person
This workshop with explore how art can enhance medical education, reflection, and advocacy in this interactive workshop. A 20-minute presentation will introduce three themes: using artwork to learn and interpret, to reflect on experiences, and to teach and advocate. Then, participants choose from 3 activity stations where will move at their own pace. A guided debrief will encourage discussion on the creative process.
Positionality, Oppression, and Intersectionality: An Interprofessional Dialogue on Disability
Colin Meng (PsyD, LCSW)
Virtual
This 90-minute academic workshop, Positionality, Oppression, and Intersectionality: An Interprofessional Dialogue on Disability, explores the complex relationships between personal identity, systemic oppression, and disability. Participants from various professional backgrounds will engage in an interactive dialogue, examining how their positionality (e.g., race, gender, class, ability) shapes their understanding and approach to disability. The session emphasizes the importance of intersectionality in recognizing the diverse experiences of disabled individuals. Through case studies, group discussions, and reflective activities, attendees will deepen their awareness of how to foster inclusivity and advocate for equity in their respective fields.
Responding to Disclosures of Gender-Based Violence: A Hands-On Workshop
Kristy Deyeso (DNP, RN, CCRN, CHSE, CHSOS, CPAN), Natalya Pasklinksy (NP, ACNP-BC, CHSE, FNYAM), & Aly Tadros (MFA, CUIMC SVR Assistant Director)
In-Person
A Revamp To "All Day Everyday Cosent In Health Care" The word consent has been understood within two primary contexts: socially during sexual interactions and medically when providing informed consent in healthcare settings. Join us to explore and broaden our shared understanding of the word “consent.” Participants will work in small groups to explore the social impacts of applying consent-seeking behaviors. We will then focus more deeply on the concept of consent in medical settings. Using the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam best practices for consent seeking, we will explore several situations in which patients might or might not provide consent.
Seeing Beneath the Surface: Exploring visual narratives and disability experiences through Graphic Medicine
Mario de la Cruz (MS, Associate Director of Division of Narrative Medicine)
In-Person
Participants in this workshop will explore narratives present in graphic medicine texts to unpack social norms and assumptions about disability experiences. Through close reading and experimentation with observational techniques, participants will discuss bias awareness and inference making as witnesses to the lives and stories of others. We will consider the viewpoints of patients, clinicians, and caregivers as they appear both in the texts and in our lived experiences. After practicing these skills, participants will reflect on allyship and advocacy opportunities through a creative activity.
Sim Squad: Teamwork and Communication in Action
Kristy Deyeso (DNP, RN, CCRN, CHSE, CHSOS, CPAN), Merona Hollingsworth (CHSOS), Mary Moran (MS, FNP, MPH, CCRN-K, RN), & Natalya Pasklinsky (DNP, ACNP-BC, CHSE, FNYAM)
In-Person
This workshop will utilize simulation-based learning to enhance interprofessional collaboration in healthcare. The content aligns with the goals of Interprofessional education (IPE) Day by promoting teamwork, communication, and mutual respect among healthcare professionals. The session will include two high-fidelity simulation scenarios, each designed to address critical aspects of interprofessional practice in diverse healthcare settings. IPE proves essential for fostering effective communication and collaboration among healthcare providers. By learning together, professionals from various disciplines develop a shared understanding of each other's roles and responsibilities, which ultimately leads to improved patient outcomes and a safer care environment. This workshop emphasizes the importance of IPE in high-stakes clinical situations, such as de-escalation and emergency code responses.
Stronger Together: Fostering Social Connections for Aging Communities
Ruben Mikaelyan (MS), Sa'eed Mustafa (CPO), Kylie Pecord (BA), & Jason Tao (BA)
In-Person
Loneliness is a major challenge for aging populations—but healthcare professionals can help! This interactive workshop explores innovative ways to foster social connections, from transforming waiting rooms into community spaces to organizing group activities that promote well-being. Learn how collaboration between physicians, social workers, physical therapists, and dentists can combat isolation through meal-sharing, transportation networks, and fall prevention programs, etc.
The Emotional Healing Behind Words
Esther Kentish (PHD)
Virtual
Bodily dysfunction and the fragmented inner world often resist conventional articulation, existing in the liminal space between sensation and speech. Poetry, with its elasticity of form and capacity for metaphor, offers a means of externalizing these disjointed experiences, allowing individuals to give shape to pain, illness, and the estrangement from one’s own body. This study examines poetry’s role in voicing the dissonance of bodily dysfunction—where the body does not align with expectation—and the emotional rupture that accompanies such states. Drawing from The Emotional Healing Behind Words Workshop, this research explores how poetic devices such as fragmentation, repetition, and rhythm mirror the experience of a fractured self, while also facilitating reintegration. Through creative engagement, participants use poetry to navigate themes of vulnerability, resilience, and the search for coherence within disorder. This paper argues that poetry not only reveals the unspoken dimensions of physical and psychological distress but also acts as a method of reconstruction, allowing individuals to reclaim agency over their narratives.
The Silent Curriculum: How Racism Shapes Nursing Education Subtitle: Unspoken Lessons, Unseen Barriers, and the Fight for Change
Sescily Coney, Esq., (LLM, MBA) & Dr. Stephné Coney (Founder/CEO of International Stop the Violence Alliance, Inc.)
In-Person
“The Silent Curriculum: How Racism Shapes Nursing Education” explores the unspoken lessons, systemic barriers, and everyday biases that impact students of color in nursing, and challenges participants to rethink how we educate and support the next generation of healthcare providers.
Using Art to Promote Interprofessional Dialogue
Jane Kang (MD, MS)
In-Person
Using art, this interactive workshop will focus on the skills of observation and evaluate how our lenses, which are affected by our identities or backgrounds, can influence how we see ourselves and others. Through interdisciplinary conversations, we will exchange perspectives, discuss how lenses can affect healthcare delivery and access, and identify ways to optimize health care delivery.