Desmond
Chee
PA Student
Rocky Vista University
Desmond Chee is a second-year physician assistant student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado, graduating in the fall of 2023. He has worked as an emergency department technician, emergency department scribe, emergency medical technician, and emergency skills instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area California prior to starting his PA program.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional Student Poster Description: Dispersion of care across various providers increases with chronic conditions like diabetes. Teamwork and collaboration between healthcare professionals are essential for improving patient care and outcomes. To educate future collaborative providers, newer models for teaching, such as virtual reality (VR) have been established and implemented as tools during the pre-licensure education phase. No research has assessed the effectiveness of this innovative technology to improve knowledge, attitudes and empathy toward the population with chronic…