Lisa
Milhan,
OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Assistant Professor
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Dr. Lisa R. Milhan OTD. OTR/L CHT is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Allied Health and the Interprofessional Educators and Practitioners Association Faculty Development Chair. Her interest in prevention, improving health and wellness outcomes, occupational therapy education and practice, and interprofessional education have created new opportunities for interprofessional collaboration in clinical and community settings.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: As more interprofessional education (IPE) activities gain recognition in health sciences, the need to recruit and train more faculty to facilitate student groups from various healthcare disciplines is now more critical than ever.
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), Office of Interdisciplinary Programs (OIDP) is charged with the creation, implementation, and evaluation of campus-wide IPE activities. The OIDP and the Interprofessional Educators and Practitioners Association (IEPA) have been developing and advancing a sustainable IPE program.…
Background: Aphasia affects at least 2,000,000 people in the United States and creates communication difficulties which affect quality of life for the person with aphasia, their communication partners, and their caregivers. Aphasia may be accompanied by changes in physical abilities and other mental abilities as well. Many of these patients have health needs after exhausting their benefits. Caregivers are at higher risk for not accessing needed services for themselves. Our pilot clinic for patients with aphasia has been designed to provide access to multiple services in a single location, and…
This discussion embraces the theme of preparing students for collaboration. It will present a rationale for focusing on work injury prevention through interprofessional education between sonography and occupational therapy (OT). This talk will explain the activity the students completed, then focus on ways to modify the activity for use in different environments, collaborative groups, and populations through dialog with the learners. This student activity could impact all four components of the Quadruple Aim (Sikka et al., 2015). Sonography has high work-related overuse injury rates (Simonsen…