Reena
DePaolo,
M.S.
Program Coordinator
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
Reena joined the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education in 2023 after 14 years of experience in the higher education landscape. Her work has primarily focused on programs designed to support underrepresented, economically disadvantaged, and first-generation students complete their academic programs and continue to advanced programs or enter the workforce. Reena has a master’s in Educational Administration and Policy Studies with a concentration in higher education.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Over the last three years, faculty and staff members of the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education’s Racial and Social Justice Taskforce (RSJT) have worked together to actualize the interconnectedness of interprofessional collaborative practice and the advancement of anti-racism in health education and practice. To aid in this work, the team created a curriculum self-study tool, intended to guide critical thinking and facilitate idea generation around issues of racial and social justice within and across the Center’s interprofessional education (IPE) programs. The tool…
Lightning Talk Description: The Jefferson Student Interprofessional Complex Care Collaborative (J-SICCC), formerly known as the Student Hotspotting program, is an experiential, six-month program that pairs interprofessional teams of students with individuals in the community experiencing complex health and social needs. J-SICCC is based on the hotspotting model, developed by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers. It involves the strategic use of data to direct personalized, hands-on interventions toward “high-utilizers” with the aim of improving health while reducing high utilization…