Susan
Toth-Cohen,
PhD, OTR/L
Professor
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
Dr. Susan Toth-Cohen, PhD, OTR/L is a professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Thomas Jefferson University and a faculty lead for virtual interprofessional programs at the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. She earned her doctorate in educational psychology from Temple University and holds a Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning through the Quality Matters organization. Presently she teaches in the all-online post-professional occupational therapy doctoral program and the Teaching in the Digital Age Advanced Practice Certificate. Her research interests include virtual interprofessional training, clinical reasoning and professional development, and qualitative methods, particularly content analysis.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: This presentation will discuss the development and implementation of a continuous quality improvement (CQI) project targeting an interprofessional training program, Enhancing Services for Homeless Populations (ESHP). ESHP uses a 3-D virtual world (3-DVW) to train interprofessional teams of students in health and human service professions to advance their knowledge and skills in caring for persons experiencing homelessness (PEH). The focus of the CQI was to implement and evaluate the impact of new content in the area of harm reduction on student knowledge, attitudes…
Lightning Talk Description: This presentation describes the development of a virtual reality (VR) case scenario that engages interprofessional student teams in exploring an older adult’s (Ms. K) living environment through an Escape Room to identify the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems: What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility. An additional component consists of videos illustrating interactions between Ms. K. (portrayed by a simulated patient) and her care team (actual healthcare providers) providing transitional care after a recent hospitalization.
The VR case scenario is being…