Interprofessional Internship Program

2023-2024 interprofessional

Interns learn and lead together, solve problems for clinical partners, develop real world working relationships and advance interprofessional education and practice.

Meet the 2023-2024 OACA Interprofessional Internship Cohort.

The application is now closed for Academic Year 2023-24. The next application cycle will open March, 2024

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Areas of Intern Development

Interprofessional Problem Solving
Engage other health professionals in shared problem-solving appropriate to the project needs with demonstrated project-specific outcomes.

Communication Tools & Techniques
Choose communication tools and techniques that facilitate effective interprofessional team interactions.

Leadership & Management
Apply leadership practices that support equitable and effective interprofessional collaboration.

Interdisciplinary Conceptual Knowledge
Integrate the knowledge and experience of interprofessional team members to enhance project outcomes and improve understanding of the other profession(s).

Professionalism
Act with honesty and integrity in relationships with interprofessional student and community/clinical partner relationships.

Responsible Conduct of Research
Evaluate and integrate available evidence to inform effective interprofessional teamwork and promote desired project outcomes.

Community Partners

Community partners are invited to request an interprofessional team of 2-3 interns to engage in a problem-based project. Projects are anticipated to occur over the course of each academic year between September and May, with potential for extension. Each intern will commit to approximately 5 hours per week. Project submissions are typically reviewed throughout the spring and summer and selected by August. Contact Sara North and Cheri Friedrich with questions and to help co-create project concepts.

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Objectives

  • Collaboratively identify actionable strategies to improve health through analysis of the complex epidemiological, geopolitical, social, ecological, other global contributions to human and animal health. 
  • Explore and critique the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities, and expertise of other health professions and the impact these factors can have on health outcomes. 
  • Actively engage with community organizations supporting rural health to learn from, with, and about the integration of population health approaches within and outside of the health system. 
  • Advance their own professional and interprofessional competency development through shared population-focused problem solving using available evidence and reflective team-based practices.

Meet the OACA 2023-2024 Interprofessional Interns

Theme: Collaborate to support the work of community organizations delivering, enhancing, or expanding access to rural and mobile health services, programs, and education.

Read OACA intern biographies and learn more about their projects.

Sixteen students from across the health sciences have been accepted and matched with core projects with clinical and community partners in Minnesota. View the full 2023-2024 cohort report. You can also view past corhorts: 2022-2023, 2021-2022 and 2020-2021.

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Kandeija Bagurusi

Kandeija Bagurusi 
Medical School, Division of Physical Therapy
Clinical Partner: Wilderness Health

tess burley

Tess Burley  
School of Nursing
Clinical Partner: Allina Health

Sara Busche

Sara Busche 
Medical School
Clinical Partner: Mobile Health Initiative

Saliha Chaudhry

Saliha Chaudhry 
Medical School
Clinical Partners: UMN Morris Challenge

Grace Deboom

Grace De Boom 
School of Public Health
Clinical Partner: Wayside Recovery Addiction Center

Adebayo Ibikunle

Adebayo Ibikunle 
School of Dentistry 
Clinical Partner: Mobile Health Initiative

Guldamla Kalender

Guldamla Kalender  
Medical School
Clinical Partner: Allina Health

Nhi Lang

Nhi  Lang 
Medicine School 
Clinical partner: EA Therapeutic Health

Claire Nash

Claire Nash 
Medical School, Division of Physical Therapy
Clinical Partner: EA Therapeutic Health
 

Kevan O'hanlon

Kevan O'Hanlon 
Public Health MPH, Environmental Health
Clinical Partners: UMN Morris Challenge

Minda Liu

Minda Liu 
Medical School
Clinical Partner: Wayside Recovery Addiction Center

Katie McLaughlin

Katie McLaughlin 
Medical School
Clinical Partner: Wilderness Health

Margaret Perry

Margaret Perry 
School of Nursing
Clinical Partner: EA Therapeutic Health

Rachel Schoneman

Rachel Schoneman 
Medical School, Division of Physical Therapy
Clinical Partner: Hennepin Pediatric Mobile Health 

Chenwei Yan

Chenwei Yan 
College of Pharmacy and School of Public Health
Clinical Partner: Hennepin Pediatric Mobile Health
 

Nicole Oblon and Chenwei Yan

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OACA Interprofessional Internship Highlight: Center for Health Interprofessional Programs

Nicole Oblon and Chenwei Yan worked with CHIP to solidify the infrastructure for the Health Sciences Care Corners.

Intern Quotes

Intern quotes