Interprofessional Internship Program
Interns learn and lead together, solve problems for clinical partners, develop real world working relationships and advance interprofessional education and practice.
Meet the 2022-2023 OACA Interprofessional Internship Cohort.
The application is now closed for Academic Year 2023-24. The next application cycle will open March, 2024.
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 October and May, with potential for extension. Each intern will commit to approximately 5 hours per week. Project submissions are typically reviewed in July and selected in August, with intern team interviews occurring in October. Contact Sara North and Cheri Friedrich with questions and to help co-create project concepts.
Interns have partnered with:
- EA Therapeutic Health
- Center for Interprofessional Health
- Community University Health Care Center
- GuidePoint Pharmacy
- HealthPartners
- Hope Network
- Mano a Mano
- MHealth Fairview
- Morris Challenge
- National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
- Neighborhood Health Source
- Office of Academic & Clinical Affairs
- Veterans Administration
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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 2022-2023 Interprofessional Interns
Theme: Work in cooperation with those who receive care, provide care, and support the delivery of health services, programs, and education.
Read OACA intern biographies and learn more about their projects.
Fifteen students from across the health sciences have been accepted and matched with core projects with clinical and community partners in Minnesota. View the full 2022-2023 cohort report. You can also view past 2021-2022 and 2020-2021 cohorts.
Kandeija Bagurusi, BS
Medical School
Clinical partner: Hope Network
Jenna Broihahn, BS
Center for Allied Health
Clinical partner: EA Therapeutic Health
Saliha Chaudhry, BA
Medical School
Clinical partner: Morris Challenge
Meghan Ford, BA
School of Public Health
Clinical partner: EA Therapeutic Health
Hodan Hachi, BS
School of Public Health
Clinical partner: Neighborhood Health Source
Arazu Kian, BSN
School of Nursing
Clinical partner: Center for Interprofessional Health
Britney Lee, BS
College of Pharmacy
Clinical partner: Neighborhood Health Source
Nicole Oblon, BS
School of Public Health
Clinical partner: Center for Health Interprofessional Programs
Kevan O'Hanlon, BA
School of Public Health
Clinical partner: Morris Challenge
Robert Pokorney, BA, MA
School of Nursing
Clinical partner: Mano a Mano
Joy Schmidt, BS
School of Public Health
Clinical partner: Hope Network
Elena Tran, BA
School of Public Health
Clinical partner: Center for Interprofessional Health
Maddie Weirick, BS
School of Public Health
Clinical partner: Mano a Mano
Tiffany Widseth, BS
Medical School
Clinical partner: Mano a Mano
Chenwei Yan, BA
College of Pharmacy / School of Public Health
Clinical partner: Center for Health Interprofessional Programs
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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
