2020–2021 OACA/CIH Interprofessional Interns

Co-hosted by the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs and Center for Interprofessional Health

OACA's inaugural cohort consisted of fifteen students from across the health sciences.

Community Partner Projects

Improve Interprofessional Practice Care Model
Community-University Health Care Center
Interns enhanced the interprofessional practice care model to foster collaboration among clinics with similar initiatives. Key outcomes included developing intranet learner resources and a learner manual, benefiting 150-200 learners annually. Additionally, interns created and presented psychological safety training to improve team connections for learners and staff.

Develop Student-driven IPE Experiences
Office of Academic Clinical Affairs
Interns developed student-driven interprofessional education experiences for Greater Minnesota and hospital-based placements. Key products included primary literature research on evidence-based IPE activities, a toolkit addressing profession-specific gaps, and an experiential IPE Canvas site with refined activities and instructional resources.

Clinical Quality Improvement/Process Improvement
MHealth Fairview
Interns evaluated and refined methods for tracking QI/PI projects, including assessing Clinician Nexus as a potential repository platform. They provided data-driven recommendations to streamline workflows and guide future project management.

Analyze Historical Data by Learner Volume
MHealth Fairview
Interns enhanced interprofessional practice by analyzing and visualizing historical and current learner placement data (2018–2021) across multiple professions, schools, and clinical sites. Findings and recommendations were shared with leadership to inform future workflows and strategies.

Launch the Patient, Family, Community, Caregiver Initiative
National center of Interprofessional Practice & Education
Interns launched the Patient, Family, Community, Caregiver (PFCC) Initiative by conducting a comprehensive review of 90 PFCC engagement resources. They developed three key themes aligned with integrated education and practice concepts, created website content, and prepared resources for online publication.

Interprofessional Interns

Ananda Vigneswari Anebarassou
Public Health - MPH - MCH
Community partner: OACA
Develop Student-driven IPE Experiences (Greater MN)

Allison Au
Nursing - MN
Community partner: NCIPE
Launch the Patient, Family, Community, Caregiver Initiative

Karen Chen
Public Health - MPH - PHAP
Community partner: MHealth Fairview
Clinical Quality Improvement/Process Improvement

Sara Dasler
Speech Language Pathology - MA
Community partner: OACA
Develop Student-driven IPE Experiences (Hospital)

Tara Dillon
Nursing - MN
Community partner: NCIPE
Launch the Patient, Family, Community, Caregiver Initiative

Arazu Kian
Nursing - DNP - WHNP
Community partner: MHealth Fairview
Improving interprofessional practice care model

Emily Moccio
Nursing - DNP - PMHNP
Community partner: MHealth Fairview
Clinical Quality Improvement/Process Improvement

Kaushik Mukherjee
Dentistry DDS
Community partner: Community-University Health Care Center
Improve Interprofessional Practice Care Model

Julia Ngep
Public Health - MPH - PHAP
Community partner: NCIPE
Launch the Patient, Family, Community, Caregiver Initiative

Trang Nguyen
Dentistry DDS
Community partner: OACA
Develop Student-driven IPE Experiences (Greater MN)

Bethany Leah O'Bryan
Veterinary Medicine - DVM
Community partner: OACA
Develop Student-driven IPE Experiences (Greater MN)

Vanessa Santamaria
Public Health - MHA
Community partner: Community-University Health Care Center
Improve Interprofessional Practice Care Model

Taylor Sinn
Public Health - MHA
Community partner: MHealth Fairview
Improving interprofessional practice care model

Ally Taubenheim
Nursing - DNP - PNP
Community partner: Community-University Health Care Center
Improve Interprofessional Practice Care Model

Mariah Witt
Medical Lab Sciences - MMLS
Community partner: OACA
Develop Student-driven IPE Experiences (Hospital)