Mary
Knab,
DPT, PhD
Associate Provost for Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPE) and Associate Professor
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Mary Knab, DPT, PhD is Associate Provost for Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPE) and Associate Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP). Dr. Knab’s academic career includes PT and Interprofessional education leadership. Over the past decade her portfolio has grown around leading the development of IHP’s IPE efforts under the IMPACT Practice® umbrella. Aiming to develop an exemplary interprofessional learning environment and faculty excellence in IPE, leading to IHP graduates who are leaders in collaborative health care delivery and interprofessional practice, Dr. Knab’s scholarship includes models for IPE, program assessment, and use of narrative for learning and assessment.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The IMPACT Practice Center (IPC), a pro bono clinic with five uniprofessional centers providing student clinical experiences, operates with a collaborative goal of integrating interprofessional education in an evolving collaborative practice environment. The IPC opened in the Fall of 2017 with each center moving its clinical activities to a new shared space and modified its organizational structure in 2019 adding a part-time IPC Director to the existing Directors of the five uniprofessional centers and Practice Manager.
This structure created an interprofessional leadership model that…
Student peer facilitation is an invaluable active learning approach in interprofessional education that positively influences student engagement and learning, as well as enhances communication and teamwork skills among future health care providers. Evidence shows that student facilitators are more attuned to the needs and experiences of their peers and that when students make personal connections to support each other they are more receptive to learning. Exposing students to peer facilitators from different professions fosters respect and understanding of another discipline’s roles and…
“Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories bring us to wisdom” (Remen, n.d.). Throughout history, humans have used stories to communicate and connect. This seminar showcases how educators can use stories to create meaningful IPE experiences that help shape strong, sustainable interprofessional behaviors from the beginning of a student’s health care education. An expert panel of IPE educators from MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) will illustrate how creative use of narrative, through a fictional story woven into an interprofessional curriculum, helps learners discover, connect, and…