Monica
Sampson,
PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Health Care Services in Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Monica Sampson, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the director of health care services in speech-language pathology at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). As a certified speech-language pathologist (SLP), Dr. Sampson has had a diverse career spanning clinical service delivery, research, academia and health policy. At ASHA, she has made it a strategic priority for her team to train medical SLPs to improve patient outcomes via interprofessional practice and person-centered care. Dr. Sampson also serves as a key stakeholder in IPP technical expert panels that work collaboratively to impact federal policy as it relates to standardization of care in the post-acute care settings.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is implementing multi-year efforts to advance IPECP among its members (i.e., audiologists and speech-language pathologists), including defining what it is and how to implement it and elucidating their role on teams. The following common barriers to IPECP implementation have been noted in ASHA member perspectives: not understanding IPECP and a lack of perceived value (Lawlis et. al., 2014; O’Reilly et. al., 2017).
To address these barriers, ASHA engaged a communication consulting firm to assist with developing effective messaging (Evans…