Moshtagh
Farokhi,
DDS, MPH
Associate Professor/Clinical
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Moshtagh Farokhi, brings private practice and teaching experience to her research at the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry. Her interests are at the intersection of disease prevention, health promotion and community engagement. Her research focuses on social determinants of health, interprofessional education, refugee health, acculturation, and service learning. Her teaching is founded on principles of active learning, critical thinking with an emphasis on cultural humility, and an empathetic approach to healthcare. She collaborates with various professions and partners within local community organizations such as the Center for Refugee Services and Edgewood Independent School District to address health disparities.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio emphasizes interprofessional education (IPE) among our strategic educational priorities. This is exemplified by our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for institutional accreditation, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC) - created to cultivate IPE knowledge and skills of faculty, students, and staff and to integrate IPE activities into programs’ curricula with increasing opportunities for student IPE experiences.
Members of the LINC Faculty Council (the Council), one from each school (dentistry, graduate…
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is committed to advancing interprofessional education (IPE). This effort is best demonstrated through our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC). The QEP involves all schools (dentistry, graduate biomedical sciences, health professions, medicine, and nursing) and is required for institutional accreditation. The primary goals of the QEP include increasing campus-wide IPE knowledge and skills, integration of IPE activities into programs’ curricula, and increasing opportunities for…
BACKGROUND: COVID-19-associated social distancing practices necessitated significantly altering a previously planned large-scale interprofessional education (IPE) activity for approximately 1000 students at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. As a result, we developed and piloted an innovative, self-directed online learning experience emphasizing student engagement.
DESIGN: We partnered with the family of a child in the local community with complex health needs to develop two unique case studies telling their story while emphasizing the value of teamwork on…