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Join us this fall for the Maguire Meservey College of Health and Human Services interprofessional event series!

All students from the MMCHHS and other departments outside of the college are invited to participate. These events include in-person case-base experiences and case simulations, interprofessional clinical experiences and virtual expert community panels which focus on health disparities, public health programming and policy. 

Thursday, September 26 I 5-6:30 pm

Using Sensory Engagement Strategies to Improving Health, Well-being and Functional Status of Older Adults with Dementia and their Care Partners

This workshop offers healthcare practitioners techniques for exploration with a variety of materials and sensory engagements with the goal of improving health, well-being and functional status of older adults and persons faced with physical, cognitive and emotional health challenges. Demonstrations of techniques to generate embodied engagement in small group practice - breath-work, simple bilateral stimulation movements, voice activation, sounding exercises, and sensory stimulation. We’ll explore playful, failure free processes that harness strengths and capabilities, and boost self-esteem. A person-centered Montessori approach- choice, quality materials, environment organized for success-enables adults to find creative voice and reclaim agency.

Margaret Cahill, Ed.M. is the Director of the ARTZ (Artists for Alzheimer’s) Museum Network. She is a community educator and humanities practitioner who creates art and culture programs to improve quality of life for adults, individuals with memory loss and care partners.

This is Zoom event with required.

Tuesday, October 8 I 5-6:30 pm

Nutrition and Health Disparities

Disparities in nutrition, such as poor diet quality and inadequate nutrient intake, arise from multiple factors and are related to adverse health outcomes such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. To better understand these health disparities, we need to think through distinct mechanisms of action and scales of influence to mitigate those disparities. The mechanisms range from biological, behavioral, physical, socio-cultural to the health care system itself. A patient’s access to health insurance influences, at an individual level, the expertise and resources they can access to address these nutrition-influenced health care needs may be limited. This event will discuss these domains of influence and strategies healthcare practitioners can take to address nutrition-related health disparities. Short group case studies will be explored.

Presented by Tracey Ware, PhD Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Jane Sharon Akinyemi M.Sc and PhD in Exercise Physiology. Both are faculty at ´ºÃÎÖ±²¥.

This is a Zoom event and is required.

Wednesday, October 30 I 5-6:30 pm

How Healthcare Practitioners Can Create Compassionate, Inclusive Healthcare Experiences for Transgender and Gender-expansive (TGE) Youth

Dr. Olezeski will discuss the Yale Pediatric Gender Program (YPGP), and the supportive healthcare environment that has been created for children, adolescents and young adults questioning their assigned gender and/or seeking gender-affirming care children, adolescents and young adults questioning their assigned gender and/or seeking gender-affirming and the Center’s model of best practice. Short group case studies will be explored.

Christy L. Olezeski, Ph.D., is the Director and Co-Founder of the Yale Pediatric Gender Program (YPGP), and an Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and the Child Study Center.

This is a Zoom event and is required.

Monday, November 25 I 6:30-8:30 pm

Cultural Humility & Safety in Inter-professional Healthcare

This event will explore essential concepts such as cultural terminology, intersectionality, privilege in healthcare, occupational justice, and visual health equity. Through an in-depth examination of these topics, students will engage in case discussions that encourage them to apply these principles to their own professional decision-making. The lecture will also emphasize how inter-professional collaboration can be shaped by these factors, guiding students to recognize the importance of cultural safety in delivering equitable and effective care across various healthcare disciplines.

Presented by Crystal Lewandowski, OD, FAAO, Amy Moy, OD, FAAO, FNAP, and Kathleen Schlenz, OT, ABD, OTR.

This is a Zoom event with required.