Rebecca Santo Inzana, MS, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Rebecca Santos Inzana, MS, CCC-SLP, is a medical speech-language pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA, where she has practiced on the inpatient team since 2004. She holds a joint-appointment with the MGH Institute of Health Professions, co-teaching the Institute's innovative IMPACT Practice interprofessional curriculum and acting as Clinical Faculty Coordinator for that academic-practice partnership’s Interprofessional Dedicated Education Units.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Leveraging Leadership and Partnership to Expand Interprofessional Dedicated Education Units

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) have developed innovative interprofessional clinical education environments called Interprofessional Dedicated Education Units (IPDEUs). Health professional students rotate through hospital-based IPDEUs guided by Interprofessional Practice Instructors (IPIs) with the specific intent of learning the principles of interprofessional practice through active observation, modeling and robust facilitation and debriefing.

Overseeing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated Interprofessional Curriculum: A Stepwise Approach to Moving from Vision to Action

Moving IPE from isolated learning events to scaled integrated curricular models crossing education and practice is critical to learner success and driving change in practice. Leaders from MGH Institute of Health Professions offer a structured forum to assist participants in realizing opportunities and transitioning current IPE/IPP efforts into integrated programs.