Experiential IPE: Facilitating Communication for Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders.

Catalog description

Provides students with an interprofessional education opportunity. Learners will acquire and use literature-based communicative tools with adults who have an acquired neurogenic communication disorder due to stroke, traumatic brain injury, non-traumatic brain injury, and progressive disorders within the context of a weekly community program. Students will apply the concepts of models of disability, social versus medical models, interprofessional education and collaborative practice, as well as international and national policies to healthcare workers and the provision of communicative access for patients.