IPE Team Receives Josiah Macy Jr Foundation President’s Grant

An interdisciplinary team has received funding under the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation President’s Grant for the project titled: “Impact of an Interdisciplinary Leadership Curriculum on Allied Health Students Providing Collaborative Care to the Underserved.”​ ​Grant deliverables include the creation and delivery of the Interprofessional Leadership Development Curriculum (ILDC), including 16-hours of didactic content targeting authentic leadership, professional identity, and professional commitment. Curricular foci are diversity, equity, and belonging (DEB); emotional intelligence; communication styles; influencing others; team dynamics; and leading change. Initial pilot participants will come from the Unity Clinic at Keys Speech & Hearing Clinic experience in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Grant personnel include:

• Andrew John (PI)​, Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Allied Health, OUHSC​

• Melissa Craft, PhD, APRN-CNS, AOCN, FAAN (co-PI)​, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Outreach and Practice Innovation, Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing, OUHSC​

• Margaret Worden Robinson, MEd (co-I)​, Senior Associate Director, Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & Faculty Development, OUHSC​

• Rahma Osman, MPH (co-I)​, Project Manager, Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & Faculty Development, OUHSC ​

• Raina Leckie, DSW, LCSW (co-I)​, Instructor, Coordinator of the Center for Social Work in Healthcare, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, OU​

• Jane Wilson, PhD, RDH​, Dean, Stuart C. Miller Professor of Allied Health, and Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, College of Allied Health, OUHSC​

• Alan Spies, RPh, JD, MBA, PhD, PCC​, People Developer and Culture Builder, Summit Partner Services​

• Christi Barbee, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, ABAC​, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Allied Health, OUHSC​

• Gerry Ibay, JD​, Assistant Professor and Vice Chair, MHA Program Director, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC​