The School of Health Sciences and Human Performance announce the winners of the 4th annual HSHP Interprofessional Education Case Competition. Rachel Cass (SLPA), Lauren DePietro (SLPA), Katy Krueger (ESAT-MS), Maggie McGuire (CHS-N), and Dylan Raisch (RT) were awarded first place with their project, “The ABC’s of Supporting Kinship Caregivers”. Second place went to the team of Shoshana Cohen (RT), Julia Giovinco (SLPA), Margaux Malaussena (ESAT-SS), and Abigail Stengel (ESAT-MS), and third place to the team of Joseph Carollo-Bayona (ESAT-SS), Amberly Christiansen (ESAT-MS), Katie Chugh (OT), Helina Kassa (PCH), and Mary Kivlehan (SLPA). The finalist teams all received cash awards.
The Case Competition involved students from nine HSHP majors and concentrations, working in interdisciplinary teams to provide solutions to the problems and issues that arise with kinship caregivers and the children under their care. Team members met each other over dinner, and throughout the evening the worked diligently to determine a specific problem to address, devise workable solutions, and prepare and practice a Powerpoint presentation. Teams presented their solutions to a panel of judges and finalists selected. Three finalist teams presented their solutions to the entire group. Overall, it was a tremendous evening of friendship building, academic enrichment, and interdisciplinary collegiality.
