The PATH-PWIDD project

The PATH-PWIDD project is guided by the Collective Impact Model for social change. A national, cross-sector consortium of advocates, healthcare providers, community-based workers, leaders in health care workforce education, policy experts, and academics comprise 3 PATH-PWIDD Consortium Action Networks (CANs). The CANs advise on the following areas for the PATH-PWIDD grant: 1) Measurement, Evaluation, and Outcomes, 2) Communication, and 3) Education, Practice, and Policy. 

Below are presentations from CAN members on interprofessional education and training of healthcare workers in caring for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (See links below for recorded presentations).

Latest resources from the PATH-PWIDD grant 2022:

• Paula Consolini, Ph.D. and Isabel Arvelo (class of 2023) presented on experiential learning, community engagement, and team-based work at the Center for Learning in Action (CLiA) at Williams College.
  • Link to video: https://youtu.be/IWL3rMwQQG0
  • Link to power point: https://path-pwidd.org/s/March-2022-CLiA-PP-Zoom-Presentation.pdf
• Tyler Reimschisel, MD, MHPE and founding associate provost at Case Western Reserve University, presented an overview of the Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Activities at CWRU.
  • Link to video: https://youtu.be/vuSRpsXBK5U
  • Link to power point: https://path-pwidd.org/s/PATH_PWIDD-Presentation.pdf
• Renata Ticha, Ph.D., a PATH-PWIDD Core Partner and member of the Steering Committee, presented the results of a literature review on the state of health care education and what has been accomplished since 1990 to address the health needs of individuals with IDD.
  • Link to video: https://youtu.be/mzADvaqOQto
  • Link to power point: https://path-pwidd.org/s/LiteratureReview.pdf
• Dr. Jennifer Mendez presented on the Interprofessional Team Visit Program at Wayne State University School of Medicine, in a presentation titled, “Utilizing an Interprofessional Value Scale to Optimize Team Assessment
• Kim Bullock, MD, Director, Department of Family Medicine Community Health Division (CHD) and two of her student leaders, John DiBello and Meghan Chin, presented an overview of Community-Based Learning at Georgetown University School of Medicine and integrating its principles into student-focused, community-based participatory research (CBPR), including collaboration with the IDD community in DC.

• Dr. Blase Brown presented on Interprofessional Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry.  and power point

• Janice Odiaga, DNP, CPNP-PC and her team from the Office of Interprofessional Education at Rush University presented on their Interprofessional Patient Centered Teams curriculum and evaluation tools.
• Available on PATH-PWIDD websiteMore presentations from our Consortium Action Network (CAN) meetings 

Jan. 2022 - Education, Practice, & Policy CAN featured a presentation from Allison P. Edwards, DrPH, MS, RN, CNE of the Cizik School of Nursing at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston on Imperative Undergraduate IPE education: Nursing Care for People with Disabilities.

At the most recent Measurement, Evaluation, & Outcomes CAN meeting, Magnus Sandberg and Anna Axmon from Lund University in Sweden presented on outcome measurement of two longitudinal studies of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.