January 26, 2021
A committee of educators from the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences and Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) is preparing to develop a consistent, interprofessional education experience for students from all divisions and schools throughout the college.
Interprofessional education involves students and educators from two or more professions in health and social care learning together during all or part of their professional training. The goal is to cultivate collaborative practice for providing client- or patient-centered health care.
To advance the committee’s initiatives, several members recently attended the T3 Interprofessional Team Development Program. The T3 program is an immersive leadership training program in designing and implementing effective interprofessional education projects.
December 15, 2020
UW Assistant Professor Breanna Krueger works with Rue Steidley, age 7, as a computer software program plays fake words over the speaker. Steidley must select whether the word sounds like a word meant for adults or meant for kids. A screen tracker records her motions as she selects a photo of an adult or a kid. The goal of the study is to see how the acquisition of information impacts children’s interpretation of words and how fast their brains are working. (UW Photo)
A grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation will support research through the University of Wyoming Division of Communication Disorders aimed at helping children who struggle with speech sound disorders (SSD), a condition that limits a child’s ability to learn and communicate new words and speech sounds.