Christine
Podolak,
MS
Associate Director of Experiential Education
Binghamton University
Christine Podolak, MS is the Associate Director of Experiential Education with the Binghamton University, Master of Public Health (MPH) Program. She is also a member of the Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPE) faculty at the University. Podolak has a professional background in healthcare reimbursement and research coordination, as well as a passion for teaching and mentoring interprofessional students in pursuit of opportunities that align with their career interests and goals.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Poverty is a social determinant of health (SDOH) that interprofessional health care teams are trained to address; yet, students in these educational programs may have limited experience with poverty and its impact on patient and community engagement, care, and outcomes. To address how integral poverty is to addressing health outcomes, Binghamton University students from nursing, pharmacy, public health, and social work participated in a class-embedded poverty module and simulation, which included asynchronous readings and videos, a poverty simulation activity, and a panel of community…