Leslye
Smith,
M.A., M.Ed. R.T. (R)
Coordinator, Radiologic Technology Program and MRI, CT and Mammography Certificates
Harper College
Leslye Smith is the Coordinator of the Radiologic Technology Program, with a dual appointment in history. She has been at Harper College since 1998, fulltime since 2004. In the past 5 years, she has become actively involved in IPE with the Health Careers Division implementing the following IPE activities with the radiologic technology students and other allied health career programs Vital Signs with medical assisting students, The Importance of Touch in Radiologic Technology and Massage Therapy, and Head and Neck Pathology and Orthopantomography Positioning with the dental hygiene students.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Harper College has over 12 different health career degree and certificate programs, yet students spend most of their time surrounded by other students in their same program. Students previously graduated without the opportunity to learn much about the professions they would soon be working alongside. During the pandemic, faculty and staff interested in interprofessional education created an activity allowing students to virtually interact with others in different health career programs. The aim was for our students to communicate their own roles and responsibilities clearly to other health…