Rebecca Henderson, BSDH, MS
The Ohio State University
Rebecca Henderson BSDH, MS is Assistant Professor of Dental Hygiene at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry and faculty champion for the BuckIPE Curriculum in the Office of Interprofessional Practice and Education. She is a Registered Dental Hygienist in The Dental Faculty Practice where she cares for patients as part of an intra and interprofessional team. She has taught integrated coursework, and as the curriculum committee chair, is a catalyst for enhancing and expanding student experiences . Rebecca is a member of a BuckIPE design team and has facilitated numerous IPE activities for health science students at Ohio State.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

The BuckIPE curriculum is an integrated, longitudinal interprofessional (IP) curriculum for health professions programs at The Ohio State University, including the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work, and Veterinary Medicine. The curriculum is purposefully designed to be progressive; students advance across three levels: foundation, immersion, and mastery. In the foundation level, students learn rationale, supporting evidence, and foundational knowledge and skills for collaborative practice (IPCP). In the three…