The Duke Health Center for Interprofessional Education and Care (IPEC) has a Student Advisory Committee (SAC) that meets regularly to gather perspectives, interests, and ideas of health professions students.
Members of the committee include students from the School of Nursing and the MD, Occupational Therapy Doctorate, Physician Assistant, and Doctor of Physical Therapy programs at Duke. Students work with faculty and staff to design and deliver various educational, social, and service-related events throughout the year. SAC members have the opportunity to help promote community, develop leadership skills by representing their peers, and identify priorities for interprofessional education and practice.
As second-year students last year, Mackenzie Wilbert and I served on the inaugural leadership board. For the 2024–2025 academic year, second-year students Megan Broomfield, Autumn Kidd, Cierra Berry, and Holly Brown will represent the DPT program in SAC, and Maggie Wentz will serve on the committee’s leadership board.
Being a member of SAC has helped me develop my leadership skills and interprofessional connections. Learning to collaborate with those outside the PT profession is extremely valuable and will translate to our careers in providing holistic patient care.