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Urban Service Talks is a student centered, student run podcast series developed and produced by Urban Health/AHEC Scholars, and is sponsored by CT AHEC. Urban Service Talks explores issues and answers questions important to today's and tomorrow's healthcare workforce. The focus of the podcast includes key pillars of the Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars program: interprofessional education and team-based care, addressing social determinants of health, and care for the underserved, while featuring the voices of students from a variety of healthcare profession training programs at UCONN and Quinnipiac University. The topics for the podcasts are varied and feature students, professionals, and community members. The target audience includes health professions trainees, health and public health professionals, as well as pre-health professions students. To listen to the podcast, access Urban Service Talks through your preferred media account. Stay connected with Urban Service Talks through Twitter @TalksService and Instagram @urbanservicetalks. We welcome listener feedback about topics, presenters and most importantly, the dialogue and energy of our podcast series. Please contact us at ust.pod@gmail.com.
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Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
In this episode of Urban Service Talks, Quinnipiac University PA student Robyn Rosnitsky and University of Connecticut nursing student Khadijah Stanford interview Harriet Walsh, a physician assistant practicing in Dublin, Ireland. The discussion centers on the PA profession, its recent introduction to Ireland, and the cultural differences in healthcare delivery between Ireland and the United States. Specific topics include the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare systems and societal responses, the role of culture in patient care, and social determinants of health such as housing insecurity. The interview highlights the evolving role of PAs within interprofessional teams and the challenges and advantages of the profession in both countries. Finally, the discussion touches on the Irish healthcare system's two-tiered structure and the need for improved accessibility.
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