Professor
Pacific University
Pacific University
Amanda Stead is an associate professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She is also the school's simulation program coordinator and is credentialed as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE). Her passion for working with dementia patients comes from personal family experiences and from her experiences in long-term care settings. In addition to teaching a course in progressive illness and dementia, Dr. Stead teaches graduate courses in communication and aging, counseling, and aphasia. She has been awarded a teaching award from the Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association (2013), the President's Award for Excellence Graduate Teaching at Pacific University (2019), and the Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Higher Education from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (2022). Her current research examines the pedagogy that best prepares future clinicians for work with geriatric patients and the development of high-quality healthcare simulations.
PP1301 - Efficacy of Interdisciplinary Peer-to-Peer Teaching in Healthcare Education
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Disclosure(s): Pacific University - Oregon: Employment (Ongoing)