Best Practices in Communicating Interprofessional Educational Resources
The Communication CAN researches and identifies best practices for sharing project resources, in addition to promoting accessibility and inclusion among all materials.
Communication Presentations
Communication CAN Meeting April 28, 2025
Elizabeth Eng, RN, presented “How an Educational Module Changed Self-Reported Knowledge and Competence Caring for Individuals with IDD Among Acute Care Nurses” at the Communication Consortium Action Network meeting on April 28, 2025.
Rush Disability+ Care Webpage
Dr. Sarah Ailey and Mia Blankensop, Rush GEM graduate, presented the new Rush Disability + website, created by Rush nursing students, with input from the IDD Health Equity Advocate Advisory Committee. Recorded December 2, 2024.
An Overview of the ECHO-AIDD Program
On June 27, 2022, Dr. Yona Lunsky of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Ontario, presented an Overview of the ECHO-AIDD Program to the PATH-PWIDD Communication Consortium Action Network (CAN). The program focused on the health of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (AIDD) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Communication CAN Membership
Chair: Sarah H. Ailey, Ph.D., RN, PHNA-BC, CNE, CDDN, FAAN
Kara B. Ayers, PhD
Bridget Brown
Nancy Brown
Jesus Chuy Campuzano
Ann Cary, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, FNAP
Anne W. Gunter, M.A.
Joan Earle Hahn, PhD, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC, CNL, CDDN
Tracie Harrison, PhD, RN, FAAN
Nicole Jorwic, J.D
Yona Lunsky, PhD
Cesar Mendez
Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami MD, MS
Katrina Rex, MS
J. Erin Riehle, MSN, RN, CESP, NEA-BC
Rebecca Rosenberg
Jessica Sager
Carole Schwartz, MS, OTR
Janet Shouse
Victoria Van Voorhis