Track 3: Just What the Doctor Ordered: Multi-Disciplinary Clinics at the Forefront of Change

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This
session will discuss the skills needed to practice multi-disciplinarily in the
clinical setting—highlighting the benefits, problem-solving through the
challenges, and providing practical tools that clinicians can take home and use
as they pursue or strengthen multi-disciplinary relationships in their clinical
work.  The presenters are experienced in
directing and/or starting multi-disciplinary clinics in the medical-legal
partnership (MLP) model, and the MLPs represented by the presenters are diverse
in the subject matter of cases handled, included professions, and the roles
played by other disciplines. The presentation will not be limited to MLPs, but
rather will explore how multi-disciplinary work can benefit, and be integrated
into, any type of civil or criminal legal clinic.
Through
the presentation, hypotheticals, and opportunities for group discussion,
attendees will learn the “nuts and bolts” for constructing clinics with multi-disciplinary
elements, including identification of different professional partners, the
steps for establishing relationships with other professions, navigation of the
rules of confidentiality and other ethical issues for varying professions, and
how multi-disciplinary faculty and students can be incorporated into a
classroom component.  Attendees will walk
away with a repository of sample documents that can be used to forge
multi-disciplinary partnerships in the clinical setting.