Rachel Pittmann is an Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders and is the Assistant Dean of Interprofessional Practice in the Center for Interprofessional Education and Practice. Clinically, she has worked as a speech-language pathologist for over 15 years, primarily in the outpatient setting in the evaluation and treatment of acquired and degenerative neurological communication disorders. Her areas of clinical interest are in professional issues in telehealth as well as the treatment of adults with cognitive-communication disorders as a result of brain injury and stroke. Her scholarly interests are in the scholarship of teaching and learning, inclusive of simulation-based education and telehealth education. She holds a PhD in Health Professions Education and master's degrees in Health Professions Education and Speech-Language Pathology.
PhD, Health Professions Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions
MS, Health Professions Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions
MS, Speech-Language Pathology, Boston University
BS, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Rachel has published numerous papers - some titles are highlighted below. You can view a complete listing of Rachel's in her CV.
In addition, Rachel regularly presents at conferences and industry events. Please see her CV for a complete list of presentations.
Identifying individual learning profiles for errorless and errorful aphasia therapy at the Annual American Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference.
Examining Cognitive-Linguistic and Learning Abilities in PWA Utilizing Language Retrieval and Novel Object Pairing Tasks at 2021 Academy of Aphasia’s 59th Annual Meeting.
From, with and about Wellness-an Interprofessional Approach to Group Health at the American Physical Therapy Association presented at 2021 Combined Sections Meeting.
Leading an interprofessional practice pivot: From onsite to virtual in a hot minute at Lightning talk presented at NEXUS Summit 2020.
From, With and About Wellness-An Interprofessional Approach to Group Health at the NEXUS Summit 2020.
