Empowering the Voice of Child Life Among the Medical Team - 2026 Lightning Pass

This session explores how child life specialists can strengthen collaboration with physicians and increase professional visibility. Drawing from a dual background in child life and medicine, this session offers practical tools to empower child life specialists as key members of the medical team and support cross-collaboration with physicians.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify key strategies for increasing child life visibility and integration within interprofessional medical teams.
• Describe methods for effectively communicating the child life role and expertise to physicians and medical learners.
• Apply techniques for building collaborative relationships with physicians through participation in rounds and clinical discussions.
• Evaluate personal and institutional barriers to physician collaboration and formulate individualized approaches to overcome them.

Suggested Domain:  Professional Responsibility

Credits: 1.0

Speakers

Mary W. Noe, MD, MPH, CCLS - Pediatric Resident Physician 

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