---
title: 'Episode 154: Marissa Spencer - Interprofessionalism, And Teaching Why Rather Than How'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-154-marissa-spencer-interprofessionalism-and-teaching-why-rather-than-how'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2023-04-10'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5ybjq7/Marissa_Spencer_-_4_9_23_911_PM7w8ok.mp3'
---

# Episode 154: Marissa Spencer - Interprofessionalism, And Teaching Why Rather Than How

Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Marissa Spencer What we discuss with Marissa: How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field Her teaching experience and how that led her to Tulane Interprofessionalism and why it is important How inter...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Marissa Spencer

What we discuss with Marissa:

- How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field

- Her teaching experience and how that led her to Tulane

- Interprofessionalism and why it is important

- How interprofessionalism leads to better teamwork and better patient care

- The method of teaching why vs just teaching how

Links for this episode:

Pathology 101 for Tissue Image Analysis

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[_Bridging The Gap_](https://thepathologist.com/subspecialties/pas-bridging-the-gap) in The Pathologist

[Bridging The Gap Webinar](https://thepathologist.com/webinar/pathologists-assistants-bridging-the-gap)

[Tulane Pathologists Assistant Program](https://medicine.tulane.edu/pathology-laboratory-medicine/pathologists-assistant)

[University of New Haven](https://www.newhaven.edu)

[American Association of Pathologists' Assistants](https://www.pathassist.org)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)

[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/peopleofpath/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=87f3e0df-5864-418e-a5b3-5fdd260ba05b)