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The Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kits are based on the IPEC Competencies, the NONPF Core Competencies and the HRSA interprofessional oral health core competencies delineated in the Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice report (2014). Developed by the Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) program, the Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kits are innovative, web-based, open-source products intended to facilitate the integration of oral-systemic health content and clinical competencies into undergraduate nrursing, nurse practitioner and midwifery curricula. The Tool Kits are organized by program and describe how to “weave” evidence-based oral-systemic health content, teaching-learning strategies, and clinical experiences into undergraduate programs as well as pediatric, family, adult-gerontology, women’s health, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and midwifery programs.

Oral health, as an integral component of overall health, has gained recognition over the past 20 years. An increasing number of primary care providers are becoming involved in the assessment, diagnosis, prevention and management of oral health problems within their scope of practice. Oral health and its link to general health makes it a perfect clinical exemplar to use for developing interprofessional classroom and clinical experiences for nurse practitioner and midwifery students and their colleagues in dentistry, medicine, and other health care professions.

These Tool Kits can serve as a starting point for faculty, clinicians, and organizations as they work to play a leadership role in building interprofessional oral health workforce capacity to improve oral health access, decrease oral health disparities, improve oral health and overall health outcomes, prepare for accreditation, and enhance the health of the communities they serve.

Learn more about the Undergraduate Tool Kit.

Learn more about the Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery Tool Kits.