Interprofessional education between dentistry and nursing: The NYU experience.
In 2005, New York University Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing formed an organizational partnership to create a unique model of interprofessionaleducation, research, service and practice. This paper describes the first eight years of experience, from the early reaction of the public to the partnership, to examples of success and past and current challenges.
Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: A National Consensus Statement
This national consensus statement was developed to help health professionals, program administartors and staff, policymakers, advocates, and other stakeholders respond to the need for improvements in the provision of oral health services to women during pregnancy. Ultimately, the implementation of the guidance within this consensus statement should bring about changes in the health-care-delivery system and improve the overall standard for care.
Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice
This IOHPCP report describes the structured approach, processes and outcomes addressed at the three components of the IOHPCP initiative. Concomitantly, HRSA synthesized the following recommentations:
1. Apply oral health core clinical competencies within primary care practices to increase oral health care access for safety net populations in the united States.
Oral Health Literacy
Oral health and oral health literacy are the focus of interest at the national level as demonstrated in the recommendations from two recent IOM reports and in the objectives of Healthy People 2020 (HHS, 2010a; IOM, 2011a,b). Although the field of oral health literacy is less well developed than health literacy, the roundtable was interested in exploring findings from research in this area and how such findings are being translated into oral health practice. In addition, the Roundtable was interested in the intersection between oral health literacy and health literacy.
Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations
Oral health care is not uniformly attainable accross the nation. Unfortiunately, individuals who face the greates barriers to care are often among the most vulnerable members of our society. The impact of unmet oral health care needs is magnified by the well-establised connection between oral health and overall health.
This report presents a vision for oral health care in the United States, where everyone has access to quality oral health care throughout the life cycle.
Advancing Oral Health in America
Oral health care is often excluded from our thinking about health. taken together with vision care and mental health care, it seems that problems above the neck are commonly regarded as peripheral to health care policy. This division is reinforced by the fact that dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants are separated from other health care professionals in virtually every way: where they are educated and trained, how their servises are reimbursed, and where they provide oral health care.
Interaction on health care teams
In order to increase the body of empirical data on health care teams, a three year study of faculty and student teams who participated in the Team-TRAC Program at the University of Nevada, Reno,was undertaken. Three research methods were employed: participant observation, survey and self-report, and interaction analysis.
Interdisciplinary education and health team training: A model for learning and service
This paper describes the efforts of one medical school - The School of Medical Sciences of the University of Nevada, Reno - to institute an interdisciplinary educational program for students in the health field aimed at promoting better communication and collaboration in care.
Some historical notes on interdisciplinary and interprofessional education and practice in health care in the USA
The origins and development of interdisciplinary health care teams in the US is traced from World War II successes with multidisciplinary medical and surgical teams to President Johnson's vision of The Great Society, in which the poor and underserved would have access to benefits of good health through the creation of community health centers located in areas of need. The concept of interdisciplinary teams of health professionals was espoused as a means for providing comprehensive and continuous care to such populations.
Building community: developing skills for interprofessional health professions education and relationship-centered care
In 1995, the National League for Nursing commissioned a Panel on Interdisciplinary/Transdisciplinary Education. The focus of the Panel's work was to examine educational issues that transcend the health professions and to make recommendations for future implementation of an interdisciplinary approach to addressing them.