Putting the Mouth Back in the Head: HEENT to HEENOT
Improving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences. We detail an educational and clinical innovation transitioning the traditional head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat (HEENT) examination to the addition of the teeth, gums, mucosa, tongue, and palate examination (HEENOT) for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of oral-systemic health.
All Together Better Health VII- Plenary Session- Advancing Interprofessionalism in the United States
As healthcare systems in the United States grapple with a rapidly changing healthcare environment, leaders explore new models of care to improve quality and reduce costs. This panel will discuss how U.S. health systems are adopting interprofessional care models and creating feedback to modernize education and training programs.
This plenary session features:
Communicating the Social Determinants of Health- Guidelines for Common Messaging
Our health is influenced by diverse factors — not only by medical care and our health care system, but also by our work, our level of education and income, where we live and many other things that are together referred to as social determinants of health (SDH).
Impact of interprofessional activities on health professions students' knowledge of community pharmacists' role and services
The Interprofessional Rural Program of British Columbia (IRPBC) was established in 2003 as a pilot program aimed at supporting the recruitment of health and human service professionals to rural communities in British Columbia, Canada. The program was designed to expose students in the health and human service professions to rural communities and to assess whether this exposure increased the likelihood of their return to work in nonurban settings once they completed their studies.
Continuing interprofessional education in geriatrics and gerontology in medically underserved areas
There is a widening gap between the health care needs of older persons and the treatment skills of the health care professionals who serve them. This gap is especially severe in rural areas, where there is a shortage of and inadequate collaboration between health care professionals and poor access to services for older persons.
The triple aim: Care, health, and cost
Improving the U.S. health care system requires simultaneous pursuit of three aims: improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capita costs of health care. Preconditions for this include the enrollment of an identified population, a commitment to universality for its members, and the existence of an organization (an "integrator") that accepts responsibility for all three aims for that population.
The student-run free clinic: An ideal site to teach interprofessional education?
Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) often include an interprofessional group of health professions students and preceptors working together toward the common goal of caring for underserved populations. Therefore, it would seem that these clinics would be an ideal place for students to participate in an interprofessional collaborative practice and for interprofessional education to occur.
Reconnecting Public Health and Care Delivery to Improve the Health of Populations
If we are to achieve better health along the continuum of care from birth to death, we need to work across professional boundaries and better integrate the systems we have established to promote health. That was the framework that brought more than 70 thought leaders to Washington to participate in an historic, invitation-only two-day conference, “Reconnecting Public Health and Care Delivery to Improve the Health of Populations,” held May 4-5, 2014.
I-CAN Quarterly Newsletter- Winter 2014
This is the Winter, 2014 newsletter of the Interprofessional Care Access Network (I-CAN), a 3-year grant project funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration based at the Oregon Health & Science University.
I-CAN Quarterly Newsletter- Summer 2014
This is the Summer, 2014 newsletter of the Interprofessional Care Access Network (I-CAN), a 3-year grant project funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration based at the Oregon Health & Science University.