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Geriatric Oral Health Training

Geriatric Oral Health Training

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on May 20, 2024 - 10:48am CDT

This curriculum from the Iowa Geriatric Education Center was developed to teach providers about the role of oral health in promoting quality of life for older adults. It presents a simple model and set of tools and techniques that can be used to improve oral health care. The sections on the Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) and the Oral Health Care Plan (OHCP) contain interactive practice exercises, as well as printable copies of these tools.

Source: Iowa Geriatric Education Center.
https://igec.uiowa.edu/
 

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Geriatric 5Ms Workshop for Primary Care

Geriatric 5Ms Workshop for Primary Care

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Submitted by Andrea Schwartz on Mar 20, 2024 - 7:49am CDT

This interactive workshop (materials freely downloadble and editable) has 4 modules that follow an older adult in the outpatient setting, focused on Mobility, Mind, Medications, What Matters/Multicomplexity. 

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CATCH-ON Basics and 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System for Healthcare Professionals and Students

CATCH-ON Basics and 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System for Healthcare Professionals and Students

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Submitted by RUSH Center for... on Dec 28, 2023 - 3:50pm CST

Evidence-based education that helps clinicians improve care.

Online modules: Available to all health professionals and community-based organizations, these modules developed by CATCH-ON educate about normal aging, managing multiple chronic conditions, dementia and working with interprofessional geriatric health care teams as well as the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility). A version of these modules, aimed at older adults and their families, is available in English and Spanish.

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Using the Emma Stracener Case Study to Examine Technology Support Options for Caregivers of Older Adults

Using the Emma Stracener Case Study to Examine Technology Support Options for Caregivers of Older Adults

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on Jun 3, 2023 - 1:42pm CDT

This teaching strategy from the National League of Nursing's Advancing Care Excellence for Caregivers series uses a case study approach to engage students to think through a complex situation involving an older adult who is starting to decline and a concerned family member who is becoming a caregiver. The use of technology to assist the aging adult to live safely at home, commonly referred to as aging in place, is emphasized. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, and suggested learning activities and readings are included. Files are downloadable/printable.

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Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Interprofessional Oral Health Clinical Experience Guide

Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Interprofessional Oral Health Clinical Experience Guide

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Submitted by Oral Health Nur... on May 30, 2023 - 11:05am CDT

OHNEP's new Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Interprofessional Oral Health Clinical Experience Guide brings students from different health professions together for a team-building clinical rotation where they learn to more effectively provide whole-person care for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This guide is a model used by NYU College of Dentistry and NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing for Dental (DDS) Students and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) students.

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New Resources from OHNEP: Interprofessional Oral Health Clinical Education Guides

New Resources from OHNEP: Interprofessional Oral Health Clinical Education Guides

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Submitted by Oral Health Nur... on Mar 15, 2023 - 11:06am CDT

OHNEP has developed three innovative interprofessional oral health experiences for students across health professions. These model oral health simulation and live clinical experiences are designed to operationalize the IPEC Core Competencies while building oral-systemic competencies.

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Teaching-Learning Strategies in collaboration with the National League for Nursing

Teaching-Learning Strategies in collaboration with the National League for Nursing

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Submitted by Oral Health Nur... on Dec 13, 2022 - 12:59pm CST

In collaboration with the National League for Nursing (NLN), OHNEP has developed several teaching-learning strategies for oral health integration across care settings. NLN's Advancing Care Excellence Series (ACE) initiative includes programs with free curricular resources that focus on improving care for vulnerable and underserved populations. We encourage faculty and educators to incorporate these strategies into their curricula and build awareness of the importance of inteprofessional care and oral health in primary and acute care settings.

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The interprofessional teaching observation program: a faculty development workshop on peer feedback on interprofessional teaching

The interprofessional teaching observation program: a faculty development workshop on peer feedback on interprofessional teaching

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Submitted by Maria Wamsley on Mar 7, 2022 - 11:59am CST

This resource is an interactive 3-hour didactic and skills practice workshop designed to train faculty to conduct a peer-teaching observation and provide feedback focused on interprofessional teaching. The didactic portion of the workshop focuses on the ways that interprofessional teaching differs from uniprofessional teaching, discusses elements of effective feedback, and reviews the critical steps of a peer-teaching observation.

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Connecting Care Through Telehealth: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Telehealth Course

Connecting Care Through Telehealth: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Telehealth Course

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Submitted by Utah Geriatric ... on Jan 13, 2022 - 9:54am CST

Connecting Care Through Telehealth is an online course designed to inform and improve best practices when using telehealth and virtual services in LTSS settings. Informed by the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms framework, content is tailored for providers and care-teams, residents/patients, and families and caregivers within nursing homes, assisted living communities, and home health and hospice organizations. This course is hosted on the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center's (NRTRC) website, and consists of five modules:

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Caring for Older Adults during COVID-19: Assessment and Management via Telehealth

Caring for Older Adults during COVID-19: Assessment and Management via Telehealth

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on Oct 27, 2021 - 10:32am CDT

The UCSF Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program is empowering Northern California to meet the needs facing older adults. This free CME telehealth module series for providers is comprised of short 10-15 minute educational videos for busy learners. Learners can decide which modules are of interest and 'earn as they learn' or accrue CME credits with each module completed.

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