Innovative Initiatives of Interprofessional Education (IPE) Currently Integrated in

Six American Dental Schools

AUTHORS Jonny Brennan, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health

Kelli Christensen, Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Illinois Juliana da Costa, Oregon Health & Science University, School of Dentistry

Edward Fidrocki, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Jessica Hilburg, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine

Gargi Mukherji, The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston Marcia M. Ditmyer, PhD, AAL

● Meet the latest accreditation standards ●  Team-centered approach ●  Next generation of providers ●  Respond to the growing multi-factorial

health care needs.

IPE in a Collaborative Health Workforce

Commission on Dental Accreditation

Standard 1-9 The dental school must show evidence of interaction with other components of the higher education, health care education and/or health care delivery systems.

Reference http://www.ada.org/~/media/CODA/Files/predoc_2013.ashx

Collaboratation with Dental Schools

● Medical (MD/DO) ● Nursing ● Physician

Assistants

● Pharmacy ● Occupational

Therapy ● Physical Therapy ● Nutrition

Populations that Benefit from IPE

●  Clinics for underserved populations, homeless and lower social-economic status (SES)

●  Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

●  Chronic disease

●  Multiple medications ●  Children ●  Pregnant patients ●  Geriatric population

(nursing home rotations)

Perceived Benefits to Dental Students ●  Improved communication skills with other

health care providers ● Enhanced clinical learning ●  Improved teamwork ●  Interaction with other health professionals/

students to understand their training and knowledge

Challenges to IPE ● Time- dental curriculum are full leaving little

time to add new courses. ● Coordination among schools both with time,

type of learning, perceptions of IPE and goals of each institution.

● Faculty "buy in" and training

Future IPE Initiatives

• Send students to rural areas • Course on IPE • Community Health Model • Shadow other professionals • SimMan IPE share with other programs • ……?????