Division of Population Oral Health, Department of Stomatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Department of Academic Affairs, Medical University of South Carolina Libraries, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2021 Jun;85(6):835-846. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12577. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are commonly recognized in the United States with associations to cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and oropharynx; the incidence of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) in the United States is on the rise. The aims of this scoping review were to examine the curricula of pre-doctoral dental students with respect to dental students: (1) awareness of the connection between OPC and HPV; (2) readiness to screen for OPC; and (3) ability to deliver patient education about OPC and its relation to HPV. We also codified published educational materials related to OPC and HPV for pre-doctoral dental students. Literature searches were performed in PubMed, Scopus, the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (EBSCO), and Dissertation Abstracts-ProQuest. After screening titles and abstracts, we selected 36 articles for full text review. Only articles reporting pre-doctoral dental training in HPV and OPC were included in the review, which resulted in 15 articles being excluded from the study. Only two studies in this review specifically discussed a curriculum that would involve educating dental students on HPV-related OPC. This scoping review also found that the majority of existing training opportunities for OPC and HPV are through post-graduate continuing education. To address these deficiencies, competencies regarding the HPV-OPC connection should be included within pre-doctoral dental training programs. As such, we identified four key strategies for advancing HPV-OPC content within pre-doctoral dental training curricula.
人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）感染在美国很常见，与外阴癌、阴道癌、阴茎癌、肛门癌和口咽癌有关；美国 HPV 相关口咽癌（OPC）的发病率正在上升。本范围综述的目的是检查牙科学前学生的课程，包括：（1）了解 OPC 和 HPV 之间的联系；（2）准备对 OPC 进行筛查；（3）能够对 OPC 及其与 HPV 的关系向患者进行教育。我们还对与牙科学前学生有关的 OPC 和 HPV 的已发表教育材料进行了编码。文献检索在 PubMed、Scopus、教育资源信息中心（ERIC）、护理和联合健康文献累积索引（EBSCO）和论文摘要-ProQuest 中进行。筛选标题和摘要后，我们选择了 36 篇文章进行全文审查。只有报告 HPV 和 OPC 牙前培训的文章才包括在综述中，这导致 15 篇文章被排除在研究之外。本综述中只有两项研究专门讨论了一个将教育牙科学员了解 HPV 相关 OPC 的课程。本范围综述还发现，大多数关于 OPC 和 HPV 的现有培训机会都是通过研究生继续教育提供的。为了解决这些不足，HPV-OPC 相关性方面的能力应纳入牙前培训计划。因此，我们确定了在牙前培训课程中推进 HPV-OPC 内容的四个关键策略。
