Fatahzadeh Mahnaz, Sabato Emily, Singhal Vaishali, Wagner Mary, Fenesy Kim
Division of Oral Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2025 Jan;89(1):81-89. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13689. Epub 2024 Aug 19.
Oral physicians should possess knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for functioning in the evolving integrated care systems. Paramount for addressing the existing oral health disparities is also adequate training of non-dental health professionals in the foundations of oral health. We conducted interprofessional oral medicine-centered case conferences to prepare dental students for collaborative care and to increase awareness of non-dental students about the mouth-body connection. Herein, we share our perspective and the students' feedback about this educational program.
Students from seven health profession and social work programs attended an interactive, online oral medicine-centered case conference facilitated by an oral medicine faculty and at least one faculty from another profession. Faculty facilitators guided students to identify key points and encouraged team-based care. Anonymous, voluntary online surveys were distributed to participants immediately after each session. Descriptive data tabulated and analyzed.
A total of 151 students participated in conferences between 11/11/2022 and 3/24/2023 and 132 (87%) submitted postexperience surveys. Students agreed that the case conference was applicable to their profession (95%) and meaningful (94%), they learned new information about other professions (94%), they could contribute to discussions (90%), interactions were respectful (99%), and discussions emphasized interprofessional collaboration (96%). Non-dental respondents learned more about oral-systemic link (95%), recognized a broader role for dentists (90%), and agreed with inclusion of more oral health content in their curricula (79%).
Oral medicine-centered case conferences provided an effective curricular path for demonstrating oral-systemic connection, promoting meaningful interprofessional collaboration, and building oral health capacity among students of non-dental health professions.
口腔医生应具备在不断发展的综合医疗体系中发挥作用所需的知识、技能和态度。对非牙科卫生专业人员进行口腔健康基础方面的充分培训，对于解决现有的口腔健康差距也至关重要。我们举办了以口腔医学为中心的跨专业病例讨论会，以使牙科学生为协作护理做好准备，并提高非牙科学生对口腔与身体联系的认识。在此，我们分享我们对这个教育项目的看法以及学生的反馈。
来自七个健康专业和社会工作项目的学生参加了由口腔医学教员和至少一名其他专业教员主持的互动式在线口腔医学病例讨论会。教员主持人引导学生确定关键点，并鼓励团队协作护理。每次会议结束后，立即向参与者分发匿名的自愿在线调查问卷。对列表的描述性数据进行分析。
在2022年11月11日至2023年3月24日期间，共有151名学生参加了讨论会，132名（87%）提交了会后调查问卷。学生们一致认为病例讨论会与他们的专业相关（95%）且有意义（94%），他们学到了关于其他专业的新信息（94%），能够参与讨论（90%），互动是相互尊重的（99%），并且讨论强调了跨专业协作（96%）。非牙科受访者对口腔与全身的联系有了更多了解（95%），认识到牙医的作用更广泛（90%），并同意在他们的课程中纳入更多口腔健康内容（79%）。
以口腔医学为中心的病例讨论会为展示口腔与全身的联系、促进有意义的跨专业协作以及培养非牙科卫生专业学生的口腔健康能力提供了一条有效的课程途径。
