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ArticleJournal of dental education2025

A novel oral medicine-centered interprofessional curricular initiative to promote collaboration and build oral health capacity.

Mahnaz Fatahzadeh, Emily Sabato, Vaishali Singhal, Mary Wagner, Kim Fenesy

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Mahnaz FatahzadehDivision of Oral Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Emily SabatoRutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8632-0416
Vaishali SinghalRutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Mary WagnerRutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Kim FenesyRutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

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HRSA HHS D85HP28497U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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introductionOral 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.

methodsStudents 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.

resultsA 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%).

conclusionOral 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.

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Cooperative BehaviorCurriculumEducation, DentalInterprofessional EducationInterprofessional RelationsOral HealthOral MedicineHumansSurveys and Questionnairescollaborative carecurriculum developmenthealth profession workforceinterprofessional educationoral health capacityoral health educationoral medicineoral‐systemic link

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PMCPMC11783339

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