Nursing and Dental Students Responses to Experiences with Interprofessional Education.
TL;DR
Nursing students who participated in IPE experience with dental students improved their oral health related behavior and improved their attitudes related to importance of nurses engaging in caries risk assessment and recognizing caries.
Abstract
Interprofessional education has received increasingly more attention over the years. This study was performed from two groups; the dental students, and the nursing students. After the rotation, the nursing students’ tooth brushing frequency increased, and their comfort level with dental visits and oral health related knowledge improved. Aim: To assess whether the IPE experience would improve nursing students’, dental students’, IPE related attitudes as well as their RIPLS scores from beginning to end of this IPE experience. Objective: How nursing students’ considerations concerning their own oral health and oral health related knowledge changed before and after IPE. How nursing and dental students RIPLS scores changed after rotation. How these groups attitudes and RIPLS scores were related. Methodology: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board for the Behavioral and Health Sciences at the University of Michigan. Data from the nursing students and dental students who participated in IPE were collected. To assess changes, survey was conducted between the two groups. Results: A total of 200 students took part in this with females (133) and males (67), age of the participants ranging from 18-25yrs. In this study, both nursing and dental students agreed that they learned clinical skills and are likely to use in their careers. Conclusion: The nursing students who participated in IPE experience with dental students improved their oral health related behavior. Dental students participated also improved their attitudes related to importance of nurses engaging in caries risk assessment and recognizing caries.