Collaboration of Dental Hygiene and Nursing Students on Hospital Units: An Interprofessional Education Experience

The aims of this study were to implement and evaluate an innovative collaborative event with hospitalized patients to help develop dental hygiene and nursing students' interprofessional competence. The Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS) was used to assess the s...

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Published inJournal of dental education Vol. 83; no. 6; pp. 654 - 662
Main Authors Coan, Lorinda L., Wijesuriya, Uditha A., Seibert, Susan A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Dental Education Association 01.06.2019
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dental hygiene education
dental hygiene students
educational measurement
interprofessional education
nursing education
nursing students
interprofessional education
dental hygiene students
dental hygiene education
nursing education
nursing students
educational measurement
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Summary:The aims of this study were to implement and evaluate an innovative collaborative event with hospitalized patients to help develop dental hygiene and nursing students' interprofessional competence. The Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS) was used to assess the students' perceptions of interprofessional skill acquisition. Participants were 24 dental hygiene and 25 nursing students at the University of Southern Indiana in spring 2016. The results showed that all students had statistically significant improvement on the ICCAS items from pretest to posttest. There were no significant differences in improvement between the two groups on any single posttest item as the impact of the responses was similar. These results suggest that incorporating collaborative experiences in hospital settings can be an effective means to develop students' skills in interprofessional competence.
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ISSN:0022-0337
1930-7837
DOI:10.21815/JDE.019.071