Evaluation of an Interprofessional Oral Healthcare and Nursing Care Programme for Dental and Nursing Students
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate an interprofessional education (IPE) programme including skill training and case presentation for dental and nursing students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-four third-year dental and 94 fourth-year nursing students were included. They participated in an IPE programme consisting of three parts: joint lectures, skill training sessions and case presentations. After the lectures, they performed student-on-student oral healthcare and nursing care skill training in mixed professional groups. After the session, the mixed professional groups presented to other groups an allocated case of oral healthcare collaboration between dentists and nurses for a patient. Before and after the programmes, questionnaires regarding perceptions of healthcare team and oral healthcare collaboration were distributed to the participants to compare the changes in their perceptions. RESULTS: The comparison involved data from 59 dental students and 92 nursing students who completed both questionnaires. The perceptions of their ability to communicate positively with other people, the differences in the approaches to nursing care between different health professionals, their ability to consider a holistic approach for older patients, the roles of other professionals and the need for multiprofessional collaboration significantly improved among the dental and nursing students after the programmes. Additionally, after the programmes, the dental students' understanding of oral healthcare collaboration in the cases they presented significantly improved to the same level as that of the nursing students. CONCLUSION: Interprofessional education programmes for dental and nursing students may effectively improve their understanding of healthcare team and oral healthcare collaboration with patients.
DOI: 10.1111/eje.70054
Authors: Satoru Haresaku, Toru Naito, Hisae Aoki, Mami Miyazono, Mayumi Monji, Yojiro Umezaki, Sohei Uchida, Rie Iwamoto, Fuyuko Nakashima, Tomohiro Masuzaki, Tomi Yamanaka, Kazuyuki Akinaga, Akiko Chishaki
Institutions: Fukuoka Nursing College, Fukuoka Dental College
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4415647934