Community partnerships within a novel dental school urgent care center: Student perceptions.
community partnerships
community-based dental education
dental education
dental students
urgent care
Journal
Journal of dental education
ISSN: 1930-7837
Titre abrégé: J Dent Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8000150
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
revised:
25
02
2021
received:
15
12
2020
accepted:
06
03
2021
pubmed:
24
3
2021
medline:
17
8
2021
entrez:
23
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Oral health inequities and limited access to care cause patients to seek dental treatment in hospital emergency departments. In addition, conventional clinic models and curricular limitations may result in inadequate experiences for students learning urgent dental care. The aim of the current study was to investigate student perceptions of a novel dental school urgent care clinic model. A mixed-methods, cross-sectional study design was used to survey third-year and fourth-year students at a Midwest dental school in spring 2020 about their experiences providing patient care in the school's internal urgent care center. Along with a structured curriculum, the urgent care clinic model incorporates an on-site partnership with a community health center and a hospital emergency department affiliation that serves as a referral base to provide students with their learning experiences. Of 81 students, 78 completed the survey (96% response rate). The majority of students treated 50 or more patients. From their urgent care experiences, a majority of students felt prepared to manage patients with acute dental pain and swelling (72/77, 94%), and reported a better understanding of interprofessional collaborations in dentistry (42/77, 55%) and the importance of providing urgent dental care to underserved patients (72/77, 94%). Most students (64/75, 85%) were more likely to offer urgent dental care services to underserved populations in future practice. This collaborative school-based urgent care clinic model incorporating community partnerships provided transformative learning experiences, positively impacted student perceptions of their learning, and influenced future practice behaviors related to urgent dental care.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1396-1403Informations de copyright
© 2021 American Dental Education Association.
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