Introducing undergraduate dental students to the wider rôle of the primary care team.
The development of interprofessional learning between different members of the primary care team can lead to a better understanding of the various rôles of the primary care team. It can also result in a more collaborative approach to achieving health care goals. A pilot project was carried out involving placing 6 final-year dental students in general medical practices. Feedback from both dental students and medical practitioners suggested a number of educational benefits were achieved. The generally positive results have encouraged the extension of the pilot to include general medical practice placements for all final-year dental students at Liverpool.
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Department of Clinical Dental Sciences, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry, UK.
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D004497:Education, Dental; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation