title: Integrating oral health into the interdisciplinary health sciences curriculum.
abstract: Oral health inequities for older adults warrant new models of interprofessional education and collaborative practice. The Innovations in Interprofessional Oral Health: Technology, Instruction, Practice and Service curricular model at Bouvé College of Health Sciences aims to transform health professions education and primary care practice to meet global and local oral health challenges. Innovations in simulation and experiential learning help to advance interprofessional education and integrate oral health care as an essential component of comprehensive primary health care. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly clinic is an exemplary model of patient-centeredness and interprofessional collaborative practice for addressing unmet oral health needs of its patient population.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 310 Robinson Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: m.dolce@neu.edu.
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dolce
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Nona
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aghazadeh-Sanai
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 312C Robinson Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 215 Behrakis Health Sciences Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Public Policy and Urban Affairs, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Terry T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Fulmer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003479:Curriculum; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D004517:Education, Professional; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health / Q000193:education*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011320:Primary Health Care
keywords: Collaborative practice; Interprofessional education; Oral health; Team-based competencies