Interprofessional Education for the Dentist in Managing Acute and Chronic Pain.
Dental education is at the intersection of affordable health care, opioid-abuse crisis, and collaborative practice benefits. Students must engage in interprofessional education (IPE) for pain management. Graduates must recognize appropriate management of acute dental pain and understand the dentist's role in interprofessional treatment of chronic disease, including management of temporomandibular disorders and orofacial neuropathic pain, chronic pain in general, and the consideration of opioids. This article reviews accreditation standards, compares these standards with recommendations from the International Association for the Study of Pain and regulatory boards, and presents examples of enhanced pain education.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: Jeffry_Shaefer@HSDM.Harvard.edu.
Jeffry
J
Shaefer
Department of Anesthesiology, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Tufts University Medical School, 2014 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02462, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, Boston, MA, USA.
Antje M
AM
Barreveld
Nurse Practitioner Program, MGH Institute for Health Professionals, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA.
Paul
P
Arnstein
Tufts School of Dental Medicine, 1 Kneeland St Boston, Boston, MA 02111, USA; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman St Boston, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Ronald J
RJ
Kulich
D059787:Acute Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D003815:Dentists; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000628:therapy; D059408:Pain Management
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid
Acute pain; American board of pain medicine; Chronic pain; Dental education; Interprofessional relations; Opioid analgesics; Pain clinics; Pain management