90 Minute Workshop

Educational Programs, Workshops, Seminars, New Idea Session, and Small Group Discussions

TL-017 - Firm Foundations of Dental Hygiene Curriculum: Collaboration Across the Curriculum

Presenter(s)

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  Laura MacDonald, PhD(C), MEd, RDH

  University of Manitoba Faculty of Dentistry
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  Kathy Yerex, B.Sc., M.Sc.(c), RDH

  University of Manitoba
  Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Interprofessional collaboration can be integrated throughout the curriculum to prepare students for future roles. The dental hygiene paradigm concepts provide a framework for faculty to design collaboration activities. In this workshop, two practice models distinct to the discipline will be used as exemplars of how educators can collaborate across the curriculum to facilitate student understanding of the patient care plan as a primary care provider using a multidisciplinary approach. Participants will use critiques, facilitated discussion and construction time to envision how to collaboratively develop learning activities which infuse interprofessional collaboration building on the concepts across the curriculum.

Learning Objectives:

• Use two dental hygiene practice models based on the paradigm concepts to integrate interprofessional collaboration across the curriculum.
• Explore how educators can collaborate across the curriculum using the dental hygiene paradigm concepts to broaden their view of dental hygienists as primary care providers using shared leadership and decision-making.
• Discuss outcomes of doing this integrated curriculum approach to enhance faculty collaboration, student critical thinking, and interprofessional collaboration.