Interprofessional Education: An Imperative for Dental Education
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world is facing a shortage of healthcare workers. Additionally, many health systems throughout the world are fragmented and struggling to manage unmet health needs (WHO, 2010). The WHO and its numerous partners recognize inter-professional collaboration in both education and practice as an innovative strategy that will play an important role in mitigating the global health workforce crisis.
What does this increasing focus on inter-professional education and collaborative care mean for dental education? Why should dental schools be concerned with collaborative care? What are the key challenges to and strategies for implementing a successful IPE programme?
Participants in this workshop:
- Gained an understanding ofchanging trends in health care delivery models around the world and their impact on dental education and practice.
- Discussed challenges and barriers to implementing IPE around the world.
- Learned about successful models for introducing and assessing IPE programs.
Session Chair
Cecile A. Feldman, D.M.D., M.B.A., has served as Dean of the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine since February 2001. Dr. Feldman was appointed Chair of the Board of ADEA in 2016, having served as a Director of American Dental Education Association since 2014. She has served in numerous leadership roles including the NIH Council of Councils, the Commission on Dental Accreditation and the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. Dr. Feldman has been principal investigator or co-investigator on many grants; primary and co-author of more than 100 articles, abstracts and book chapters; and has served as a reviewer and board member of the Journal of Dental Education, as well as a reviewer for the Journal of the American Dental Association and the Journal of Dental Research. Her areas of expertise include quality assurance, outcomes assessment, health informatics, health services research and health professions education. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Dental Care Systems at the University of Pennsylvania, has served as an ADEA Leadership Institute faculty member and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard David Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Workshop leader offering insight and perspective from the United States
Jeffery Stewart, D.D.S., M.S., is Senior Vice President for Educational Leadership and at the American Dental Education Association. He was formerly Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology & Radiology at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry and also served on the faculty of the Department of Pathology at the OHSU School of Medicine. Jeff attended college at the University of Delaware and received his dental degree from the University of North Carolina. Following a general practice residency in Wilmington, Delaware, he attended the University of Michigan where he received a master’s degree in oral pathology and diagnosis.
Dr. Stewart has served on the dental school faculties of the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania prior to his appointment at OHSU. Dr. Stewart was the recipient of nine teaching awards during his academic career. He has published over one hundred articles, abstracts and book chapters and serves as a reviewer for seven professional journals. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, American College of Dentists and Pierre Fauchard Academy.
Dr. Stewart’s recent activity in interprofessional practice and education included leadership roles as Chair of the OHSU Interprofessional Initiative Steering Committee and the University Curriculum Committee. In his role with ADEA, he is a member of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Planning Committee and the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative. He has been Chair and Councilor for the A DEA Section on Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, OHSU Councilor to the ADEA Council of Faculties, is an alumnus of the ADEA Leadership Institute and has served as Chair of the ADEA Leadership Institute Alumni Association Administrative Board and ADEA Legislative Advisory Committee.
Workshop leader offering insight and perspective from Europe
Janusz Janczukowicz M.D., Ph.D., M.M.Ed., FHEA received an MD degree and the Ph.D. in neuropathology from the Medical University of Lodz in Poland and the Master in Medical Education degree from the University of Dundee in Scotland. He is the head of Centre for Medical Education and the Chair of the Best Evidence Medical Education Collaborating Centre in Lodz.
Dr. Janczukowicz’s main professional interests includeinter professional education, teaching, learning and assessing medical and academic professionalism, social , and cultural competence. Janusz is the member of the International Association for Medical Education (AMEE) Executive and Research Committees, leading the diversity theme for the annual AMEE conferences. He serves as the liaison officer for developing cooperation between ADEE and AMEE. He is the Chair of the Translation into Practice BEME Committee, and is responsible for the Evidence Based Recommendations for Education, a project aimed at bringing the educational research results into the every day health-professions teachers’ practice.
Dr. Janczukowicz is a member of the European Board of Medical Assessors, the auditor for the Association of Medical Schools in Europe, the expert member of the European Institute of Women’s Health and the external expert for the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education. He designs and implements health-professions faculty development courses and undergraduate and postgraduate courses on professionalism. He is a member of the Medical Teacher Editorial Board, the editor of the ”Professionalism and Social Competence” section of Polish Postgraduate Medicine Journal and the editor and co-author of the first Polish book on medical professionalism.