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. 2022 Feb;26(1):174-181.
doi: 10.1111/eje.12686. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Interprofessional education in the Dentistry curriculum: Analysis of a teaching-service-community integration experience

Thaís Ostroski Olsson  1 , Mateus Dalmoro  2 , Marcelo Viana da Costa  3 , Marina Peduzzi  4 , Ramona Fernanda Ceriotti Toassi  5
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Interprofessional education in the Dentistry curriculum: Analysis of a teaching-service-community integration experience

Thaís Ostroski Olsson et al. Eur J Dent Educ. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Introduction: Interprofessional education (IPE) offers relevant theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches to the development of effective teamwork competencies.

Objective: To analyse an interprofessional experience of teaching-service-community integration carried out at a public university in the South of Brazil.

Methods: A case study with a qualitative approach was carried out. The study's participants were thirty-eight undergraduate dental students who attended the IPE activity between 2012 and 2019. Data collection was developed in two sequential steps that included the application of an online instrument and semi-structured interviews. The textual material was interpreted by content analysis, considering Kirkpatrick's evaluation levels (reaction, learning and behaviour).

Results: In the reaction level, students highlighted the contents provided by the National Curricular Guidelines regarding public health system and teamwork, as well as the pedagogical teaching proposal by tutoring groups, which stimulated students' autonomy. It was observed that the learning was geared towards the development of collaborative teamwork competencies and cultural competencies. In the behaviour level, students perceived positive changes in their attitudes and behaviours towards patients, focused on needs related to life conditions, realising that dentists may work within a team. The elective/optional nature of the experience allied with the absence of other IPE activities in the curricular grid showed to be challenging.

Conclusion: IPE in undergraduate education presented positive results related to the reaction, learning and behaviour of dental students. We recommend the inclusion of interprofessional activities of teaching-service-community integration in Dentistry curricular structure to complement uniprofessional education.

Keywords: curriculum; dental; education; interdisciplinary communication; interprofessional relations; primary health care.

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