Croker, Felicity, Wilson, Eric, and Houliston, Lisa (2011) Collaborative professional learning between dentistry and education students in delivering an oral health program to disadvantaged Queensland schools. In: Abstracts from the 1st Annual Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions. 36. p. 70. From: 1st Annual Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions, 10-13 May 2011, Toronto, Canada.

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Background: Poor oral health impacts adversely on educational outcomes and consequently life chances, particularly for socially disadvantaged Indigenous and low income families. This equity project involves intersectoral and interprofessional partnerships to embed an oral health focus into the work integrated experiences of undergraduate Dentistry and postgraduate Education students. In 2011, through shared learning sessions on campus and within classrooms, students have the opportunity to participate in real world experiences that will improve potentially oral health and educational outcomes in disadvantaged children.

Methodology: Students will deliver an educationally sound, oral health program to school children with diverse cultural backgrounds and abilities. This program aims to enable strong, authentic, interprofessional collaboration and teamwork while engaging students in a community outreach program. Evaluation will employ mixed methodologies 1) Pre and post implementation surveys of students' perceptions of their capabilities, knowledges and attitudes 2) Peer evaluation 3) School teachers' ratings of individual student's performance. Preliminary findings are not available at the time of submission as the project commences in 2011.

Item ID:	45135
Item Type:	Conference Item (Abstract / Summary)
Keywords:	dentistry, education, interdisciplinary, work integrated learning, faculty development,
Date Deposited:	29 Aug 2016 03:08
FoR Codes:	13 EDUCATION > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1105 Dentistry > 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified @ 30% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111717 Primary Health Care @ 20%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9305 Education and Training Systems > 930599 Education and Training Systems not elsewhere classified @ 30% 93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9304 School/Institution > 930402 School/Institution Community and Environment @ 20% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920402 Dental Health @ 50%
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