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Integrated Provider Education
and Community-based Learning
S U Z AN N E M . B E AT T Y, D D S
G R A D UAT E A N D U N D E R G R A DUAT E D E N TA L H YG I E N E P R O G R AMS D I R E C TO R
M E T R O P OL I TAN S TAT E U N I V E RS I T Y
D E B O R AH M AT T H I AS - AN D E RS ON , M S , R N , C N E
FA C U LT Y M E M B E R , S C H O OL O F N U R S I N G
M E T R O P OL I TAN S TAT E U N I V E RS I T Y
Interprofessional Collaboration:
Metropolitan State University School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
Department
• Create an educational infrastructure for nursing and dental hygiene
students to collaboratively improve oral-systemic health
• Strengthen interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration with the
intention of improving interprofessional teamwork
• Provide interprofessional community-based learning opportunities to
meet the healthcare needs of the underserved
• Expand healthcare services provided to the Love Grows Here Wellness
Center (LGHWC) homeless clients to include oral health care services
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Metropolitan State University
“Where Life and Learning Meet”
•Comprehensive urban university
•Communities of Twin Cities metropolitan area
• Underserved communities
• Adults and communities of color
•Community partnerships
•Campus located in the historic eastside Swede Hollow
neighborhood, one block east of First Lutheran Church that
houses Love Grows Here Wellness Center
Love Grows Here Wellness Center
“Community, Possibility, Acceptance, Wellness”
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•
A majority of LGHWC clients
are experiencing
homelessness
Homeless: A household
lacking a fixed, adequate
night time residence
-- Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (2012-2013)
• Nationally, 3.5
million / year
• Minnesota: 13,100
per night
• High needs for basic
physical, mental
health, dental care,
and substance abuse
-- Wilder Foundation (2009)
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Highlights of LGHWC Services
• Foot care
• Blood pressure screening
• Nursing Practitioner (care and
referrals)
• Integrative Healing Services
• Counseling:
• Crisis
• Spiritual/Pastoral
• Financial
• Food assistance
Additional Screenings
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Dental
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Dental Hygiene Department
Advanced Dental Therapy Students and LGHWC
Involvement
•
Metropolitan State University Master of Science in Advanced
Dental Therapy (MSADT) Students
• Advanced Dental Therapists
• New professionals in the dental team workforce as of May,
2009
• Only in MN at this time
• DT/ADT legislation expands the capacity of the dental
team to address the needs of the underserved
• Partnership with Normandale Community College
•
Metropolitan State MSADT graduates are dual licensed
professionals
• Dental hygiene and dental therapy licensure
• Provide preventive and therapeutic care
• Knowledge of oral- systemic connections
• Nursing faculty and students identified the LGHWC’s clients' need
for dental care to improve overall wellbeing
ADT Students and
LGHWC Clients
• Assess and evaluate
health histories
• Link between diabetes,
obesity, heart disease and
increasing susceptibility to
diseases of the oral soft
tissues
• Assess, evaluate, and
implement a plan of care
for the most common oral
diseases:
• Gingivitis and periodontal
disease
• Caries
• Provide education and
prevention
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Special Dental
Concerns of
LGHWC Clients
• “Who will hire me with
black holes in my front
teeth?”
• “How do I get to my
dental appointment?”
• “Will they (practitioners)
listen to me?”
• “Will it hurt?”
Innovative Interprofessional
MSADT Curriculum
• MSADT Curriculum
• 3 courses are taken with nursing students in graduate tracks
•ADT Dental Competency-Based Courses with
Interprofessional Learning Activities
• Management of Medical and Dental Emergencies
• Advanced Specialty Clinic and Advanced Community Specialty
Internship
• Clinical Rotations with Medical/Nursing Interactions
• Hennepin County Medical Center
• Veteran’s Home
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The Interprofessional Road Ahead
• Plans for the future include:
• Shadowing opportunities for
SON and MSADT students
• July, 2012 DHD and SON were
joined by the Social Work,
Human Services, and
Psychology Departments to
form the College of
Community, Health and
Professional Studies
• Increase the interprofessional
educational opportunities
Metropolitan
State University
Dental Hygiene
Programs &
School of Nursing
Thank
You
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