• Judith Haber, Erin Hartnett, Kenneth Allen, Ruth Crowe, Jennifer Adams, Abigail Bella, Thomas Riles, and Anna Vasilyeva.
• Dr. Haber is Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing and Executive Director, Teaching Oral-Systemic Health and Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Programs, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing; Dr. Hartnett is Director, Teaching Oral-Systemic Health and Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Programs, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing; Dr. Allen is Clinical Associate Professor, New York University College of Dentistry; Dr. Crowe is Clinical Associate Professor, New York University School of Medicine; Dr. Adams is Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University School of Medicine; Ms. Bella is Coordinator, Teaching Oral-Systemic Health Program, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing; Dr. Riles is Frank Spencer Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, and Executive Director, New York Simulation Center; and Ms. Vasilyeva is Coordinator, Oral Health Nursing and Education and Practice Program, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. jh33@nyu.edu.
• J Dent Educ. 2017 Feb 1; 81 (2): 140-148.

AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an interprofessional education (IPE) clinical simulation and case study experience, using oral-systemic health as the clinical population health example, for nurse practitioner/midwifery, dental, and medical students' self-reported attainment of interprofessional competencies. A pretest-posttest evaluation method was employed, using data from the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Scale (ICCAS) completed by two large cohorts of nurse practitioner/midwifery, dental, and medical students at one U.S. university. Data from faculty facilitators were collected to assess their perceptions of the value of exposing students to interprofessional clinical simulation experiences focused on oral-systemic health. The results showed that self-reported interprofessional competencies measured by the ICCAS improved significantly from pre- to posttest for all three student types in 2013 (p<0.001) and 2014 (p<0.001). Faculty facilitators reported that the IPE clinical simulation experiences were valuable and positively influenced interprofessional communication, collaboration, patient communication, and student understanding of patient care roles. These results suggest that the Teaching Oral-Systemic Health Program Interprofessional Oral-Systemic Health Clinical Simulation and Case Study Experience was effective as a standardized, replicable curriculum unit using oral-systemic health as a population health exemplar to teach and assess interprofessional competencies with nurse practitioner/midwifery, dental, and medical students.

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