On October 17, 2014, Eileen Wuerthele, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner student at Bouvé College of Health Sciences presented two posters on behalf of Innovations in Interprofessional Oral Health at the 2014 New Hampshire Oral Health Forum. The posters, titled Understanding Oral Health Equity Through Cultural...
On the evening of September 29th, some 100 students, faculty, and health providers from various Boston universities, colleges, and dental institutions, including Boston University School of Medicine, Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, attended the premiere of...
We’d like to extend our gratitude to more than 50 medical and dental professionals who attended the September 15th Breakfast at Bouvé: Weaving Connections to Improve Oral Health. The continued support of Boston’s oral health network helped make the event a success as we re-capped...
Reprinted from Vital Signs - Fall 2014 Bouvé College of Health Sciences is forging innovations in interprofessional education to improve oral health, and encourages all primary care clinicians to take an active role in oral health screening, prevention interventions, and referral of patients requiring dental treatment. On...
The University of Massachusetts School of Medicine held the seventh annual oral health interstitial on August 25th at UMass Memorial in Worcester, MA. With participation from over 125 medical and graduate nursing students, the interstitial curriculum covered oral health across the lifespan and featured interprofessional activities...
All Together Better Health VII brought the interprofessional practice and education community together in Pittsburgh, June 6 - 8, 2014. A group from Innovations in Interprofessional Oral Health presented their abstract "Understanding Oral-Systemic Health and Culture: Bringing It All Together" at the conference. Understanding Oral-Systemic Health and...
The Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education will be webcasting its next workshop on Scaling up Best Practices in Community-based Health Professional Education on May 1-2, 2014. This workshop aims to provide a framework for understanding the responsibilities of health professions, institutions, and students...
Dr Maria Dolce Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Chair of interprofessional initiatives at Bouvé College of Health Sciences, looks at Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology. Download the article - April 2014 Download the full CAEP Newsletter - April 2014...
Recently, I atteneded the The 2014 MIT BioInnovations Conference. It was an invaluable experience that contributed greatly to my professional development. I had the opportunity to interact with many important players in the healthcare field. As a pharmacy student, it was a particular honor to personally meet...
Conversation about Oral Health I attended an Interprofessional Educational Opportunity about oral health with Dr. Romesh Nalliah. The purpose of the conversation was to raise awareness about the effects of oral health and to inspire other health professionals to integrate oral health into their practice. Dr....