Educational Programming

IOH Toolkit

Chapter 8. Cooperative Education

Educational Programming

To ensure students and site employees are prepared for their Co-op experience, programs may want to conduct some training in advance.

This toolkit outlines four interprofessional learning opportunities to help students and site personnel begin to develop competency in oral health integration. Even with this training, students should be supervised by a dental professional while receiving hands-on training in oral examination, oral health risk assessment, and fluoride varnish at the Co-op site.

To help you make programming decisions, the table below lists workshop topics, corresponding workshop titles with links, and an overview of relevant learning objectives. Remember to schedule pre- and post-assessments so you can track the effectiveness of your programming.

Workshop Topic	Workshop Materials	Learning Objectives
Teamwork and Communication in Health Care	Didactic Session 2, Case-Based Learning	Understand the terminology and concepts of interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Consider how collaborative practice can increase provision of comprehensive oral health services.
The Oral Examination	Workshop 1, Faculty Development	Conduct an oral examination on an adult patient. Conduct an oral cancer screening on an adult patient.
Oral Health Risk Assessment and Dental Referral	Workshop 2, Faculty Development	Conduct an oral health risk assessment on an adult patient. Provide a dental referral.
Fluoride Varnish Training Caution: States have laws and regulations governing the application of fluoride varnish. Consult with your state health agency before implementing this training.	Smiles for Life, third edition, Course 6: Caries Risk Assessment, Fluoride Varnish and Counseling Note: Complete fluoride varnish section only (slides 25–48). These slide numbers match the slides in the third edition of Smiles for Life in their downloadable format and will differ from those numbers on the web interface.	Describe the effects, sources, benefits, and safe use of fluoride. Describe the benefits and indications of fluoride varnish. Demonstrate the application of fluoride varnish.

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