Web-Based Resources
IOH Toolkit| Oral Health Resources | |
|---|---|
| Academy of General Dentistry | The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is a professional association of general dentists dedicated to providing quality dental care and oral health education to the public. |
| American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry | The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) members serve as the primary contributors to professional education programs and scholarly works concerning dental care for children. The mission of the AAPD is to advocate policies, guidelines, and programs that promote optimal oral health and oral health care for children. |
| American Dental Association | The American Dental Association (ADA) is committed to the improvement of oral health for the public. The ADA’s vision is to be the recognized leader on oral health with its mission to help all members succeed. |
| American Dental Education Association | The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) advances dental education and research, and supports oral health care delivery. |
| ADEA Curriculum Resource Center |
The ADEA Curriculum Resource Center provides oral health educational resources for students and faculty. |
| American Dental Hygiene Association | The mission of the American Dental Hygiene Association (ADHA) is to advance the art and science of dental hygiene through: (1) ensuring access to quality health care, (2) increasing awareness of cost-effective benefits of prevention, (3) promoting the highest standards of dental hygiene education, licensure, practice, and research, and (4) representing the interests of dental hygienists. |
| America’s ToothFairy | America’s ToothFairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation® drives systems change by delivering proven programs and resources that expand access to care and education, improve oral health literacy, and promote overall wellness. America’s Tooth Fairy supports the delivery of oral health education and care for children of all ages. Its vision is to create a world where no child suffers from preventable tooth decay. |
| Association for Prevention Teaching and Research | The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is the national membership association for medical and health professions institutions and their faculty advancing prevention and population health education and research. The mission is to lead innovation in population health and education. |
| Association of American Medical Colleges’ Oral Health in Medicine Collection | These online resources, available through MedEdPORTAL, form a model oral health curriculum for undergraduate medical education. MedEdPORTAL Publications promotes educational scholarship and collaboration by facilitating the open exchange of peer-reviewed health education teaching and assessment resources. |
| Campaign for Dental Health | Campaign for Dental Health (CDH) is a broad network of oral health advocates, health professionals, child and family organizations, and scientists who are working together to preserve our nation’s gains in oral health. It is their mission to provide the public and policymakers with the evidence-based information and tools they need to promote and protect this important public health measure. |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Oral Health | The CDC’s Division of Oral Health (DOH) works to improve the oral health of the nation and reduce inequalities in oral health. |
| Children’s Dental Health Project | The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) works with policymakers and oral health advocates to strengthen prevention and help identify the cost savings and other benefits that result from tested prevention strategies. |
| Cochrane Oral Health Group | The Cochrane Oral Health Group (Cochrane OHG) publishes summaries of the best quality research available to help people (patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, and funders) make better informed decisions about oral health care choices. |
| HIV Dent | HIV Dent is a not-for-profit coalition which disseminates state-of-the-art treatment information and shares expertise in advocacy, development, training, integration, and evaluation of oral health services for the HIV-infected population. |
| National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research | The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to improve dental, oral, and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information. |
| National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health | The National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health (NIIOH) evolved out of the work done by participants who attended past Symposia on Oral Health and Primary Care. The Smiles for Life curriculum, an interprofessional national curriculum, was developed by and for primary care clinicians with endorsements from multiple medical professional organizations. |
| National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center | The purpose of the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) is to respond to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues. |
| Oral Health Delivery Framework | “Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care” was published by Qualis Health. This white paper makes the case for delivering preventive oral healthcare as a component of routine medical care and enhancing partnerships between primary care and dentistry. |
| Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice | Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) has developed the Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Toolkit, an innovative, web-based, open source product intended to facilitate the integration of oral-systemic health content and clinical competencies into nurse practitioner and midwifery curricula. |
| Prenatal Oral Health Program | The mission of the Prenatal Oral Health Program (pOHP) is to improve the health of every woman, fetus, and child and engage providers to deliver essential preventive oral health services during pregnancy by using pOHP as a model of care. |
| Smiles for Life | Smiles for Life is the nation’s most comprehensive and widely used oral health curriculum for primary care clinicians. It has been officially endorsed by 17 national organizations, and is in wide use in professional schools and post-graduate training programs. |
| A User’s Guide for Implementation of Interprofessional Oral Health Core Clinical Competencies | This publication by the National Network for Oral Health Access provides a roadmap for incorporating oral health into primary care clinics in HRSA health center grantees, focusing on the systems perspective. |
| World Health Organization (WHO) Global Oral Health Programme | The objectives of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme, one of the technical programmes within the Department of Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (PND), emphasizes developing global policies in oral health promotion and oral disease prevention. |
| Interprofessional Education Resources | |
| American Interprofessional Health Collaborative | The American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) promotes the scholarship and leadership necessary to develop interprofessional education and transform health professions education across the learning continuum, for students, practitioners, and educators. |
| Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative | The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) promotes collaboration in health and education. The Collaborative is a national hub for interprofessional education, collaboration in healthcare practice, and patient-centered care. |
| Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice | The Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice at the University of Washington aims to promote the health of individuals and the public by advancing interprofessional collaboration. The Center’s website provides online modules related to e-learning, simulation, and informatics, and other resources for faculty, clinical educators, and students. |
| Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (2011) | This expert panel report, sponsored by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC), builds on each profession’s individual competencies to define competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice. The report was inspired by a vision of interprofessional collaborative practice as key to the safe, high quality, accessible, patient-centered care desired by all. |
| Education to Practice (E2P) Interprofessional Tool Kit | The E2P Interprofessional Tool Kit is a web-based collection of resources developed by the Michigan Health Council with support from the Michigan Department of Community Health. This tool kit provides information on interprofessional education and collaborative care. |
| International Centre for Oral-Systemic Health (ICOSH) | The International Centre for Oral-Systemic Health (ICOSH), launched in January 2008 at the University of Manitoba, is a first-of-its-kind academic center committed to addressing the knowledge gap that exists between dentistry and other health professions by increasing awareness of the links between oral and systemic health. ICOSH strives to accomplish its mission through health professions curriculum reform, public policy, and related research. |
| Interprofessional Education Collaborative | The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) is an organization representing the professions of medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and public health. Its goal to advance interprofessional education for future health care providers. |
| MedEdPORTAL iCollaborative | iCollaborative features educational resources that have not undergone the formal MedEdPORTAL peer review process. Sample resources include programs which aim to change curriculum at health institutions or frameworks for educating learners on newly adopted patient safety protocols. |
| National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education | The goals of The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (NCIPE) are (1) improved quality of experience for people, families, communities, and learners, (2) shared responsibility for achieving health outcomes and improving education, and (3) reduced cost and added value in health care delivery and education. |
| Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice | Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) has developed the Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Toolkit, an innovative, web-based, open source product intended to facilitate the integration of oral-systemic health content and clinical competencies into nurse practitioner and midwifery curricula. |
| Portal for Interprofessional Education | This website houses the framework and competencies in Interprofessional education used at the University of California, San Francisco. The site also contains posters, presentations, and links to external resources. |
First Published: 11/2015
Last updated: 06/2016