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BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Higher Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1432823
This article is part of the Research Topic Interdisciplinary or Interprofessional Learning as Catalyst of Change in Healthcare and Higher Education View all 4 articles

Introducing Dental Practice Management in the Undergraduate Curriculum through an Interprofessional Module: Experience from an Indian Dental School

Provisionally accepted
Nanditha Sujir Nanditha Sujir 1Dilip G. Naik Dilip G. Naik 1Ciraj Ali Mohammed Ciraj Ali Mohammed 2*Animesh Jain Animesh Jain 3Ashita Uppoor Ashita Uppoor 1
  • 1 Manipal College of Dental Sciences Mangalore, MAHE, Mangalore, India
  • 2 National University of Science and Technology (Muscat), Muscat, Oman
  • 3 Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

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    Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a dental practice management education module developed through interprofessional collaboration.A dental practice management module was developed through need assessment, literature review, and interprofessional collaboration. The IP team included dental practitioners, dental educators, business expert, lawyer, bioethicist, engineer, and architects. Thirty interns were included in the study. Participants were assessed through pre-and post-test. Evaluation of the program was carried out by obtaining feedback from the students and dental practitioners who were invited to attend the program. The pre-and post-test results were compared by paired student ttest. p-value of < 0.01 was considered significant. The content of the feedback forms was subjected to qualitative and descriptive analysis.Results: Through the process of module preparation, pertinent competencies were identified and included in the program. There was a statistically significant increase in knowledge among students with respect to the domains included, as shown in the pre-post-test comparisons. The feedback obtained was positive. IP collaboration in module design and implementation was considered an important factor for dental practice management.Practice management education can be made effective through IP collaborations.

    Keywords: General Practice Dental, interprofessional education, Practice Management, Curriculum, education dental

    Received: 14 May 2024; Accepted: 09 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Sujir, Naik, Ali Mohammed, Jain and Uppoor. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ciraj Ali Mohammed, National University of Science and Technology (Muscat), Muscat, Oman

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