Population Health – School-Based Prevention Interprofessional Collaboration Program
Moshtagh Farokhi, D.D.S., M.P.H.,
Professor/Clinical, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry
Additional Contributors
Rebekah J. Salt, Ph.D., RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing; Adelita Cantu; Ph.D., RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing; Moonju Lee, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor/Clinical, School of Nursing; Martha Martinez, M.S.N., RN, Associate Professor/Clinical, School of Nursing; Rachel Adler, Ph.D., Professor/Clinical, School of Nursing; Viola G. Benavente, Ph.D., RN, Associate Professor/Clinical, School of Nursing
Interprofessional Education Plans
This activity is embedded in the following IPE Plan for the current academic year:
Every spring since 2018, Dr. Farokhi and students from the School of Dentistry partnered with the faculty and seniors from the School of Nursing in an interprofessional education (IPE) program at Roy Cisneros Elementary School. This school is one of the most impoverished in San Antonio, home to 500-600 students (pre-kindergarten to fifth grade) and has partnered with the School of Dentistry for over 30 years.
The overarching goals of this program are: 1) to introduce our dental and nursing students to IPE through community engagement and experiential learning and 2) to educate low-income school-aged children about oral and nutritional health in an elementary school located in an identified vulnerable zip code.
In 2020, due to the constraints of COVID, the IPE team adapted this activity to a virtual format in order to continue supporting health promotion for this vulnerable population and to sustain this valuable community partnership.
IPEC Competency Domain(s)Communication
Roles & Responsibilities
Teams & Teamwork
Values & Ethics
IPEC Sub-Competencies Targeted
IPE Activity Details
First Year Offered: 2018Last Year Offered: Current
Type:
Curricular
Sub-Type:
Blended, Clinical, Community
Types of Learners:
BS Nursing - Traditional
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)