TY - JOUR
T1 - Putting the mouth back in the head
T2 - HEENT to HEENOT
AU - Haber, Judith
AU - Hartnett, Erin
AU - Allen, Kenneth
AU - Hallas, Donna
AU - Dorsen, Caroline
AU - Lange-Kessler, Julia
AU - Lloyd, Madeleine
AU - Thomas, Edwidge
AU - Wholihan, Dorothy
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Improving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences.We detail an educational and clinical innovation transitioning the traditional head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat (HEENT) examination to the addition of the teeth, gums, mucosa, tongue, and palate examination (HEENOT) for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of oral-systemic health. Many New York University nursing, dental, and medical faculty and students have been exposed to interprofessional oral health HEENOT classroom, simulation, and clinical experiences. This was associated with increased dental-primary care referrals.This innovation has potential to build interprofessional oral health workforce capacity that addresses a significant public health issue, increases oral health care access, and improves oral-systemic health across the lifespan.
AB - Improving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences.We detail an educational and clinical innovation transitioning the traditional head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat (HEENT) examination to the addition of the teeth, gums, mucosa, tongue, and palate examination (HEENOT) for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of oral-systemic health. Many New York University nursing, dental, and medical faculty and students have been exposed to interprofessional oral health HEENOT classroom, simulation, and clinical experiences. This was associated with increased dental-primary care referrals.This innovation has potential to build interprofessional oral health workforce capacity that addresses a significant public health issue, increases oral health care access, and improves oral-systemic health across the lifespan.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302495
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302495
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25602900
AN - SCOPUS:84922694093
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 105
SP - 437
EP - 441
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 3
ER -