Use of Interdisciplinary Education to Foster Familiarization Among Health Professionals

This paper describes a pilot interdisciplinary experience between the dental hygiene and medical technology programs at Marquette University. It was designed, in part, to familiarize dental hygiene students with the medical technology profession. Comments solicited from students on the final evaluat...

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Published in:Journal of allied health 1986-02, Vol.15 (1), p.33-42
Main Authors: Laatsch, Linda J., Milson, Linda M., Zimmer, Susan E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Curriculum
Dental Hygienists - education
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Medical Laboratory Science - education
Pilot Projects
Wisconsin
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Summary:This paper describes a pilot interdisciplinary experience between the dental hygiene and medical technology programs at Marquette University. It was designed, in part, to familiarize dental hygiene students with the medical technology profession. Comments solicited from students on the final evaluation form indicated that this pilot project was highly successful and met the objectives. Affective, multiple-choice questions on pretests and posttests showed a positive change in attitude, but this change was not statistically significant. Possible reasons for this are discussed. Benefits of this pilot project were an improved understanding of medical technology on the part of the dental hygiene students, enhanced interdepartmental communication, and plans to develop a reciprocal interdisciplinary experience for the medical technology students. It is hoped that this pilot project will serve as a stimulus for similar experiences among other health science programs.
ISSN:0090-7421
1945-404X