Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is an important part of the landscape of modern education.\nHowever, there is a significant deficiency of studies that evaluate IPE in dentistry. The aim of this article is to\nevaluate the effects of an oral health educational program on the dental knowledge, awareness, attitude,\nconfidence, and behavior of pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) students and to emphasize the importance of IPE for\nPNP.\nMethods: First-year pediatric nurse practitioners from Northeastern University participated in an IPE oral health\neducation seminal and practical session as a pilot study. Several tests were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the\neducational program. The post-test assessed the knowledge, awareness, attitude, confidence, and behavior of the\nstudents immediately after attending the lecture; again immediately after hands on experience; and finally at a\nfollow-up approximately a month after attending the training module. The training module consists of prevention\nand anticipatory guidance; caries process and management; trauma and dental emergencies. Differences in score\nitems were evaluated between 4 time points. Friedmanâ??s, Wilcoxon signed-rank and McNemarâ??s tests were used to\nanalyze the results.\nResults: Knowledge score was determined based on the number of correct responses to seven questions, while\nawareness score was based on the median of eight questions. Fifteen confidence, attitude, and behavior questions\nwere used. The total sample size was 16 students with a mean ageâ?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦
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