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Worldental Daily Bangkok 2015, 23 September

News Wednesday, 23 September 2015 O ne year ago in New Delhi, we unveiled a first draft discus- sion document on the theme of interprofessional education and collaborative practice, following a yearofreviewingavailableliterature and assembling case studies from around the world. We knew at the time that there would need to be more feedback and discussion prior to issuing our findings as an FDI re- port. There followed a period of over six months of exchanges before we fi- nally published ‘Optimal Oral Health through Inter-Professional Education and Collaborative Practice, and dis- tributed advance printed copies at side-events in advance of and during the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May of this year. It has been a relatively long process—nearly two years—so it is useful to remind ourselves of why we undertook such a monumental task in the first place in this field of work. The answer is that the two concepts integrate strategies to improve ac- cess to care, enhance efficiency and quality and reduce costs. Theyarearesponsetonewhealth- care environment characterized by changes in disease patterns, access to care issues and the challenge of catering to the requirements of age- ing populations. Dentists are not the onlymedicalprofessiontobelooking at the question: however, we have moved ahead of other organizations by focusing primarily on the practical applications. INTERTWINED CONCEPTS Itgoeswithoutsayingthatneither of these concepts can be discussed in isolation from the other. In its ground breaking ‘Framework for ac- tion on interprofessional education andcollaborativepractice’,theWorld Health Organization (WHO) clearly pinpoints the symbiotic relation be- tweenthetwo:“Interprofessionaled- ucation occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes. Interprofessional education is a necessary step in preparing a “collaborative practice- ready”healthworkforcethatisbetter prepared to respond to local health needs.” WHO says that “Interprofessional collaborationhappenswhenmultiple health workers from different profes- sional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers and communities to deliver the highest quality of care.” Although dentists have already made great strides forward, the new FDI report will undoubtedly have repercussions for the profession. FDI is of the view that, on issues of collaboration to advance oral health andcontributetotheimprovementof generalhealthandqualityoflife,den- tists,asfront-linemedicalprofession- als in the prevention, early detection and treatment of oral and systemic diseases, should play a leadership role. The profession should therefore be part of the political dialogue at na- tionalandgloballevelandrecognized asadrivingforcebehindthedevelop- ment of CP competencies and imple- mentation of any CPmodel. ESSENTIALREADING The IPE/CP report is not an FDI PolicyStatement:itisnotprescriptive or normative; nor does it lay out the current FDI thinking on various issues relatedtooralhealth,oralhealthpoli- ciesandthedentalprofession.Rather it is descriptive and informative on trends in the field and, we believe, es- sentialreadingfordentistsand,hope- fully,aninitiatorofdialoguewithinna- tional dental associations and among the wider community of dentists. At best, it can help them paint a picture of where they are now and where they want to be ten years down the line in terms of interprofessional education, collaborative practice, and improved patient outcomes. Al- ready, there are several thousand members of the dental community at this congress in Bangkok. We do encourage you to download and read the report at www.fdiworldental.org/ collaborativepractice, and tell your friendsandcolleaguesinthedentaland thewidermedicalcommunityaboutit. 1 The World Health Assembly is the forum through which the World Health Organi- zation(WHO)isgovernedbyits194mem- berstates.Itistheworld'shighesthealth policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states. 6 www.fdiworldental.org In partnership with:Organized by: THANK FOR YOUR SUPPORT! worldoralhealthday.org WOHD 2015112 COUNTRIES · 5 CONTINENTS · 1 DAY AD IWardVanDijk INerminYamalik FDI report on IPE and CP: Essential reading for all dentists ByWardVanDijk&NerminYamalik, JointChairsoftheFDITaskTeamonCollaborativePractice Optimal Oral Health through Inter-Professional Education and Collaborative Practice Leading the World to Optimal Oral Health “...the two concepts integrate strategies to improve access to care, enhance efficiency and quality...”

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