If
you’ve had a chance to look at this month’s Journal
of Dental Education (JDE), I hope you noticed that the ADEA Commission on
Change and Innovation in Dental Education 2.0 (ADEA CCI 2.0) has released a new
white paper. The topic: person-centered
care.
We
believe that person-centered care will be the next guidepost for the health
professions, and we’re eager to get ADEA members talking about how we can
prepare our students (and even ourselves) to provide care that is both holistic
and tailored to the needs, values and preferences of the individuals and
families we serve.
In
this issue of the ADEA CCI Liaison Ledger, we provide a glimpse of the
contents of the JDE article in a conversation with the paper’s authors. Dentistry is not alone in
championing this model of care, so we’ve also included perspectives from
educators in nursing and medicine
alongside comments from two more ADEA members, one steeped in allied dental
education and the other in advanced dental education. The white paper authors respond to
their remarks, and we hope you will join the conversation as well—in the
comment fields and with colleagues at your institutions.
In
forthcoming issues of the JDE, we
will expand upon the concept of person-centered care by providing ADEA members
with detailed information on related topics, such as social determinants of
health, collaborative care, precision care and genomics. In the meantime, we
encourage you to read the white paper, consider the questions it raises and
work with your ADEA CCI Liaisons to investigate and debate the opportunities and
challenges of implementing person-centered care in your curriculum and clinics.
Anthony
Palatta, D.D.S., Ed.D., ADEA Chief Learning Officer
RESOURCES
Open Courseware
Resources
Presentations From ADEA
CCI Summer Liaisons Meetings, 2010–2016
ADEA CCI White Papers
in the Journal of Dental Education
Educational Sessions
From the 2017 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition
Educational Sessions
From the 2016 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition
Educational Sessions From ADEA Annual Sessions,
2010–2015
See
more at: ADEA CCI Liaison Ledger