Dental and Nurse Practitioner Student Attitudes About Collaboration Before and After Interprofessional Clinical Experiences.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect that an interprofessional clinical experience (IPCE) had on dental and adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (NP) students' attitudes towards health care collaboration. A survey study was conducted with dental and NP students before and after completing IPCE rotations in a dental clinic and a tertiary care setting in the 2016-17 academic year. All dental students (N=159) and all NP students enrolled in the adult-gerontology primary care program (N=37) participated in the IPCE.

Oral squamous cell carcinoma: Focusing on interprofessional collaboration.

Incidence of oral cancer is rising, and often, cases are not discovered until the cancer has metastasized to the lymphatic system. Most oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas associated with high mortality. This article reviews oral squamous cell carcinoma relevant to primary care practice focusing on an interprofessional approach to care.

The lived experience of breast cancer patients and couple distress.

Purpose: A major trend in research has focused on identification of couple characteristics and dynamics against the backdrop of life-threatening or chronic illness. Awareness of these factors may lead to identification of couples at high risk for severe relationship distress. The researchers obtained an emic perspective of the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on womens' couple relationships and the response by healthcare providers to such psychosocial issues.