NATIONAL INTERPROFESSIONAL INITIATIVE ON ORAL HEALTH

AREA 1. SMILES FOR LIFE ORAL HEALTH CURRICULUMACCOMPLISHMENTS: IN 2023, CURRICULUM PAGE VIEWS TOTALED 5.2 MILLION REPRESENTING 58,000 USER HOURS ON THE SMILESFORLIFEORALHEALTH.ORG WEBSITE. EIGHT-SEVEN PERCENT WERE NORTH AMERICA USERS. OVER 161 COUNTRIES ACCESSED THE CURRICULUM BY AT LEAST ONE USER FOR A MEANINGFUL LENGTH OF TIME. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 24,656 NEW REGISTERED COURSE USERS. THE LARGEST GROUP OF USERS WERE MEDICAL ASSISTANTS (45%) FOLLOWED BY NURSES (29%) AND MD PHYSICIANS (12.5%). MOST STUDENTS WERE STUDYING TO BECOME A NURSE (29%), PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (25%) ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES (13%) AND OTHER USERS (8%). A TOTAL OF 46,085 COURSES WERE COMPLETED. SINCE THE LAUNCH IN 2010, THE CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF REGISTERED USERS HAS GROWN TO 232,609. REGISTRATION IS NOT MANDATORY, AND FACULTY AND HEALTH CENTERS ARE OFTEN DOWNLOADING THE CURRICULUM AND USE IT IN PERSON GROUP TRAININGS. THEREFORE THESE NUMBERS LIKELY UNDERREPRESENT THE NUMBER OF THOSE TRAINED USING THE CURRICULUM.

AREA 2. CONSULTING, CONNECTING, AND ADVISING: SELECT ORGANIZATION ORAL HEALTH PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE, GLOBAL FORUM ON INNOVATION IN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION, INNOVATION AND RACIAL JUSTICE II, MOBILIZING FOR ACTION; ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL DENTAL DIRECTORS IMITATIVE ON TELEDENTISTRY BEST PRACTICE; PRIMARY CARE COLLABORATIVE, PRIMARY CARE INTEGRATION AWARD FROM HENRY SCHEIN; THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRONIC DISEASE DIRECTORS MEDICAL-DENTAL INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK PROJECT SPONSORED BY CDC; THE CENTER FOR INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE AND ORAL HEALTH, 100 MILLION MOUTHS CAMPAIGN; ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL'S COVID 19 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNER DENTAL COORDINATION GROUP; THE CENTER FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND EDUCATION; COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, DENTAL DIVISION; ORAL HEALTH OHIO; COMMUNITY CATALYST; NATIONAL MATERNAL AND CHILD ORAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER; ORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE RESEARCH CENTER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH ALIGNMENT; KDH RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION.