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The team that visited the Richards’ house, including
Gianna smiles after her treatment. Dr. Jenny Sun Tjahjono brushes Isaac’s teeth. CDM, CGN, and the Center for Oral Health.
The team consisted of College of Dental Medicine said. “Dental needs and general health needs all go
Clinical Managing Partner and Assistant Professor Jenny together. We can learn a lot from other professions.
Sun Tjahjono, DMD, CDM Clinical Team Leader and Families have multiple health needs.”
Assistant Professor Diana Folmsbee, DMD, College of
Graduate Nursing Assistant Professor Ruth Trudgeon, Dental medicine graduates feel comfortable picking up
fourth-year College of Dental Medicine student Ryan the phone and talking to a physician, nurse or other
McGary, and Brooke Bodart, BS, RDH, MPA, clinical primary care provider to discuss the patient’s dental
programs manager for the Center for Oral Health. PUSD needs, Folmsbee said.
Health Services Assistant Lucia Perez worked with
Tjahjono to find potential insurance coverage for the “This particular case is really relevant to our education
family. and to our school because it encompasses not only
medical issues, but also the compassion that we teach
“We’re trying to have all children have a dental home our students,” she said.
seen by a dentist by age 1,” Tjahjono said. “We want
them to feel comfortable seeing a dentist to avoid dental Fourth-year CDM student Ryan McGary assisted with the
phobia and to teach them about dental hygiene.” dental procedures. McGary participated in WesternU’s
Interprofessional Education (IPE) curriculum.
Isaac’s medical condition requires hospital-based dental
care, which WesternU helped the family arrange. Other The first phase of WesternU’s IPE curriculum brings
family members were referred to WesternU’s Dental together first-year students from all WesternU programs
Center in the Patient Care Center for follow-up care. in a problem-based learning course where they learn
about scope of practice, communication, collaboration,
Tjahjono called in College of Graduate Nursing Assistant teams and teamwork in health care and One Health.
Professor Ruth Trudgeon to assess the family’s health Students from all nine professional programs at
needs, which demonstrates WesternU’s commitment to WesternU’s Pomona, Calif. campus work in
interprofessional education.
interprofessional teams to find solutions to providing
“We are trying to make our students understand the high quality and safe patient care.
importance of working with each profession,” Tjahjono WesternU’s IPE program helped him in his third- and
said. “We have screenings done at WIC sites where we
ask our nursing students, who are usually the primary fourth-year clinical rotations, McGary said.
providers for a lot of patients, to be comfortable doing an “I feel I’m able to work with and collaborate with other
oral exam.” professionals better,” he said. “Now I work with
physicians and other medical professionals with my
Dental students, in turn, learn how to take vital signs
and understand the connections between oral health and patients. It’s nice to have that background where I
general health. already feel comfortable going over a case with them
from my perspective, and to see where they might want
“We can’t look at health needs in isolation,” Trudgeon to go as well.” – Rodney Tanaka
22 Western University of Health Sciences
Gianna smiles after her treatment. Dr. Jenny Sun Tjahjono brushes Isaac’s teeth. CDM, CGN, and the Center for Oral Health.
The team consisted of College of Dental Medicine said. “Dental needs and general health needs all go
Clinical Managing Partner and Assistant Professor Jenny together. We can learn a lot from other professions.
Sun Tjahjono, DMD, CDM Clinical Team Leader and Families have multiple health needs.”
Assistant Professor Diana Folmsbee, DMD, College of
Graduate Nursing Assistant Professor Ruth Trudgeon, Dental medicine graduates feel comfortable picking up
fourth-year College of Dental Medicine student Ryan the phone and talking to a physician, nurse or other
McGary, and Brooke Bodart, BS, RDH, MPA, clinical primary care provider to discuss the patient’s dental
programs manager for the Center for Oral Health. PUSD needs, Folmsbee said.
Health Services Assistant Lucia Perez worked with
Tjahjono to find potential insurance coverage for the “This particular case is really relevant to our education
family. and to our school because it encompasses not only
medical issues, but also the compassion that we teach
“We’re trying to have all children have a dental home our students,” she said.
seen by a dentist by age 1,” Tjahjono said. “We want
them to feel comfortable seeing a dentist to avoid dental Fourth-year CDM student Ryan McGary assisted with the
phobia and to teach them about dental hygiene.” dental procedures. McGary participated in WesternU’s
Interprofessional Education (IPE) curriculum.
Isaac’s medical condition requires hospital-based dental
care, which WesternU helped the family arrange. Other The first phase of WesternU’s IPE curriculum brings
family members were referred to WesternU’s Dental together first-year students from all WesternU programs
Center in the Patient Care Center for follow-up care. in a problem-based learning course where they learn
about scope of practice, communication, collaboration,
Tjahjono called in College of Graduate Nursing Assistant teams and teamwork in health care and One Health.
Professor Ruth Trudgeon to assess the family’s health Students from all nine professional programs at
needs, which demonstrates WesternU’s commitment to WesternU’s Pomona, Calif. campus work in
interprofessional education.
interprofessional teams to find solutions to providing
“We are trying to make our students understand the high quality and safe patient care.
importance of working with each profession,” Tjahjono WesternU’s IPE program helped him in his third- and
said. “We have screenings done at WIC sites where we
ask our nursing students, who are usually the primary fourth-year clinical rotations, McGary said.
providers for a lot of patients, to be comfortable doing an “I feel I’m able to work with and collaborate with other
oral exam.” professionals better,” he said. “Now I work with
physicians and other medical professionals with my
Dental students, in turn, learn how to take vital signs
and understand the connections between oral health and patients. It’s nice to have that background where I
general health. already feel comfortable going over a case with them
from my perspective, and to see where they might want
“We can’t look at health needs in isolation,” Trudgeon to go as well.” – Rodney Tanaka
22 Western University of Health Sciences
