Remote Training of Dental Students and Professionals to Promote Cooperative Behavior in Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Matteucci, Marissa; Lerman, Dorothea C.; Tsami, Loukia; Boyle, Samantha

doi:10.1007/s10882-022-09844-x

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“…With then‐graduate student Marissa Matteucci leading the project, we initially evaluated this training with six dental students and one dental professional using a small‐group format (Matteucci et al, 2023). To help us assess the transfer of skills to in‐person contexts, each participant recruited a family member or friend to serve as a simulated patient during videoconferencing sessions in their homes.…”

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Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination^†

Lerman

2023

J of App Behav Analysis

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Behavior analysts have much to offer nonbehavioral professionals who work with the communities that we serve. Successful dissemination of behavior‐analytic technologies to these professionals could potentially improve their practice. Although the literature contains some exemplary examples of successful dissemination, our discipline would benefit from a blueprint for conducting this important work. In this article, I share our experiences disseminating behavioral technologies to educators, law enforcement officers, and health care providers who engage with neurodiverse individuals. These experiences form the basis of a recommended blueprint for dissemination, which awaits empirical support. After describing this tentative blueprint, I provide suggestions for future research on how best to disseminate our technologies to nonbehavioral professionals, the ideal content of those dissemination activities, and the conditions under which professionals may be more likely to embed our technologies into their best practices.

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Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination^†

Lerman

2023

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“…More recently, research suggests that BST also might be successful when delivered in a completely virtual format. In Matteucci et al ( 2022 ), dental students and professionals met with an experimenter via video conferencing technology to learn how to increase the cooperation of patients with NDD during routine dental exams. After the experimenter provided initial instructions and modeling, the participants engaged in virtual role-play with the experimenter, who pretended to be a patient with NDD.…”

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Virtual Training of Medical Students to Promote the Comfort and Cooperation of Patients with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Hoang

Lerman

Nguyen

2023

J Autism Dev Disord

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Patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities generally have less access to necessary medical care compared to those without disabilities. Barriers to adequate care include patient fear and uncooperative behavior during routine medical procedures and inadequate preparation of medical professionals to treat this population. Researchers have identified multiple behavior-analytic procedures for promoting comfort and cooperation during medical treatments. Efficient, cost-effective training programs are needed to widely disseminate behavior-analytic procedures to medical students and professionals. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of a virtual training to prepare medical students to implement behavioral procedures that could be easily incorporated into typical wellness examinations. Seven medical students received behavioral skills training (BST) delivered remotely via the Internet. Results showed that the training successfully increased students’ correct implementation of the procedures in roleplay with the experimenter and with patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Responding also maintained at high levels 2 weeks after the training. These findings suggest that virtual BST is an efficient, practical approach for training health care professionals to implement general behavior management strategies to increase the comfort and cooperation of patients with NDD.

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A systematic review of intellectual and developmental disability curriculum in international pre-graduate health professional education

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BMC Med Educ

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Background Despite the increasing global population of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), this population remains especially vulnerable to health disparities through several factors such as a lack of access to sufficient medical care and poor determinants of health. To add, numerous studies have shown that healthcare professionals are still insufficiently prepared to support this population of patients. This review synthesizes the literature on current pre-graduate IDD training programs across healthcare professions with the goal of informing the creation of evidence-based curricula. Methods Four major databases were searched for current pre-graduate IDD training interventions for healthcare professionals. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis flow diagram and the Best Evidence Medical Educations systematic review guide were used to frame our collection and analysis. Results Of the 8601 studies screened, 32 studies were identified, with most studies involving medical students (50%). Of note, 35% of studies were interprofessional. Most interventions utilized multiple pedagogical methods with a majority including clinical experiences (63%) followed by theoretical teaching (59%). Kirkpatrick levels showed 9% were level 0, 6% were level 1, 31% were level 2A, 31% were level 2B, 19% were level 3, 3% were level 4A, and none were level 4B. Conclusions There is a paucity of formally evaluated studies in pre-graduate health professional IDD education. As well, there are a lack of longitudinal learning opportunities and integration into formal curriculum. Strengths identified were the use of multimodal approaches to teaching, including interprofessional approaches to optimize team competencies.

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Remote Training of Dental Students and Professionals to Promote Cooperative Behavior in Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Cited by 5 publications

References 45 publications

Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination^†

Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination^†

Virtual Training of Medical Students to Promote the Comfort and Cooperation of Patients with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

A systematic review of intellectual and developmental disability curriculum in international pre-graduate health professional education

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Remote Training of Dental Students and Professionals to Promote Cooperative Behavior in Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination†

Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination†

Virtual Training of Medical Students to Promote the Comfort and Cooperation of Patients with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

A systematic review of intellectual and developmental disability curriculum in international pre-graduate health professional education

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Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination^†

Putting the power of behavior analysis in the hands of nonbehavioral professionals: Toward a blueprint for dissemination^†