Team Responses on Interprofessional Assessment Questionnaire
| Group and Question | Pre-TISH Score | Post-TISH Score |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care teams | (n = 3) | (n =7) |
| How much do you perceive that dental colleagues are interested in the overall health of patients? | 4.67 | 4.00 |
| How important do you feel good oral health is for the overall health of your patients? | 4.67 | 4.29 |
| How do you rate your skill to counsel patients on oral health? | 3.00 | 3.14 |
| How would you rate your skill level to examine and assess a patient’s mouth? | 2.67 | 2.86 |
| How would you rate your awareness of local dentists and the details of making referrals to/from them? | 4.00 | 3.29 |
| How would you rate your current ability to communicate with local dentists? | 3.67 | 3.14 |
| How confident are you that your patients will get timely referrals to dental colleagues? | 3.67 | 3.43 |
| Dental teams | (n = 8) | (n = 5) |
| How much do you perceive that medical colleagues are interested in the overall health of patients? | 3.63 | 3.60 |
| How important do you feel that your medical colleagues believe good oral health contributes to the overall health of their patients? | 4.13 | 5.00 |
| How would you rate your skill level to counsel patients on blood pressure? | 3.50 | 4.40 |
| How would you rate your skill level to examine and assess a patient’s blood pressure? | 3.63 | 4.20 |
| How would you rate your awareness of local primary care/medical providers and the details of making referrals to/from them? | 3.86 | 4.75 |
| How would you rate your current ability to communicate with local primary care/medical providers? | 4.14 | 4.75 |
| How confident are you that your patients will get timely referrals to primary care/medical colleagues? | 3.43 | 4.25 |
TISH = Teaming and Integrating for Smiles and Health.
Note: Scores are means. Possible range of scores is 1 (strongly disagree/lowest) to 5 (strongly agree/highest).