Interprofessional Learning Workshop focused on the Management of Dental Conditions and Safe Prescribing

15 Feb 2024

This semester 70 third year Pharmacy students and 55 fourth year Dentistry students participated in this workshop.

The students worked collaboratively on a number of patient cases learning from and with each other about antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship, analgesia, oral healthcare and the important pharmacological principles of managing these conditions. These workshops have been taking place annually since 2019.  

The workshops were facilitated by Dr Órla Barry, Dept. of Pharmacology, Dr Brian Ryle, Cork Dental School and Hospital and Dr Aoife Fleming, School of Pharmacy and Vice Head for Interprofessional Learning. 

For more on this story contact:

Dr Aoife Fleming  A.Fleming@ucc.ie

Vice Head for Interprofessional Learning at College of Medicine and Health