SCOPE (Student Community Outreach for Public Education) at University of the Pacific (UOP), Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry sponsored the 26th Annual Senior Smiles Health & Wellness Fair in its clinic, located in San Francisco on April 27th, 2019. 125 San Francisco’s senior citizens with limited access to health care attended this event. As a continuation of last year’s Senior Smiles & Wellness which continued hybrid Interprofessional education (IPE) activities, SCOPE provided various health screenings to the senior attendees in partnership with Dugoni’s sister schools UOP Audiology, Pharmacy and Physical Therapy program, as well as Touro College of Pharmacy.
This event was designed to be a continued effort of interdisciplinary community-outreach based learning that models UOP\u27s Dental School Helix Curriculum. This event presented a great opportunity for various health education programs to learn from each other and promote future collaborations among healthcare providers. The ultimate goal is to prepare alumni of each organization to enter the health sector with a greater understanding of the scope of practice of other health providers, allowing for better coordination and care rendered for each patient
