Hello,

One of our IPE facilitators for Jan 24th, 2025 session just sent me a link to a piece written by a prosthodontist on their experience as a patient. She thought it aligned well with the Meteresky poem about person-centered care and the value of relationship-focused care/services.

If you have a chance, please read the short piece entitled "The Patient's Perspective" by Mark Lin, DDS: https://www.oralhealthgroup.com/features/the-patients-perspective/

Laura MacDonald, RDH, PhD (she/her) School of Dental Hygiene Associate Professor Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry & School of Dental Hygienehttp://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/dentistry/index.html 780 Bannatyne Ave., and College Lead, Office of Interprofessional Collaborationhttp://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/education/ipc/about_ipc.html Rady Faculty Health Sciences [cid:image001.png@01DB6DCA.84CF6F90] University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2 Laura.MacDonald@umanitoba.camailto:Laura.MacDonald@umanitoba.ca

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