Interdisciplinary training: Hospital dental general practice/emergency medicine

Abstract

The interaction between the residency training program in hospital dental general practice and emergency medicine at The Medical College of Pennsylvania is discussed. The contribution by the emergency medicine resident to the training of the dental resident and the role of the dental resident in the education of the emergency medicine resident are described in detail. Methods for enhancing this unique relationship between two departments are presented. © 1980 American College of Emergency Physicians.