Overall Training Objectives
The overall training objective of “Training Dental Faculty to Teach in an Era of New Science and Evolving Delivery Systems” is to explore four issues that forward-looking primary care dental postdoctoral program directors and faculty need to consider in preparing future general, pediatric, and public health dentists for population health practice.
To accomplish this objective,
- We start with a close look at the need to prepare future dentists with “scientific and policy literacy”, the fundamental skill that new trainees require in order to engage their futures.
- We then turn to the movement toward disease management (both caries and periodontal) as an approach that increases accountability and value while complementing traditional surgical care.
- Then we consider new science and the “omics” revolution, and how it may fit with dental practice.
- Finally, we look at new oral healthcare practice, and the financing and delivery evolution.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this training, participants will be able to:
1. Define what “scientific and public health literacy” is and how it is becoming a critical element of teaching and learning
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2. Discuss chronic disease management approaches in oral health care
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3. Consider personalized oral health care and how faculty need to prepare their trainees for the “omics revolution”
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4. Describe oral health care financing, delivery, and associated workforce changes underway in the US