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A New School's Perspective on Clinical Curriculum
Author(s) -
Sanders R. Michael,
Ferrillo Patrick J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2003.67.12.tb03724.x
Subject(s) - las vegas , outreach , curriculum , perspective (graphical) , medical education , scope (computer science) , faculty development , health care , professional development , medicine , sociology , pedagogy , political science , metropolitan area , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , programming language
The new predoctoral dental education program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, officially began on August 26, 2002. Key concepts identified as foundations for the UNLV clinical curriculum model include Student Active Integrated Learning (SAIL), the need to actively link oral health to systemic health, a sophisticated practice management model, a focus on culturally sensitive statewide outreach, establishing a strong biomedical research base, and development of future faculty. The predoctoral program will be comprised of five general practices. Students from each of the four academic years will be assigned to a practice group; each student will be expected to provide patient care within the scope of his or her current training.