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Dental School Clinics as Patient Care Delivery Centers: A Paradigm Shift in Dental Education
Author(s) -
Formicola Allan J.
Publication year - 2008
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.0022-0337.2008.72.2_suppl.tb04473.x
Subject(s) - columbia university , periodontology , veterans affairs , center (category theory) , library science , dental education , phone , medicine , medical education , family medicine , sociology , dentistry , media studies , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , computer science , crystallography
Dental school clinics—by virtue of being centers of student, faculty, and patient activity—are expensive to operate and challenging to run. They also could be potential major revenue sources, efficient patient-centered delivery systems, and stimulating educational hubs. The Macy study recommends