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Blending Public Health into Dental Education: A.T. Still University's D.M.D./M.P.H. Program
Author(s) -
Altman Donald S.,
Shantinath Shachi D.,
Presley Marsha A.,
Turner Aesha C.
Publication year - 2014
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.0022-0337.2014.78.8.tb05792.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , certificate , medical education , public health , oral health care , dental health , oral health , degree program , dental education , medicine , health care , intersection (aeronautics) , public health care , dentistry , nursing , psychology , political science , pedagogy , health policy , engineering , computer science , algorithm , law , aerospace engineering
As dental education across the United States undergoes growth and change in an effort to improve access to dental care, one dental school, the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, established in 2003, designed its initial curriculum with innovation in mind. One of those innovations was the introduction of an online certificate in public health that can be used as the foundation for a Master's in Public Health (M.P.H.) degree with a dental emphasis, which students may complete concurrent with their dental education. This article discusses the educational intersection between dentistry and public health and describes how this dental school uses an online public health curriculum to accomplish this integration. It also presents the potential advantages and disadvantages of obtaining the M.P.H. degree concurrent with the dental school training.