Impact of the University of Colorado’s Advanced Clinical Training and Service (ACTS) Program on Dental Students’ Clinical Experience and Cognitive Skills, 1994–2006

Journal of dental education

Brad Guyton¹  Kerry Maguire¹  Rob Berg¹  Bernard A. Karshmer¹  Douglas B. Berkey¹  Richard L. Call¹  Karen Tawara-Jones¹ 

[1] School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Denver

关键词: community dentistry;    community dental education;    preceptorship;    program evaluation;    curriculum;   

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学科分类：口腔科学

来源: American Dental Education Association

【 摘 要 】

The University of Colorado Denver School of Dental Medicine has operated a community-based dental education program for all of its students since 1985. A database of student productivity has been maintained in a standardized format, capable of multiyear compilation, since 1994. This study utilizes twelve years of these data to profile the type and amount of clinical treatment that can be provided by a typical fourth-year dental student during a 100-day community-based training experience. Between 1994 and 2006, the school’s 423 graduates provided a mean of 922 treatment procedures per student at a mean of 498 patient visits per student. During a typical four-week clinical affiliation, each student provided a mean of approximately twenty-seven restorations on permanent teeth, sixteen restorations on primary teeth, and twenty-four oral surgery procedures (extractions). Students also gained considerable experience in periodontics, fixed and removable prosthodontics, and endodontics. Self-assessed competency ratings tended to increase after completing the program, as did willingness to treat underserved populations after graduation. About 16 percent of graduates reported planning to practice in the public sector after completing dental school. A community-based experience such as this appears to offer an opportunity to substantially augment dental students’ clinical training experiences.

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