Personalized Care

Catalog description

The Personalized Care Suite (PCare) patient care clinical course consists of ~20 half day rotations for the semester (~40 for the entire year). D4 student doctors are assigned a panel of patient and provide comprehensive dental care for patients with disabilities (IDD), medical complexities (MCC) and HIV (ICC). D4 students will be assigned sessions to provide an initial virtual encounter visit with new patients prior to the patient’s in person appointment. Each D4 student is required to complete at least one formative evaluation in each of three areas (medical risk assessment including acquisition and interpretation of medical information; disease risk assessement with the formulation of a personalized preventive regimen with followup assessment and a treatment modification plan that includes assessment, formulation, implementation and evaluation of medical/behavioral/stabilization modifications necessary to provide dental care. These are evaluated using forms in axiUm-evaluation criteria can be found on CANVAS as well as in the student manual. Additionally, there will be a written mock OSCE given in December that will require the formulation of medical assessment, disease prevention and treatment modifications for simulated patients. Initial patient visits: Student doctors are required to obtain (if possible) information prior to patient’s first in person appointment. Patients will be given a virtual appointment whenever possible to allow the student to collect pertinent information during an assigned teledentistry session. Information collected will include medical information as well as competition of the PCare intake form (as applicable). This will allow time to obtain necessary medical information prior to patient’s initial in person appointment in order to facilitate delivery of actual dental care at the first clinic visit. At the initial in patient visit,…