PRIMARY CARE CLINIC

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Integrated Clinical Sciences. Integrated Clinical Sciences. In Primary Dental Care Clinic 3, dental students work in teams to provide comprehensive dental care to patients ranging from pediatrics through geriatrics. College of Dental Medicine (CODM) students are organized into clinical practice teams based on a student-to-faculty ratio of six to one. Each practice team is managed by a Clinical Faculty, Student Team Leader and a Patient Care Leader (PCL). Each practice team will have an assigned family of patients, and the students and faculty of that team will collectively assume responsibility for providing the oral health care needed to address the patients’ needs. Students will have the opportunity to provide team-based care as a primary provider, secondary provider, runner, and team leader. Students will review treatment plans and discuss patient oral health care during weekly team meetings and daily team huddles. DMD 9001 SPECIAL STUDIES – ELECTIVE Under faculty supervision, students may achieve credit for studies and/or activities as part of a special project. This elective may be repeated for credit. ORGANIZATION OF DENTAL STUDENTS’ CLINICAL EDUCATION In the Primary Care Clinic, students will provide comprehensive dental care to patients ranging from the pediatric population through to geriatrics. Students will participate in the presentation, critique, and discussion of cases that include topics of treatment planning, practice management, evidence-based dentistry, critical thinking, and other topics of interest as defined by the current patient population, the Patient Care Leaders, and the Block Directors. College of Dental Medicine (CODM) students will be organized in one of Vertical Teams (per quad) based on a student-to-faculty ratio of six to one. Each Vertical Team is comprised of D1s, D2s, and D3s. Typically, one or more D3s will be on a rotation in a…