The Dental Pipeline Program: The National Program Office Perspective

Bailit, Howard L.; Formicola, Allan J.; D’Abreu, Kim C.; Bau, Ignatius; Zamora, George; Stavisky, Judith

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2009.73.2_suppl.tb04667.x

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“…Overall the Pipeline Program (9, 10) and the National Evaluation Report (11) showed positive gains in community‐based dental education in the fifteen Pipeline Program Schools, particularly related to the three immediate programme goals. These goals represent the short‐term gains in potential access, but to what extent are the gains sustainable now that the Foundation funding has culminated?…”

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“…Overall the Pipeline Program (9, 10) and the National Evaluation Report (11–14), show positive gains in CBDE, particularly in response to the three programme goals to: (1) recruit more under‐represented minorities (URMs) to the field of dentistry, (2) curricular revisions to better prepare students for culturally competent practice, and (3) increase the extramural clinical rotations in community practice settings to expose students to diverse patients. This study focuses on a longer term outcome ‐‐ the practice plans of dental school seniors immediately upon graduation and how these decisions influence the access crisis.…”

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Reforming dental workforce education and practice in the USA

Davidson

Nakazono

Carreon

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European Journal of Dental Education

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The USA dental education programmes are facing challenges similar to those confronting countries around the globe, particularly amongst the industrialised nations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the educational programmes of 15 USA dental schools to determine their impact on improving workforce diversity and oral health care access. The study investigates the predictors of public service plans of dental school seniors in Pipeline and non-Pipeline Program dental schools. We analysed baseline and post-intervention data collected in the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Annual Survey of Dental School Seniors and a set of contextual variables. Public service plans (dependent variable) was predicted by four types of independent variables: intervention, contextual, community-based dental education (CBDE), and student characteristics. Findings from the study show that access to a state or federally sponsored loan repayment program was the most significant predictor of public service plans and that increasing educational debt was the most significant barrier. In the short-term we may be able to sustain the USA loan repayment programs to motivate senior dental students to provide public service to address the oral health care access crisis. However, in the long-term, a new workforce development initiative will be required to transform dental education and practice, modelled after the well-respected licensure programmes for Physician Assistants and/or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, to expand oral health care access, particularly amongst vulnerable population subgroups, such as low-income children and families.

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Section: Implications and Conclusionmentioning

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Reforming dental workforce education and practice in the USA

Davidson

Nakazono

Carreon

et al. 2011

European Journal of Dental Education

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“…The Pipeline, Profession, and Practice Community‐Based Dental Education Program, through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), was established to increase enrollment of underrepresented minority (URM) students in dental schools and expand the involvement of all students in community‐based dental education. From 2001 to 2010, the Pipeline Program funded initiatives at 15 U.S. dental schools designed to (1) increase the number of URM students enrolled in Pipeline dental schools; (2) provide students with didactic course and clinical experiences to prepare them for treating disadvantaged patients in community sites; and (3) have senior students spend an average of 60 days in patient‐centered community clinics and practices treating underserved patients . A total of 23 dental programs received funding in 2 rounds: 15 dental programs in the first and 8 dental programs in the second…”

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Process and outcome evaluation of the Oral Health Improvement through Outreach (OHIO) Project

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Bean

Hicks

2020

Journal of Dental Education

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Academic dental institutions serve a foundational role in meeting the oral health needs of Americans through community‐based learning experiences. Purpose The purpose of this study was to longitudinally evaluate an ongoing primary objective of the Oral Health Improvement through Outreach (OHIO) Project Program, which is to build strong partnerships between The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Dentistry (CoD) and community‐based dental facilities and increase access to dental care for underserved populations. Methods Upon exempt Institutional Review Board approval (2004H0067), a longitudinal evaluation study was conducted of 15 years of the OHIO Project during the 2004–2019 academic years. Descriptive statistics were used to evaluate the OHIO Project using process and outcome evaluation methods. Results The data from 107,510 patients were analyzed. Process evaluation revealed the OHIO Project has been reaching the target population of communities with dental care needs and limited access, as evidenced by the main methods of patient payment/non‐payment and the quantity of completed restorative/oral surgery procedures. Outcome evaluation revealed the OHIO Project has been building strong partnerships between the CoD and communities to address dental care needs and improve access, as evidenced by the increased number and distribution of the community‐based facilities throughout Ohio. Conclusion Process and outcome evaluation revealed the OHIO Project has been meeting its primary goal of building strong partnerships between the CoD and OHIO Project community‐based facilities to address the basic dental needs and increase access for Ohio residents. Future research is needed to evaluate the dental student impact of providing community‐based care.

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“…This demonstration program, one of the largest dental education curriculum programs in history, aimed to develop and implement curricular revisions designed to increase training on cultural competence, clinical epidemiology, public health, and patient behavior. The singularity of its curricular focus attests to their belief that elements of dental public health have been underemphasized in dental education . At the conclusion, the most common courses added to the curriculum included community dentistry, cultural competency, behavioral sciences, and preventive dentistry, but no population‐based courses were reported by the Pipeline schools .…”

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Developing a flexible core Dental Public Health curriculum for predoctoral dental and dental hygiene schools

Atchison

Mascarenhas

Bhoopathi

2015

J Public Health Dent

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Objective: The curriculum for graduating dental and dental hygiene students must prepare them to contribute to the improvement or maintenance of health for individual patient's and the public's health. The objective is to describe the background for and the process used to develop a core Dental Public Health Curriculum for such students. Methods: The process used was to solicit and review existing dental public health curriculum in dental and dental hygiene schools; review curriculum for other health professionals; identify the themes needed to frame the curriculum; select usable materials and identify gaps in existing curricular materials; and develop appropriate curriculum materials that would embody the competencies developed for undergraduate dental and dental hygiene education. Results: Twenty-three topics were identified as embodying the eight competencies.

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The Dental Pipeline Program: The National Program Office Perspective

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Reforming dental workforce education and practice in the USA

Reforming dental workforce education and practice in the USA

Process and outcome evaluation of the Oral Health Improvement through Outreach (OHIO) Project

Developing a flexible core Dental Public Health curriculum for predoctoral dental and dental hygiene schools

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