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J Dent Educ. 68(9): 965-969 2004
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Milieu in Dental Schools and Practice

Developing Competency in Research Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Transfer: A Workshop Course

Edward F. Rossomando, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S.; Hubert Benitez, D.D.S., M.H.A.; Bernard W. Janicki, Ph.D.

Dr. Rossomando is Professor and Director, and Dr. Benitez is Assistant Director—both at the Center for Research and Education in Technology Evaluation (CRETE), School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut; Dr. Janicki is Principal Advisor and Consultant, Center for Research and Education in Technology Evaluation (CRETE). Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. Edward F. Rossomando, University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine, MC3705, Farmington, CT 06030; 860-679-2622 phone; 860-679-2910 fax; erossoma{at}nso2.uchc.edu.

Key words: entrepreneurship, technology transfer processes, research management, dental education, translational research

Submitted for publication 04/28/04; accepted 06/18/04

In July 1999, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) convened a Blue Ribbon Panel that recommended management skills, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer should be included in dental education. The panel’s recommendations were implemented in an NIDCR-funded pilot project, "Workshop Course to Promote and Develop Dental Products and Technologies." The workshop consisted of lectures presented by seven faculty members recruited from academia, government, and business, along with an analysis of a professor’s invention and the barriers encountered in transforming the invention into a product. Evaluation consisted of a pre- and post-workshop survey. The workshop was presented to twenty-two participants on November 8 and 9, 2003 at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and, to refine the presentation further, will be tested at five additional dental schools (University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, New York University, Nova Southeastern University, and University of Southern California). The results indicated that the workshop’s courses would be helpful to the commercialization of inventions. In addition, dental students with experience in basic research expressed an interest in research of projects of use in dental practice. These findings suggest that pursuing research and an academic career might be more appealing if their research was product-oriented.




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