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J Dent Educ. 72(2): 153-171 2008
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Critical Issues in Dental Education

A Model for Selection and Assessment of Community-Based Sites for Dental Students’ Extramural Clinical Experiences

Christine Hryhorczuk, D.D.S., M.S.P.H.; Aljernon J. Bolden, D.M.D., M.P.H.; G. William Knight, D.D.S., M.S., M.S.; Indru Punwani, D.D.S., M.S.D.; Daniel M. Mulvihill, M.L.I.S.; Khatija Noorullah, M.P.H.; Caswell A. Evans, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Key words: community dentistry, dental education, preceptorship, credentialing, program evaluation, quality assurance, community health services, service-learning

Submitted for publication 03/15/07; accepted 11/08/07

As a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson’s Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education grant, the Extramural Education Program (EEP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry was charged with developing partnerships with community-based oral health programs throughout Illinois. These programs are to be used for clinical service-learning rotations for fourth-year dental students, relying on the utilization of the dentists employed at the community site as preceptors for the students. Because the College of Dentistry had essentially no community-based service-learning experiences prior to the Robert Wood Johnson grant, procedures and protocols needed to be developed to standardize a process for site and preceptor selection. An administrative process was developed to engage, recruit, and partner with community-based oral health programs that provided direct clinical services. This article will discuss the development of criteria used to select sites and preceptors for extramural clinical rotations; the development of a set of standardized assessment instruments; and the credentialing process for community-based adjunct faculty that leads to the affiliation agreements. These community-based rotations have been integrated into the College of Dentistry curriculum as a required extramural service-learning course referred to as Extramural Clinical Experience (DADM 325).






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