Predoctoral Program: Curriculum
The School of Dental Medicine curriculum is designed to provide students with a comprehensive educational experience that allows them to master the knowledge and requisite skills
associated with the practice of general dentistry.
The goals of the curriculum are to help students:
- Gain an understanding of the basic sciences related to structures, functions and interrelationships among body systems in both health and disease.
- Develop competency in clinical skills which include but are not limited to patient assessment, treatment-planning, patient education, prevention of oral disease, control of pain
and anxiety, prevention and management of dental and medical emergencies, and the diagnosis, management and treatment of the major oral diseases and conditions.
- Gain an understanding of behavioral science concepts from the fields of psychology, sociology, public health and administration applied to the delivery of care and to the
management of a dental practice.
The Curriculum consists of five major tracks or content areas that include:
Each major content area is comprised of two or more courses that focus on the didactic knowledge and clinical skills that are required for the practice of modern dentistry. |
