SCHOOL PROFILE:
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
SCHOOL/PROGRAM: University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry DMD and Dental Hygiene Degree Program (DHDP) GRADUATE PROGRAMS Craniofacial Science Master of Public Health with Diploma in Dental Public Health CLINICAL SPECIALTY GRADUATE PROGRAMS Endodontics Orthodontics Pediatric Dentistry Periodontics Prosthodontics POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS General Practice Residency Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology Residency Program LOCATION: Vancouver, BC, Canada YEAR ESTABLISHED: DHDP Entry-to-Practice (ETP) option (2007) and DgreeCompletion (DC) option (1992) DMD (1964)
STUDENT BODY POPULATION: DHDP: 94 (ETP), DC (68); DMD: 226 STAND-OUT COURSE/PROGRAM: Our Summer Student Practitioner Program (SSPP), which is a unique opportunity for our students to not only enhance their clinical skills, but also experience the day-to-day working environment of dental practice.
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The lesson you want students to take away with them: • Use sound evidence to inform your decision making • Put your patients’ needs first • Be socially responsible citizens What do your students offer to the profession after graduation: Our graduates are well-trained, clinically competent, patient-centred oral health professionals who are ready to assume many roles (clinician, advanced learner, researcher, colleague, community leader). What will students remember most about the program: That the UBC Dentistry faculty and staff were focused on creating a safe, supportive environment that allowed them to learn and thrive. Furthermore, their classmates will be friends and colleagues for many years to come, as part of our proud alumni family. How would you define the mission or vision of your school? To advance oral health through outstanding education, research, and community engagement. Additionally, we wish to prepare our graduates for diverse professional roles in society that include clinical practice, public health, and academia (education and research). How are you helping prepare the students of today to be the best practitioners of tomorrow? We help prepare students by: 1. Integrating digital technology to ensure our graduates are current with emerging technological advancements. 2. Helping them develop critical thinking skills and demonstrating the importance of lifelong learning. 3. Engaging with community partners through
UBC Vancouver is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
extended placements to better understand the diverse needs of vulnerable populations and access to dental care issues. 4. Providing curricular and extra-curricular opportunities for students to participate in research activities as well as local, national, and international service-learning programs.
What do you see as the future for dental school education? We believe the future of dental school education will include the following: a hybrid/blended curriculum with enhanced integration of online learning modalities, distance learning/clinical placements, digital dentistry and tele-dentistry, interprofessional education in practice, and inter-institutional education (online models).
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