Dental Public Health Postdoctoral Education: a Survey on the Status of Funding and Career Opportunities

Watson, Maria Rosa; Niessen, Linda C.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb02534.x

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“…On average, 40 students were enrolled in dental public health programs nationwide each year. [CO: Table 3 A 1991 survey by Watson and Niessen asked the opinions of dental public health postdoctoral program directors about career opportunities for their graduates (21). Directors of dental public health education programs whose residents received stipends were more likely to think that career opportunities would be available for graduates regardless of the economy than directors of programs in which residents did not receive a stipend.…”

Section: Advanced Education In Dental -Public Healthmentioning

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Dental Public Health for the 21st Century: Implications for Specialty Education and Practice

Shulman

Niessen

Kress

et al. 1998

J Public Health Dent

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A panel of public health practitioners sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration met December 6-8, 1994, to examine current roles and responsibilities for dental public health workers and to recommend changes in education and training to meet challenges posed by an evolving health care system. Overall, at least the same number, if not more, dental public health personnel will be needed in the future. While some new roles were identified, the panel felt that only small numbers of personnel will be needed to fill these new roles. Not all of these roles necessarily require a dental degree. The panel felt that a need exists for more academicians for dental schools, schools of public health, dental public health residencies, and dental hygiene programs; oral epidemiologists and health services researchers; health educators; and specialists in utilization review/outcomes assessment, dental informatics, nutrition, program evaluation, and prevention. To meet these personnel needs: (1) dental public health residency programs should be structured to meet the educational needs of working public health dentists with MPH degrees through on-the-job residency programs; (2) the standards for advanced specialty education programs in dental public health should be made sufficiently flexible to include dentists who have advanced education and the requisite core public health courses; (3) flexible MPH degree programs must be available because of the rising debt of dental students and the decreased numbers of graduating dentists; (4) loan repayment should be available for dentists who have pursued public health training and are working in state or local health departments; and (5) standards for advanced education in dental public health should be developed for dental hygienists.

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Dental Public Health for the 21st Century: Implications for Specialty Education and Practice

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Niessen

Kress

et al. 1998

J Public Health Dent

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“…However, the need for flexibility was a major message from the diplomates. Other papers in this special issue provide updates on the issues of education (8,9) and competencies (10). Clearly, collaborations among the faculty, administration, and funding sources are needed to assist in the dental public health training of existing faculty.…”

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Academic Dental Public Health Diplomates: Their Distribution and Recommendations Concerning the Predoctoral Dental Public Health Faculty

Kaste¹,

Sadler²,

Hayes³

et al. 1998

J Public Health Dent

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“…This specialty focuses on oral health promotion and disease prevention through community dental education, applied dental research, and administration and delivery of dental health programs (ADA, 2013; Burt and Eklund, 2005). Thus, DPH practitioners are needed to address the goal of achieving adequate oral health for all individuals in a population (Watson and Niessen, 1998).…”

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A needs assessment survey of dental public health graduate education in Saudi Arabia

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The Saudi Dental Journal

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Dental Public Health Postdoctoral Education: a Survey on the Status of Funding and Career Opportunities

Abstract: With decreased numbers of dental graduates, improved funding for dental public health programs will be critical, particularly at the specialty entry level, to ensure that adequate numbers of specialists are trained and available to meet the oral health needs of all the US population.

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Dental Public Health for the 21st Century: Implications for Specialty Education and Practice

Dental Public Health for the 21st Century: Implications for Specialty Education and Practice

Academic Dental Public Health Diplomates: Their Distribution and Recommendations Concerning the Predoctoral Dental Public Health Faculty

A needs assessment survey of dental public health graduate education in Saudi Arabia

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