Description of a Collaborative Rural Dental Scholar Program

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE Journal of Dental Education Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI:10.1002/jdd.13859

Carly Timmons McKenzie, Paul Drake Lavender

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Abstract

Purpose

Two educational institutions, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry and The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, partnered to collaborate with representatives from a state agency and organized dentistry to, with legislative support, create and implement a coordinated series of initiatives designed to increase Alabama's rural dental workforce.

Methods

This interrelated, long-term program has three primary components: (1) Rural Dental Health Scholar residential summer program for rising high school seniors; (2) Rural Dental Scholar (RDS) pathway program for dental students featuring a pre-matriculation master's curriculum; and (3) financial support by Alabama's Board of Dental Scholarships (BDS) for participation in said programs and service awards for practice in an eligible rural area following dental school.

Results

A total of 31 students have participated across all aspects of this program, and a combined total of $3.39 M directly supports program participants. Nine RDSs are pathway participants across two academic years. The inaugural Rural Dental Health Scholar program in Summer 2024 included six rising high school seniors. The BDS has successfully contracted 16 future rural dentists.

Conclusions

This multifaceted partnership across various educational, professional, and governmental entities is a much-needed intervention intended to address the worsening rural dentist crisis in Alabama. Long-term outcomes tracking will inform degree of success of these new initiatives in recruiting and retaining dentists to rural communities in need.

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农村牙科学者合作项目描述。

目的：阿拉巴马大学伯明翰牙科学院和阿拉巴马大学社区卫生科学学院这两所教育机构与一个州机构的代表合作，在立法机构的支持下，组织牙科，创建和实施一系列协调一致的举措，旨在增加阿拉巴马州农村牙科劳动力。方法：这个相互关联的长期项目有三个主要组成部分：(1)面向即将毕业的高中毕业生的农村牙科健康学者住宿暑期项目；(2)农村牙科学者（RDS）衔接课程，为牙科学生提供预科硕士课程；(3)阿拉巴马州牙科奖学金委员会（BDS）为参加上述项目提供财政支持，并为在牙科学校毕业后在符合条件的农村地区实践提供服务奖。结果：总共有31名学生参与了这个项目的各个方面，总共有339万美元直接支持了项目参与者。九个rds是两个学年的路径参与者。2024年夏季，首届农村牙科健康学者项目包括六名即将升入高中的高年级学生。北斗系统已经成功签约了16名未来的农村牙医。结论：这种跨教育、专业和政府实体的多方面合作是解决阿拉巴马州日益恶化的农村牙医危机所急需的干预措施。长期的结果跟踪将告知这些新举措的成功程度，以招募和留住有需要的农村社区的牙医。

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Journal of Dental Education 医学-牙科与口腔外科

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

21.70%

发文量

274

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Dental Education (JDE) is a peer-reviewed monthly journal that publishes a wide variety of educational and scientific research in dental, allied dental and advanced dental education. Published continuously by the American Dental Education Association since 1936 and internationally recognized as the premier journal for academic dentistry, the JDE publishes articles on such topics as curriculum reform, education research methods, innovative educational and assessment methodologies, faculty development, community-based dental education, student recruitment and admissions, professional and educational ethics, dental education around the world and systematic reviews of educational interest. The JDE is one of the top scholarly journals publishing the most important work in oral health education today; it celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2016.