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Medical College of Georgia
School of Dentistry
Augusta, Georgia 30912
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School of Dentistry Goals
The School of Dentistry strives to be a significant
participant in addressing the Board of Regents and the Medical College of
Georgia institutional goals by providing for the oral health care needs of
the citizens. In order to effectively participate as a school of dentistry,
in the Medical College Health Science University and of the University
System of Georgia goals have been developed for each level. These goals
represent the commitment of the School of Dentistry to our students and to
the citizens of the state of Georgia.
School of Dentistry Goals Coordinated with the Board of Regents Goal
The University System of Georgia and the School of
Dentistry will ensure access to academic excellence and educational
opportunities for all Georgians by:
- Developing graduates who are intellectually and
ethically informed individuals with defined skills and knowledge, capable
of leadership, creative endeavors, and contributing citizenship in an
ever-increasing interconnected world;
- Expanding participation by increasing access while
maintaining quality, enhancing diversity, focusing on the needs of
nontraditional students, increasing distance education opportunities,
advancing public library usage, and marketing the advantages of a
postsecondary/dental education to all Georgians;
- Improving continuously the quality and quantity of
scholastic achievement and research output through its development of
research activities, curricula, patient care, and service;
- Increasing academic productivity through improved
recruitment, increased retention, improved on-time graduation, augmented
continuing education opportunities, and current technology;
- Emphasizing the recruitment, hiring, development and
retention of the best possible faculty, staff, and administration;
- Accelerating economic development by providing, when
feasible, needed graduates, appropriate academic programs, and expanding
marketing of the School and its capabilities as an economic asset of the
state;
- Seeking the most efficient, effective and
technologically sound business and service best practices and regularly
comparing ourselves to national peers;
- Providing and maintaining superior facilities, funded
by innovative mechanisms which increase the speed with which they are
usable;
- Making the transition to the School of Dentistry
educational opportunities seamless with four year colleges for dental
students and with other dental schools for Advanced Dental Education
Programs;
- Increasing, diversifying, and strategically
allocating funding;
- Maximizing cooperation and maintaining strong
relationships within the Medical College of Georgia and with other state
agencies, boards, organized dentistry and official state organizations.
School of Dentistry Goals
Coordinated with MCG Institutional Goals
- Improve Institutional Communications by proactively and positively
positioning the School of Dentistry in the eyes of both internal and
external constituency
- Create a diverse School of Dentistry community that is (more) reflective
of the population we serve
- Continuously enhance the quality of faculty and staff by enhancing the
employment environment thereby increasing the productivity and retention
of School of Dentistry faculty and staff. Also, increase recruitment of
clinical investigators and eminent scholars to strengthen the mission and
enhance the reputation of the School of Dentistry
- Enhance the educational environment and continuously update educational
programs (curriculum)
- Enhance the research enterprise and productivity of the School of
Dentistry
- Improve the access to dental services for Georgia citizens.
A. School of Dentistry Pre-doctoral
Educational Goal
To prepare graduates who possess the knowledge, skills and values to
begin the practice of general dentistry. In addition MCG will prepare
proficient dental specialists and provide lifelong learning opportunities
for the profession in response to the oral health needs of the people of
Georgia
Objectives
- To educate and graduate competent general dentists.
- To have a 14% increase in total enrollment over the
next seven years between 2002 and 2007 with entering credentials at or above
the national average.
- To rank in the top quintile (11 schools) every year
in the five-year rolling average of African American graduates.
- To rank in the top quintile (11 schools) every year
in the five-year rolling average of African Americans enrolled.
- To retain and graduate at least 90% of enrolled
students.
- To have 80-85% of graduates practice in Georgia and
to monitor the practice locations of all graduates.
- To have at least 95% of students pass the National
Dental Board Examinations, Part I and Part II the first time they are
taken, with class performance that places MCG in the 4th quintile or
higher among the dental schools in the USA for each year and each class.
- To have 99% of students pass the National Dental
Board Examinations Part I and Part II by the third time it is taken.
- To have all graduates who take the Southern
Regional Testing Agency Examination eligible to be licensed to practice
within one year of graduation.
- To annually survey each class of senior students
and faculty and to survey the alumni at one and five years post
graduation concerning their satisfaction with the predoctoral program.
- To educate and certify proficient endodontists,
general practice residents, oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
orthodontists, pediatric dentists, periodontists, and prosthodontists.
- To annually offer a wide variety of continuing
education courses for the profession.
B. School of Dentistry
Pre-doctoral Patient Care Goal
To provide a high-quality, state-of-the-art dental
health care system, which includes oral health promotion and oral disease
prevention, and to encourage innovations in response to changing
demographics and oral health needs of the people of Georgia.
Objectives
- To provide sufficient patients to meet the needs of
the educational program.
- To achieve a patient satisfaction rate of 90%.
- To provide a variety of patient experiences and
clinic sites.
- To provide oral health promotion for the people of
Georgia.
- To increase clinic revenues and collection
effectiveness by 4% over a five-year period without regard to fee and class-size increases.
C. School of Dentistry
Pre-doctoral Research Goal
To be a center of excellence in research through the
generation and application of biomedical knowledge and technology to oral
heath disease and to play a role in the transfer of technology to the
dental care delivery system.
Objectives
- To actively seek and secure sponsored funding for
research as measured by:
- improving our NIH national funding rank by two
places over a five-year period;
- increasing our total funding by 10% over a five-year period;
- increasing our grant submissions by 15% over a
five-year period;
- To increase the publication of research results and
scholarly activity by 5% over a five-year period.
- Over a five-year period, to increase the number of
students:
- Participating in Student Research Day
- Presenting at national research meetings
- Research publications
- Entering graduate programs or residencies
D. Alumni Relations and Fundraising Goal
To establish a strong working relationship with the
alumni over the next five years
Objective
To increase alumni contributions by 25 percent per
year for the next five years and engage their support in changing
legislation governing licensure and oral health policy
- MCG Alumni Association membership
- MCG Foundation and Scholarship contributions
- Georgia State Legislative action
E. Oral Health Education and Community
Outreach Goals
To increase the awareness of the citizens of
Georgia regarding the importance of oral health to total health
Objective
To provide oral health education at all levels of
society, including legislators, community leaders and the public, and to
increase dental services to the underserved populations in the state of
Georgia
- Children’s Dental Health Month participation
- ADA “Give Kids a Smile” program participation
- Document responding to MCG Presidential Task
Force
- Extramural clinic sites
- Warrenton rotation
- Richmond County Health Department elective
- Dental School Clinic
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