The Macy Study: A Framework for Consensus

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The Macy Study: A Framework for Consensus

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Scaling Up

Moments of crisis require big, bold ideas. In this chapter we will zoom out of our close examination of the Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaborative experience to propose ways to scale up the things that worked for us in order to make them applicable at a national level. With this chapter we honor the intent of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation in its support of learning laboratories across the nation. Our goal is to contribute to the collective dialogue on how to improve the health care system. Specifically, we propose that making a healthier nation and reducing health care costs will require more than simply moving toward universal health coverage — which is essential — or implementing technologies to digitalize medical records — which is useful. As epidemiologists would say, those things are necessary but not sufficient to overhaul our ailing health care system. Instead, we propose to reduce health care costs and improve health care access by implementing a national prevention program through collaboration based on a new health compact with society — one that delivers on the promise of justice for all and (paraphrasing our forefathers/mothers) the pursuit of health

Assessment of the Dental Pipeline Program from the External Reviewers and National Program Office

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U.S. State‐Supported Dental Schools: Financial Projections and Implications

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U.S. State‐Supported Dental Schools: Financial Projections and Implications

This article examines the impact of financial trends in state‐supported dental schools on full‐time clinical faculty; the diversity of dental students and their career choices; investments in physical facilities; and the place of dentistry in research universities. The findings of our study are the following: the number of students per full‐time clinical faculty member increased; the three schools with the lowest revenue increases lost a third of their full‐time clinical faculty; more students are from wealthier families; most schools are not able to adequately invest in their physical plant; and more than half of schools have substantial NIH‐funded research programs. If current trends continue, the term “crisis” will describe the situation faced by most dental schools. Now is the time to build the political consensus needed to develop new and more effective strategies to educate the next generation of American dentists and to keep dental education primarily based in research universities. The future of the dental profession and the oral health of the American people depend on it.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/153587/1/jddj002203372008722suppltb04487x.pd

Interprofessional Education in U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools: An ADEA Team Study Group Report

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