Student Learning Outcomes
The following competencies have been adopted by the faculty as the skills, knowledge, and values every graduate must be able to consistently and independently demonstrate to qualify for graduation. The School of Dentistry assessment plan calls for these competencies to be assessed throughout the classroom, laboratory, and patient care experiences of the four year curriculcum through papers, presentations, case based examinations, and objective structured laboratory and clinical examinations.
The competencies expected of a graduate are:
- Apply legal and ethical principles to the practice of dentistry.
- Provide empathetic care for all patients, including members of diverse and vulnerable populations.
- Monitor professional knowledge and practice outcomes to develop and implement a plan of professional improvement.
- Participate in improving the oral health of individuals, families, and groups in the community through diagnosis, treatment, and education.
- Perform a complete dental examination to arrive at a diagnosis of the patient's oral condition.
- Develop, present and implement an integrated treatment plan to address a patient's dental needs.
- Manage medical emergencies and complications that may occur during dental treatment.
- Manage patients with pain and anxiety by the use of non-pharmacological and pharmacological agents.
- Select and administer or prescribe pharmacological agents in the treatment of dental patients.
- Treat patients with periodontal conditions.
- Treat patients with endodontic conditions.
- Treat patients with oral surgical needs.
- Diagnose potential or actual malocclusions.
- Treat patients requiring restoration of single defective teeth.
- Treat patients with partial or complete edentulism.
- Treat patients with soft tissue lesions and oral manifestations of systemic diseases.
