DMD计划中的教学以全面的临床护理模型为指导，该模型强调由教师指导，由学生提供的高质量患者护理。该计划的早期教学旨在在基础知识和行为科学中建立基础知识，以提供最新的护理。同时，学生可以通过他们的“服务学习”和教席协助工作尽早接触以患者为中心的活动。接下来是在临床前模拟和实验室技术方面的丰富经验，这些经验需要发展出能胜任患者护理的技能。成功完成这些经历的学生有资格为患者提供治疗。随着他们的技术，沟通和患者管理技能的发展，为学生分配了具有日益挑战性需求的患者。在小组实践团队的背景下为学生分配患者。这些团队以小
Teaching and learning in the DMD program are guided by a comprehensive clinical care model that emphasizes faculty-guided, student-provided, high-quality care of patients. Instruction early in the program is designed to establish foundational knowledge in the basic and behavioral sciences necessary for providing state-of-the-art care. Concurrently, students have early exposure to patient-centered activities through their Service Learning and chairside assisting assignments. This is followed by intensive experiences in preclinical simulations and laboratory techniques required to develop the skills needed for competent patient care. Students who successfully complete these experiences become eligible to provide treatment for patients.<br><br>As their technical, communication, and patient management skills develop, students are assigned patients having increasingly challenging needs. Students are assigned patients within the context of a Group Practice team. These teams function as small-group dental practices and consist of a group of students led by a faculty Group Practice Leader specifically trained to coach members of their team in all aspects of managing oral healthcare of their patients. The Group Practice approach emphasizes coordination of each aspect of the patient's oral healthcare with the patient's overall dental and physical health. Faculty not only take responsibility for teaching this holistic approach but also challenge students to engage in inquisitiveness, critical thinking, and self-evaluation.<br><br>Upon completion of the program, each predoctoral student will have demonstrated competency in providing oral healthcare within the scope of general dentistry. Competency refers to an individual with the requisite knowledge, skills, and values to independently and consistently provide quality care to patients for which they are responsible.<br><br>Required Curriculum (4-year traditional program)