Predoctoral dental school curriculum for catastrophe preparedness
| Autor: | Frederick More, Joan Phelan, Robert Boylan, David Glotzer, Walter Psoter, Miriam Robbins, Dianne Rekow, E., Alfano, Michael C. |
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Health Priorities
Civil Defense Disaster Planning United States Interinstitutional Relations Law Enforcement Military Personnel Health Resources Humans Organizational Objectives Schools Dental Clinical Competence Curriculum Public Health Program Development Education Dental Public Health Administration Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | New York University Scholars |
| Popis: | Preparing for catastrophic events, both human-made and natural, is in the national interest and has become a priority since catastrophic events in Oklahoma City, Washington, DC, and New York City. Dentists are a large source of non-physician health manpower that could contribute to the public welfare during catastrophic events that require additional public health human resources. Dentists, by virtue of their education, understand biomedical concepts and have patient care skills that can be directly applied during a catastrophic event. Dentists also can provide training for other types of health care workers and can supervise these individuals. In this article, we propose that dentistry can make a significant contribution as part of a national response before, during, and after a catastrophic event or at the time of a public health emergency. We describe the potential collaboration among a dental school, city and state health departments, law enforcement, the military, and others to develop a curriculum in catastrophe preparedness. Then we describe one dental school's effort to build a catastrophe preparedness curriculum for our students. The competencies, goals and objectives, and sources of content for this catastrophe preparedness curriculum are described as well as suggestions for sequencing instruction. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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