Curriculum

PGY-1

The goals of the one-year training program include preparation of the graduate to:

1. Act as a primary care provider for individuals and groups of patients. This includes: providing emergency and multidisciplinary comprehensive oral health care; providing patient focused care that is coordinated by the general practitioner; directing health promotion and disease prevention activities, and using advanced dental treatment modalities.
2. Plan and provide multidisciplinary oral health care for a wide variety of patients including patients with special needs.
3. Manage the delivery of oral health care by applying concepts of patient and practice management and quality improvement that are responsive to a dynamic health care environment.
4. Function effectively within the hospital and other health care environments.
5. Function effectively within interdisciplinary health care teams.
6. Apply scientific principles to learning and oral health care. This includes using critical thinking, evidence or outcomes-based clinical decision-making and technology-based information retrieval systems.
7. Utilize the values of professional ethics, lifelong learning, patient centered care, adaptability and acceptance of cultural diversity in professional practice.
8. Preparation for a career in a private practice or specialty program

Rotation Schedule

• Internal Medicine (4 weeks)
• Anesthesia (2 weeks)
• Emergency Medicine (3 weeks)
• Oral Surgery
• Operating Room

PGY-2

The second year, or chief resident, position is one that is reserved for those residents who show an interest in continuing their education within the hospital environment. The decision to stay on with us is one that is based on the mutual interest of the attending staff and the resident.

The goals of the second year as Chief Resident in the Department of Dentistry include:

1. Advance clinical skills and develop new skills beyond the PGY-1 year
2. Assume greater responsibility for managing more complex cases
3. Develop leadership and decision making skills
4. Assume limited teaching and administrative responsibilities related to the daily management of the residency program
5. Acquire a greater level of understanding for interdepartmental relationships, the table of organization and hospital administration
6. Participate in program development
7. Increase expertise in practice management, patient management and communication skills
8. Preparation for a career in a private or hospital based dental practice or specialty program

Rotation Schedule

Chief residents have the option of selecting from the following rotations:

• Advanced Emergency Medicine Rotation - 2 – 4 weeks
• Oncology/Hematology - 3 weeks
• Radiation Oncology - 1 week

The second year will be tailored to the specific professional interests of the individual as much as possible based on the specific resources available at Saint Francis.

Seminars

Our program offers a variety of didactics to enhance the clinical experience. We meet 12 times a year for Treatment Planning seminars. Journal Club is held on a monthly basis as well. We feature two periodontists who each lecture for an hour prior to treating patients on a monthly basis. In addition to these we have Dr. Michael Christian, a local prosthodontist, who delivers implant based seminars, discussing treatment planning, surgery, restorations, etc.