Introducing a Community Service Learning Curriculum into Dental Education

TitleIntroducing a Community Service Learning Curriculum into Dental Education
Faculty/College/UnitDentistry
StatusCompleted
Duration1 Year
Initiation04/01/2007
Completion03/31/2008
Project Summary

TLEF funding will support the development and implementation of our new Community Service-Learning (CSL) curriculum module, and related faculty and student capacity building activities to support this innovative effort in dental education at UBC. TLEF Funding will enable: (1) a series of capacity building workshops for dental faculty tutors and CSL module coordinators; (2) the provision of hands-on materials for six student groups to carry out their CSL projects and to produce and present their activities and posters to community stakeholders (students are currently working in partnership with three inner-city schools, one residential care facility, the Vancouver Native Health Society Dental Clinic, and the YWCA Crabtree Corner); and, (3) the development and implementation of an educational impact assessment that will enable us to study and understand how CSL impacts on dental student learning; community stakeholders' experiences, and how to evolve a sound and sustainable CSL educational curriculum for implementation within all years of dental education as of September 2007.

Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2007/2008
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorShafik Dharamsi
Year 1: Funded Amount45,790
Year 1: Team Members

Shafik Dharamsi, Associate Professor, Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
Chris Clark, Professor, Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
Chris Zed, Associate Dean, Strategic and External Affairs, Faculty of Dentistry
Margo Fryer, Director, UBC Learning Exchange
Gary Poole, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth
Alice Cassidy, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth
Carl Cramer, Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry
Nirpjit Dosanjh, Postdoctoral Fellow, BC Cancer Research Centre
Angie Chan, Student, Dentistry
Wendy Hoi Ling Ching, Student, Dentistry
Jennilee Jamison, Student, Dentistry
Tony Reichert, Student, Dentistry