| Title | Dental public health mixed pedagogies: bringing the community to the classroom |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Dentistry |
| Status | Active |
| Duration | 1 Year |
| Initiation | 04/01/2022 |
| Project Summary | Dental Public Health (DPH) focuses on the non-clinical aspects of dentistry, and on prevention of oral disease and promotion of oral health at the community. DPH assesses the dental health needs of society as a whole. Given that the majority of oral health problems are avoidable, prevention and health promotion are key. Yet, the Faculty of Dentistry does not formally teach DPH as a stand-alone subject. DPH is also a strong component of the 2019/20 UBC Dentistry strategic plan, but there is no robust DPH content or a designated course/module other than scattered sessions in UBC undergraduate DMD and DHYG curricula; these current sessions lose their meaning if not brought together in a coalesced module. This TLEF will enable us to fully develop, finalize and introduce a new DPH curricula to both dental and dental hygiene students, using the community as a teacher as one of the main pedagogies. |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2022/2023 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Mario Brondani |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 44,330 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Mario Brondani, Associate Professor, Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry |
| Year 1: TLEF Showcase |  |