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GPR Program Goals
The goals of the GPR program are-
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First Year GPR
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Develop the clinical judgment, diagnostic ability, and clinical skill to provide comprehensive general dentistry.
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Develop the ability to manage medically complex patients in ambulatory and inpatient settings and appropriately interact with and respond to consults from other services/health care professionals.
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Develop patient and practice management skills.
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Develop practitioners with strong ethical and moral understandings, and with an appreciation for the multiple cultures present in our community. Instill the concept of responsibility of community service.
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Resident education to enable the resident to evaluate the patient’s complete oral health needs, provide a means of entry into the health care system, provide professional general dental care and refer the patient, when indicated, to appropriate specialists while preserving the continuity of care.
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Offer a broad range of dental services, which can meet the needs of a diverse spectrum of patients, providing patient care including the elderly, handicapped, medically compromised, and hospital-based dentistry.
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Educate the residents in hospital protocol and procedures through working in the ER, OR, and with physicians and other health professionals. Create a multidisciplinary learning environment, where dental residents both learn from, and teach colleagues.
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Meet the dental needs of underserved areas, which suffer from limited access to specialty services
Second Year GPR
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To enhance the resident’s ability to provide more` complex and comprehensive quality restorative dental and oral health services for patients regardless of age and medical condition.
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Gain proficiency on a higher level in an elective area of dentistry including: implantology, practice management, endodontics, periodontics, maxillofacial surgery.
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To develop teaching, management and leadership skills, through responsibility in relation to first year dental residents and hospital wide committees.
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If selected, to further develop proficiency in the use of behavioral methods and administration of pharmacological agents for the comprehensive control of pain and apprehension.