Goal of the Outreach Division The goal of the Outreach Division at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry is to provide dental, dental therapy and dental hygiene students with experiences that reinforce their knowledge of the principles of delivering dental health care, while providing needed dental services to a variety of patients, including underserved patient populations, in contemporary off-site clinical settings. Such experiences also enable students to participate in community dental health education, as well as dental career promotion and inter- professional education activities.
Clinical Standards at Outreach Sites University of Minnesota School of Dentistry 1. Students at Outreach clinics will deliver four-handed oral health care with the assistance of a trained dental assistant. 2. Clinical instruction at Outreach clinic sites will be provided by adjunct faculty of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. 3. Outreach clinic sites will provide contemporary clinical facilities that expose students to emerging dental technologies. 4. Adjunct faculty at Outreach sites will evaluate each student according to the standards of the School of Dentistry, and submit results on “Courseval”. 5. Students enter clinical patient information following each Outreach rotation 6. Outreach sites will assist the School of Dentistry in recouping lost revenue while students provide care at their site. 7. Adjunct faculty at Outreach sites will attend an annual “Outreach Dental Review,” sponsored by the School of Dentistry, designed to standardize the clinical instruction provided to the students. 8. Clinical operations will conform to all state and federal dental regulations Intended to provide the highest quality of patient care.
Outreach Clinics • Hibbing Community College Dental Clinic – Hibbing, MN • Rice Regional Dental Clinic – Willmar, MN • Prairie Winds Dental Clinic – Howard, SD • Mobile Dental Clinic – Urban & Rural MN • Community University Health Care Center – Minneapolis, MN • Native American Community Clinic – Minneapolis, MN • Chief Redstone Health Center – Wolf Point, MT • Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Health Care Facility – Belcourt, ND • Red Lake Hospital – Red Lake, MN • White Earth Health Center – Ogema, MN • Cass Lake Hospital – Cass Lake, MN • Min-No-Aya-Win Health Center – Cloquet, MN
School of Dentistry Outreach Clinics School of Dentistry Outreach Clinics Hibbing Community Community University Health Mobile Dental Clinic Care Center Dental Clinic College Dental Clinic (Urban & Rural MN) (Minneapolis, MN) (Hibbing, MN) Native American Community Rice Regional Dental Prairie Winds Dental Clinic Clinic Dental Clinic Clinic (Willmar, MN) (Howard, SD) ( Minneapolis, MN )
School of Dentistry Outreach Clinics School of Dentistry Outreach Clinics New Clinic: Chief Redstone New Clinic: Quentin N. Burdick Cass Lake Hospital Health Center Memorial Health Care Facility (Belcourt, ND ) (Cass Lake, MN) (Wolf Point, MT) Min-No-Aya-Win Health White Earth Health Center Red Lake Hospital Center (Red Lake, MN) (Ogema, MN) (Cloquet, MN)
Student Outreach Production Year-to-date Since Inception (July 1, 2007) 1% 3% 2% 2% 2% CUHCC 4% CUHCC Hibbing Cass Lake 13% Howard 15% Chief Redstone 1% MDU MDU 7% North Point 1% 10% Min ‐ No ‐ Aya ‐ Win NACC 58% 49% 15% NACC 7% Rice Rice 10% Union Gospel Union Gospel Walker
How has your education benefited by your outreach experiences? Written by students of the School of Dentistry My education has definitely benefited While I came into the program knowing It has been very interesting to see the wide from my outreach experience in that providing care to the underserved array of patients that come into the clinics Willmar. While on outreach for one was a priority, Outreach allowed me to and learn how to adequately treatment month I was able to see as many sharpen my clinical skills to effectively plan and provide treatment to meet their patients that I see in three to four and efficiently provide care to those in needs. months at school. It allowed me to learn need. Not only did I have the chance to to work with an assistant and gave me spend 9 weeks becoming a better I feel much more confident in my skill set a first hand experience of what clinician, especially in the areas of and ability to care for a lot of different practicing dentistry will be like post diagnosis and emergency treatment, but patient populations. graduation. Outreach is definitely one of one of the Outreach sites afforded me the best professional experiences I the chance to volunteer hundreds of Erik Solberg (DDS Class of 2012) have had in my education at the hours of time, strengthening my skills at University of Minnesota School of doing procedures. I am so grateful for the My education has benefited greatly by my Dentistry. opportunity to participate in Outreach, outreach experiences in Willmar and on and know that my classmates and myself the MDU. I have seen more patients in one Kevin Williamson DDS Class of 2012 will all be better clinicians thanks to these day then I do in a week at the school. My experiences. Outreach has been the best confidence was increased, my skills were experience thus far in my dental sharpened, and most importantly I saw Rachel Uppgaard (DDS Class of 2012) career. It was nice to learn new how a dental therapist was meant to and techniques and procedures while could easy fit in a real clinical setting. My outreach experiences have benefited seeing a population that truly needs Almost every student, including myself, my education by allowing me to the work. I felt much appreciated at the wishes they could be on outreach year experience 4-handed dentistry, multiple outreach sites I visited, and I am around. Thank you for your efforts! They EHR systems and improve my efficiency fortunate to of had this opportunity. are greatly appreciated. by seeing more patients daily. Colin Maguire (DDS Class of 2012) Kathlyn Leiviska (DT Class of 2012) Sunnie Adsitt (DDS Class of 2012
Contact Information Meghan Reedy, MS Paul D. Schulz, DDS, MPH Director, Outreach Division/ Mobile Dental Outreach Division Specialist Dental Clinic Clinical Associate Professor Department of Primary Dental Care School of Dentistry Department of Primary Dental Care 9-426 Moos Health Science Tower School of Dentistry 515 Delaware Street S.E. 9-426 Moos Health Science Tower Minneapolis, MN 55455 515 Delaware Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 Office: 612-625-1417 Fax: 612-626-6096 Office: 612-624-5331 Email: reed0253@umn.edu Fax: 612-626-6096 Email: pschulz@umn.edu
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