Dental Pipeline Program: Phase II Description and Progress to date

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Dental Pipeline ProgramPhase IIDescription and
Progress to date
Presentation at UCSF Dental Public Health
Seminar, October 14, 2008

• Allan J. Formicola, DDS, MS

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RWJFDental Pipeline Phase II

• Goal Replicate and Sustain
• 8 grants to Dental Schools to replicate
• Contracts to organizations to sustain
• 27 months (2007-2010)
• NPO continues at Columbia
• Formicola Bailit Co-Directors
• Kim DAbreu Deputy Program Director

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RWJFPhase II Program Elements

• Schools select either to increase URM/LI
  enrollment or strengthen or expand CBE.
• 4 grants in each category.
• Already committed/grants allow rapid
  advancements.
• 200,000 grants 21 applications received.

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RWJFPhase II Schools

• URM Enrollment
• A.T. Still, Arizona
• Creighton
• Baylor
• Virginia Commonwealth

• CBE
• Florida
• Georgia
• Maryland
• New Jersey

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RWJF ReplicationFeatures of CBE School Projects

• Expansion of the University of Florida Statewide
  Network
• Add 4 new sites, double time from 2 to 4 weeks in
  CBE
• Georgia Dental Community Service Initiative
• Expand from 5 to 9 weeks/Engage AHECs
• Serving the Needs of the Citizens of Maryland
• Expand from 3 to 6 weeks/add service learning
  instructional modes
• ACCESS UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School
• Move from an elective for few students to a CBE
  program for all

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RWJF ReplicationFeatures of URM/LI School
Projects

• A. T. Still University/Arizona School of
  Dentistry Oral Health
• Increase enrollment of African-American Students
  working with NDA and Alabama
• The Jesuit Dental School Collaboration Creighton
• Creighton/Marquette/Gonzaga develop a pipeline
  for Native American students
• Bridge to Dentistry Texas A M/Baylor College
  of Dentistry
• Expand the pipeline by an additional 45 students
• Reaching Academic Milestones Virginia
  Commonwealth School of Dentistry
• Target college students who complete the
  sophomore year for a 4 week summer program

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RWJF Sustaining ProgressContracts with
Supporting Organizations

• ADEA Contract
• Create admissions workshops
• Accreditation diversity standard
• National Dental Association Contract
• Create a National Dental Mentorship Council

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RWJF Sustaining ProgressContracts with
Supporting Organizations

• ADEA Contract
• Train cadre of individuals to conduct Admissions
  Workshops
• Slide Dave Brunson

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RWJF Sustaining ProgressContracts with
Supporting Organizations

• ADEA Contract
• Convene Stakeholders to review/clarify CODA
  intent statement on Standard 2.2 regarding
  admissions policies and procedures on diversity
  to respond to a Kellogg Foundation Study which
  stated
• ..The intent statement for this standard
  appears to limit the interpretation (of the
  standard) to a more passive avoidance of
  discrimination rather than an affirmative effort
  to ensure a diverse student populationno
  program has been identified as noncompliant with
  this standard despite the fact that some programs
  with no URM students have been identified.
• Perez T, Hattis P, Barnett K. Health
  Professions Accreditation and Diversity A Review
  of Current Standards and Processes. Study
  Commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, May
  2007.

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RWJF Sustaining ProgressContracts with
Supporting Organizations

• CODA Standard 2.2
• Admissions policies and procedures must be
  designed to include recruitment and admission of
  a diverse student population.
• Intent Statement
• The dental education curriculum is a
  scientifically oriented program which is rigorous
  and intensive. Admissions criteria and
  procedures are necessary to ensure that the
  students that are selected have the potential for
  successfully completing the program. The
  administration and the faculty, in cooperation
  with appropriate institutional personnel, should
  establish admissions procedures that are non
  discriminatory and ensure the quality of the
  program.

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RWJF Sustaining ProgressContracts with
Supporting Organizations

• National Dental Association Contract
• Create a National Dental Mentorship Council
• Include the URM Minority Organizations
• Develop a strategic mentoring plan
• Pilot test the plan
• Builds on mentoring program of Phase I

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Collaboration Phase I Phase II

• Phase I Directors as consultants for Phase II
  programs
• (March ADEA meeting)
• Phase I Directors attend Annual Meetings
• (July 9-10, 2008 in Alexandria, Virginia)

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The Dental Pipeline Project Directors