Key Features of this New Program
The Schools of Dental Medicine and Medicine of Case Western Reserve University announce an innovative program in health care to train a new cadre of health care leaders for the future.
The Schools of Dental Medicine and Medicine of Case Western Reserve University announce an innovative program in health care to train a new cadre of health care leaders for the future.- A joint program between the two professional schools
- Prospective students will need to meet the same level of entrance requirements that currently exist for each school individually
- The program length will be five years
- The home base for this program will be in the School of Dental Medicine
- The dual-degree program will carefully blend the requirements for the two programs to:
- Create efficiencies where common content exists
- Assure that students complete the remaining individual program requirements
- The Associate Dean for Education of the School of Dental Medicine and the Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs of the School of Medicine will have direct oversight of the program
- The program will contain careful oversight by both schools.
- Upon graduation, students will be qualified:
- For licensure for the practice of dentistry
- For postgraduate, year-one residencies in medicine that are required prior to licensure
- Graduates of this new program will be uniquely qualified for:
- Expanded general practice dentistry that includes selected aspects of primary care medicine
- Careers in academe
- Careers that meld oral health and general health concepts
- Further training in medicine
Innovative Dual Degree Program
This groundbreaking educational program will integrate the studies of dentistry and medicine, leading to the dual degrees of Doctor of Dental Medicine and Doctor of Medicine. This leader in health care will be uniquely qualified to serve in a new role as a dental provider whose skills encompass clinical dentistry and primary care medicine. This program and its graduates will redefine the role of the dental profession in health care delivery. The dental practice of the future, by these graduates, will serve the health of patients in the dental office outside the usual boundaries of the dental profession. These practitioners will extend the dentists’ commitment to health preservation and disease prevention beyond the oral needs of individuals to their general health needs.