{"id":110360,"date":"2016-03-15T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=110360"},"modified":"2016-03-18T09:55:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:55:57","slug":"reaccreditation-received-by-school-of-dental-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/03\/reaccreditation-received-by-school-of-dental-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaccreditation Received by School of Dental Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

UConn School of Dental Medicine<\/a> has received national reaccreditation by the American Dental Association\u2019s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).<\/p>\n

The Commission oversees the 65 accredited dental schools and a total of 1,450 dental programs nationwide, ensuring that they meet the highest professional and ethical standards. Every seven years, it performs a comprehensive review of each dental school or program to evaluate and assess its quality.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur reaccreditation sets our School of Dental Medicine\u2019s future course for the next seven years,\u201d says Dr. Monty MacNeil<\/a>, dean of UConn School of Dental Medicine. \u201cWe are proud to report that we received no recommendations [for improvement] from the Commission. In fact, we have received an all-positive review by the Commission for the past four reaccreditation cycles \u2013 that spans a 28-year period. This is a remarkable, unprecedented result, and I applaud the dedication and teamwork of our great faculty, staff, and students who together have contributed so much to this outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

This past October, the Commission\u2019s team of 18 surveyors visited the School for three days for an in-depth onsite review. They reviewed all aspects of the School; conducted extensive interviews with leadership, members of the administration, faculty, staff, students, and residents; toured the educational, research, and clinical facilities; and observed patient care sessions.<\/p>\n

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The UConn School of Dental Medicine received no recommendations, the best outcome that can be achieved by a dental school. — Dr. Steven Lepowsky<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Prior to the onsite review and beginning in 2012, the School completed a self-analysis and self-study report detailing its resources, curriculum, policies, and operational standards. The self-study was led by Dr. Steven Lepowsky<\/a>, the School\u2019s senior associate dean for education and patient care, and Dr. Jacqueline Duncan<\/a>, director of predoctoral prosthodontics, who was chair of the self-study group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UConn School of Dental Medicine received no recommendations, the best outcome that can be achieved by a dental school,\u201d said Lepowsky. \u201cThis demonstrates that the school meets or exceeds all the standards set forth by CODA. This is a remarkable achievement for a dental education program \u2013 even more so for a school with a large number of advanced education programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

CODA granted accreditation status of \u201capproval without reporting requirements\u201d to the School\u2019s programs in dental education, advanced education in general dentistry, advanced specialty education programs in endodontics, oral and maxillofacial radiology, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics.<\/p>\n

In December 2016, the School\u2019s program in oral and maxillofacial surgery will have a CODA site visit as part of a separate five-year accreditation cycle.<\/p>\n

UConn School of Dental Medicine, part of UConn Health, is Connecticut\u2019s only school of dentistry and the only public dental school in New England. It is a leader in dental education, dental medicine, research, and community outreach.<\/p>\n

The School offers a full-range of clinical dental services, and last year provided care for nearly 75,000 dental patients. Nearly 70 percent of visits to its dental clinics are by underserved patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the coming seven years, we will sustain our excellence through offering even better patient care, facilitated in part through renovated, expanded facilities,\u201d says MacNeil. \u201cWe are planning to grow both our clinical care footprint and also our dental school\u2019s research enterprise. For example, we will be collaborating to create a new cross-campus, three-school Department of Biomedical Engineering with faculty from UConn\u2019s schools of medicine, dental medicine, and engineering. Initiatives like these will bring new opportunities for our school to lead and excel in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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