COHC will be a yearlong clinical course during which dental students will apply the knowledge, values, and skills learned in the first-year curriculum to the tasks of patient care. During patient care at the LCSDM on campus clinics, dental student-pairs will progressively build their skills to deliver urgent and routine comprehensive dental care for patients efficiently and compassionately, working under the direct supervision of LCSDM clinical faculty. Student-pairs will be assessed daily utilizing standardized formative assessments addressing five educational domains: 1) Critical Thinking and Application of Basic and Behavioral Science Knowledge, 2) Professionalism, 3) Communication and Interpersonal Skills, 4) Practice Management and Administration, and 5) Patient Care. As described in Standard 2-5 (Table 2-5.1), each of the five domains is composed of 3 to 14 subdomains, which will be assessed. Clinical progress assessment and associated counseling to identify and address areas in need of improvement will occur monthly. Successful completion of COHC will be required to progress to the D3 year.
DEN 801: Clinical Oral Health Care
Class Program