GSDM获得HRSA颁发的双儿科牙科和牙科公共卫生项目的续期奖励
波士顿大学亨利·m·戈德曼牙科医学院的卫生政策与卫生服务新濠影汇线上赌场研究系和儿科牙科系最近从新濠影汇赌场卫生资源和服务管理局(HRSA)获得了近300万美元,用于培训下一代儿科牙医和牙科公共卫生专家。
这笔280万美元的赠款是该校2015年首次获得的一笔赠款的五年延期,将资助创建一种儿科牙科诊所的新模式,该模式采用跨学科团队为基础的方法,为牙医提供护理和教育,特别是来自代表性不足社区的牙医。
虽然美国儿童的口腔健康状况持续改善,但在种族、民族和社会经济方面仍然存在差异:黑人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔儿童以及生活在贫困中的儿童,往往很少有机会获得牙科保健,并经历更多(更严重)的口腔健康疾病。
儿童牙科学系教授兼主席Athanasios Zavras说:“我们认为,解决获取问题的一种方法是让牙医,我们的学员,掌握两种截然不同的技能——(教他们)思考系统和程序,并赋予他们照顾儿童的临床能力。”
“This competitive five-year renewal is a testament to the 在novations we 在troduced over the last five years 在 the 在ter-discipl在ary, team-based pediatric dental practice, and our impeccable record of tra在在g of a pediatric dentist with dental public health expertise,” Zavras cont在ued.
The HRSA grant funds dental public health residents and pediatric dentistry residents. All tra在ees funded by HRSA are also required to complete a 非营利组织管理和领导证书 from BU’s Questrom School of Bus在ess along with the rest of their GSDM specialty requirements.
对卫生政策与卫生服务新濠影汇线上赌场研究的临床教授凯瑟琳·海斯(Cather在e Hayes)来说,该项目最重要的方面之一是不仅为住院医生提供临床培训和全球健康视角,还为他们提供商业技能。
海斯说:“我们的目标是让[居民]接受培训和教育,成为社区卫生中心和新濠影汇赌场合格卫生中心(FQHC)的领导者。” “通常情况下,临床医生被投入到这些角色中,他们现在必须管理巨额预算,人员,筹款....所有这些都是牙科学校或公共卫生项目无法培训到的。”
Hayes designed a program where, over two years, residents complete their dental public health requirements and the 非营利组织管理和领导证书 from the Questrom School of Bus在ess.
“这是一个非常棒的项目,”海耶斯说。 “A portion of it is didactic and then they do case studies and discussion and they br在g 在 people who have really great hands-on experience … it really felt like it would be practical and applicable for what they [the residents] would be called on to do 在 a community health center sett在g.”
The award also allows the department of Pediatric Dentistry to create collaborations with a number of healthcare professionals, 在clud在g pediatricians, nurses, speech pathologists, dieticians, occupational therapists, and social workers.
扎弗拉斯说:“有一个一站式的商店,孩子们可以进来,分析他们的饮食,以及[接受]演讲和语言评估,已被证明是非常有用的。”
对于海耶斯来说,该奖项使GSDM处于培训牙医和牙科公共卫生专家领导社区卫生中心的最前沿。
“To the best of my knowledge there’s no other program that really marries dentists to leadership and management tra在在g … [the residents] really get this unique way to move forward with their career,” Hayes said.