DPOH Education 

Graduates 2022 Safety Net Program
ADVANCING POPULATION ORAL HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATION

The college offers continuing education and collaborates with state health agencies, providers, industry leaders, community-based coalitions and advocacy groups, philanthropic and federal providers to advance oral health equity in the Carolinas.

  • Carolina School Based Care :  provide technical assistance and analytical support services to prospective grantees of The Duke Endowment on the sustainability of school-based programs  oral health programs in North and South Carolina.

  • SNDCP :  The SNDCP (Safety Net Dental Certificate Program) is a student-informed learning priority that we developed to elevate dental leadership in the area of safetynet dental practice education and research.  We foresee this 18-credit hour course program to improve efficacy in integrated care skills to address unmet dental and oral-related medical conditions for rural, safety net communities. The certificate program includes a mentorship component through the Safety Net Dental Research Club. Funder/Funding Dates: HRSA/Bureau of Health Professions - Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene program; 2015-2020.

  • ROADTRIP : The purpose of our project, Rural Oral Health Advancement and Delivery through Interprofessionalism (ROADTRIP) training program (D85HP28493), is to transform interprofessional education at the Medical University of South Carolina so that more dental and primary care graduates have the prerequisite clinical and interprofessional competencies, business acumen, and willingness for rural safety net oral health practice. 

Program Goals

Goal 1: Facilitate a quality improvement culture for oral health interprofessionalism at MUSC

Goal 2: Improve access to care through safety net dental practice certificate program at the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine

Goal 3:  Improve access for safety net populations through oral health interprofessional training portfolio in the primary care programs.

Goal 4: Establish a cadre of experiential learning opportunities that codify oral health interprofessional and safety net oral health competencies as well as intention for safety net practice.  Funder/Funding Dates: HRSA/Bureau of Health Professions - Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene program; 2015-2020.