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Mission Statement - Goals and Objectives - Competencies - PDF Version
(approved June 2001)
The primary mission of the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo is to educate oral health care professionals, biomedical scientists and educators; to discover medical and biological knowledge; and to deliver high quality, state-of-the-art oral health care. The School improves the oral and general health of the people of the State of New York through its teaching, research and service.
The School of Dental Medicine maintains its more than century-old tradition of educating general practitioners and dental specialists to provide the highest quality of patient-centered care to the communities they serve. This education is based on a dynamic curriculum employing the latest information technologies and emphasizing the interactions between basic biomedical sciences, clinical sciences and clinical practice. Further, the School of Dental Medicine continues to prepare individuals for leadership roles in the basic and oral health sciences and in dental education. The School serves health care professionals throughout the state and the Northeast by providing lifelong learning through continuing education programs.
As an integral component of the State University of New York's sole comprehensive research-intensive university, the School of Dental Medicine is a leader in innovative research and scholarship contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral disease. These discoveries are disseminated to both the professional community and the public through contributions to the scientific literature, through oral health promotion and disease prevention programs, and through technology transfer in partnership with industry thereby promoting economic development in Western New York.
The School of Dental Medicine as a primary, secondary, and tertiary care center provides high quality, oral health services in a patient-oriented environment. Through both its intramural clinics and its outreach programs, the School maintains a strong community presence as the region's major provider of oral health care services to underserved populations and to people with special oral health care needs.
In accomplishing its mission, the School of Dental Medicine will continue to be recognized as one of the nation's outstanding health professions schools.
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Mission Statement - Goals and Objectives - Competencies - PDF Version
(approved October, 2002)
MISSION I. Educate Oral Health Care Professionals, Biomedical Scientists and Educators
Goal I.1 Prepare qualified students to become general dentists
Objectives
a. Attract a diverse pool of highly qualified applicants for admission.
b. Reduce financial barriers to recruitment and retention.
c. Ensure students gain knowledge, skills and values to begin general practice.
d. Maintain academic performance standards and evaluation systems which assure competence of graduating students.
Goal I.2 Foster and implement a curriculum which is competency-based and strongly founded in the behavioral, biological, clinical and physical sciences and promotes their integration.
Objectives
a. Evaluate the curriculum and implement changes.
b. Integrate and expand problem-solving and critical thinking in curriculum.
c. Emphasize interaction between basic, biomedical, clinical sciences and practice.
Goal I.3 Ensure an environment and facilities which promotes teaching and learning.
Objectives
a. Provide a responsive educational environment characterized by open communication and positive interpersonal relationships.
b. Provide sufficient, qualified and effective faculty.
c. Provide opportunities for faculty to increase teaching effectiveness
d. Provide modern educational and patient care facilities and equipment.
Goal I.4 Ensure clinical education includes a broad, quality student experience providing comprehensive patient care improving oral health.
Objectives
a. Provide quantity and breadth of clinical experience.
b. Ensure quality of patient care and clinical competence with criteria based evaluations.
c. Provide patients with comprehensive care which is timely and supervised.
Goal I.5 Prepare clinically proficient specialists and biomedical scientists that are responsive to the needs of the community.
Objectives
a. Attract a diverse pool of highly qualified applicants for admission.
b. Reduce financial barriers to recruitment and retention.
c. Ensure students gain knowledge, skills and values.
d. Maintain academic performance standards and evaluation systems which assure competence of graduating students.
Goal I.6. Prepare individuals for serving in and developing leadership roles in the basic and oral health sciences and in dental education.
Objectives
a. Provide professional growth opportunities.
b. Train dental educators
c. Develop new opportunities for alumni activity
Goal I.7 Serve health care professionals and alumni by providing lifelong learning experiences and forums for interaction with the school
Objectives
a. Provide continuing education programs of high quality and responsive to needs of alumni and practitioners.
b. Develop school forums for alumni recognition and interaction.
MISSION II. Discover Medical and Biological Knowledge and Maintain Leadership in Innovative Research and Scholarship Contributing to Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral Disease.
Goal II.1. Provide opportunity for clinical and basic science research
Objectives
a. Increase student opportunities for research.
b. Maintain MS and PhD program support
c. Strengthen research capabilities and resources.
d. Provide faculty development in research.
Goal II.2. Contribute to the body of medical and biological knowledge
Objectives
a. Engage faculty to conduct research
b. Obtain external funding for research and service.
c. Continue faculty scholarly contributions.
Goal II.3. Establish relationships in the community to expedite the transfer and implementation of basic and applied research knowledge.
Objectives
a. Develop research collaborations with industry and external institutions.
b. Move new discoveries into commercialization.
c. Sponsor research meetings
Goal II.4. Integrate dental school research endeavors with other university departments or units.
Objectives
a. Obtain external fundingfor collaborativeprojects
b. Increase publications of collaborative research
MISSION III Deliver High Quality, State-of-the-Art, Patient-Centered Oral Health Care
Goal III.1. Function as a primary, secondary and tertiary oral health care center
Objectives
a. Maintain our position as a major primary dental provider
b. Expand our position as a provider of specialty care
c. Expand our position as a referral center/tertiary care provider
Goal III.2. Provide patient-centered oral health care services.
Objectives
a. Ensure our patient care environment is responsive to the public
b. Patients are provided with timely comprehensive care.
Goal III.3. Maintain a quality assurance program to ensure high quality care
Objectives
a. Assess school-wide indicators on a regular basis.
b. Assess departmental indicators on a regular basis.
MISSION IV. Improve Oral and General Health of People of the State of New York
Goal IV.1. Support community dental health programs for underserved populations
Objectives
a. Expand community outreach programs
b. Expand student experience in the community
Goal IV.2 Provide oral health care services to people with special needs
Objectives
a. Expand our service to patients with special needs
Goal IV.3. Advocate for resources to promote oral health in the state.
Objective
a. Encourage faculty to participate in organizations to affect change in health care policy
b. Participate as a school in organizations to affect change in health care
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Mission Statement - Goals and Objectives - Competencies - PDF Version
(approved June, 2002)
Biological Sciences
1. Graduates will be able to understand basic biological principles with emphasis on their application to the orofacial complex.
2. Graduates will be able to understand the biological and physical processes contributing to pathological conditions that impact patient care.
Behavioral Sciences
3. Graduates will be able to deliver oral health care to patients from a variety of backgrounds, stages of life and in various settings.
4. Graduates will be able to recognize and manage patient behavioral and psychological factors that affect oral health and implement strategies to facilitate the delivery of oral health care.
5. Graduates will be able to effectively communicate with both patients and other health care providers.
Practice Management
6. Graduates will be able to manage the business aspects of a dental practice and assess overall quality in order to facilitate the delivery of appropriate oral health care.
7. Graduates will be able to implement an effective infection control and environmental safety program that complies with regulatory standards.
8. Graduates will be able to evaluate different models of oral health care delivery.
9. Graduates will be able to coordinate and supervise allied dental health personnel in providing oral health care.
Ethics and Professionalism
10. Graduates will be able to exhibit professional integrity in their conduct and apply the principles of professional ethics, jurisprudence, and risk management to dental practice.
11. Graduates will be able to participate in improving community oral health.
Information Management and Critical Thinking
12. Graduates will be able to access and evaluate information as it relates to oral health care in a critical, scientific, and effective manner.
13. Graduates will be able to use information technology and information management systems for patient care, practice management, and professional development.
14. Graduates will be able to recognize the value and role of lifelong learning, self-assessment and critical thinking in maintaining competency.
15. Graduates will be able to maintain patient records.
Clinical Sciences
Patient Assessment
16. Graduates will be able to identify the chief complaint or reason for the patient's visit.
17. Graduates will be able to obtain a patient’s medical, psychosocial, behavioral and dental history and assess the implications for dental care.
18. Graduates will be able to obtain informed consent
19. Graduates will be able to perform an extraoral and intraoral examination including assessment of vital signs
20. Graduates will be able to select, obtain and interpret clinical, radiographic, and other diagnostic information and procedures
21. Graduates will be able to recognize signs, symptoms, and related risk factors that require consultation and/or referral to a physician or other professionals.
22. Graduates will be able to recognize the range of normal clinical findings and be able to distinguish abnormal deviations and risk factors that necessitate treatment or monitoring
Treatment and Prevention
23. Graduates will be able to diagnose and provide appropriate treatment or referral for oral diseases and conditions.
24. Graduates will be able to develop, present, and discuss individual, comprehensive, sequenced treatment plans and treatment alternatives that address all aspects of the patient’s condition including patient goals, values, and concerns.
25. Graduates will be able to anticipate, detect, and provide initial treatment including Basic Life Support and follow-up management for complications and medical emergencies that may occur during or as a result of dental treatment.
26. Graduates will be able to provide care that emphasizes health promotion and prevention of oral disease.
27. Graduates will be able to recognize and manage or appropriately refer patients with special needs or disabilities
28. Graduates will be able to manage patients with pulpal and periradicular disease of endodontic origin
29. Graduates will be able to manage patients with periodontal diseases and conditions.
30. Graduates will be able to perform uncomplicated oral and maxillofacial surgery or appropriately refer patients for complicated procedures
31. Graduates will be able to manage patients with uncomplicated functional disorders involving the occlusion and temporomandibular joints.
32. Graduates will be able to manage patients with malocclusion and perform minor tooth movement and space maintenance.
33. Graduates will be able to provide dental treatment using accepted materials and devices that restore form, function, and esthetics of defective and/or missing teeth.
34. Graduates will be able to manage patients with orofacial pain and discomfort as well as psychological distress.
35. Graduates will be able to select or administer or prescribe pharmacological agents in the treatment of dental patients.
36. Graduates will be able to monitor therapeutic outcomes and make alterations to patient treatment as appropriate.
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