The College of Dentistry plans to increase and emphasize the knowledge and clinical skills appropriate to the care of the aging in the curriculum of the predoctoral dental student. The program will provide increased lectures, clinical conferences, patient care demonstrations and clinical treatment experience. The instruction will be provided in the college clinics and in an Outreach Program in nursing homes and extended care facilities for third and fourth year students. The lecture program will be a required course for the approximately 200 students enrolled each year; the clinical conference, clinical demonstrations and treatment programs will be provided to 88 students annually on an elective basis. In addition, a group of six to eight post-doctoral trainees will be selected for career development and financial support on a fellowship program under the principal investigators, Dr. Silverman, to pursue a joint dental specialty and geriatric competency training program. Trainees and the coprincipal investigators will integrate and prepare the knowledge for inclusion into the general college curriculum. The program will develop a competency based curriculum and relevant evaluation program. The curriculum content, teaching materials and methodology will be published and it is anticipated in consort with other awardees a model curriculum in geriatric dentistry will be formulated. In addition, the program will be organized for presentation in a continuing education program for practitioners.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Academic/Teacher Award (ATA) (K07)
Project #
5K07AG000115-05
Application #
3076506
Study Section
Aging Review Committee (AGE)
Project Start
1981-01-01
Project End
1986-08-31
Budget Start
1985-01-01
Budget End
1986-08-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1985
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
New York University
Department
Type
Schools of Dentistry/Oral Hygn
DUNS #
004514360
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10012
Prensky, H D; Shapiro, G I; Silverman, S I (1986) Dental diagnosis and treatment for musicians. Spec Care Dentist 6:198-202