The DDS Academic Dental Career Track prepares students for a successful career educating oral health professionals.
About the track
The Academic Dentistry Career Track prepares learners for a career in oral health education. Participants explore a career in academia, with learning sessions on pedagogy and how to navigate career paths. Learners have the opportunity to conduct research, participate in teaching assistantships or engage in community efforts.
Learning Objectives
- Cultivate effective teaching skills that enable students to effectively communicate concepts to students and other learners.
- Help students foster a passion for new teaching strategies, curriculum design and innovations in dental education.
- Understand the role of mentorship, collaboration, research and professional networking in academic life.
Track Features
- Nine learning modules
- Coaching and mentoring from dental faculty and educators
- Near-peer mentoring
- Opportunity to participate in student groups, internships and fellowships
- Research, teaching or community-based capstone
- Participation in Oral Health Educator Certificate Program
Modules & Course Content
- Pathways to academic careers
- Academic careers, clinical practice and research
- Tenure
- Administration
- Teaching for learning
- Generative AI in the classroom
- Teaching in active learning classrooms
- Discussions that engage
- Effective presentations
- Developing an assessment tool
Contact
Become a mentor
Researchers are needed to serve as mentors. Mentoring will consist of periodic emails and virtual meetings with your mentee, along with possible site visits. Group mentoring is an option. Mentor training and resources provided.