Curriculum and clinical training in oral health for physicians and dentists: report of panel 2 of the Macy study.

A major study initiative, “New Models of Dental Education,” funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, convened three panels of distinguished experts to examine issues related to the dental curriculum. This report is from Panel 2, held December 3–4, 2006, on the subject of curriculum and clinical training in oral health for physicians and dentists. Staffing the panel were Allan J. Formicola (The Macy Study), Richard W. Valachovic (American Dental Education Association), and Jacqueline E. Chmar (American Dental Education Association). There were twelve panelists: • Wendy Mouradian, M.D., M.S., Director, Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE), University of Washington School of Dentistry (co-chair) • Charles N. Bertolami, D.D.S., D.Med.Sc., Dean, University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry (Dean, New York University College of Dentistry, beginning September 2007) (co-chair) • Lisa Tedesco, Ph.D., Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs–Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School, Emory University (moderator) • Carol Aschenbrener, M.D., Executive Vice President, Association of American Medical Colleges • Sonia J. Crandall, Ph.D., M.S., Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine • Ronald M. Epstein, M.D., Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry • Marcio da Fonseca, D.D.S., M.S., Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Nationwide Children’s Hospital • N. Karl Haden, Ph.D., President, Academy for Academic Leadership • Alexis Ruffin, Deputy Director, Institute for Improving Medical Education, Association of American Medical Colleges • James J. Sciubba, D.M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine • Susan Silverton, M.D., Ph.D., B.Sc., Academic Vice-President and Professor, Laurentian University • Ronald P. Strauss, D.M.D., Ph.D., M.S., Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry