UCLA Dental Specialty and Ph.D. Program

项目摘要 这个职业发展K12应用程序是建立牙科专业和博士学位的新建议 DSPP（DSPP）是UCLA School of Dentistry的缩写。加州大学洛杉矶分校DSPP的主要目标是产生一个 一个小型但高效的未来牙医科学家学者小组，能够应对重大挑战 在未来几十年里，我们的职业面临的挑战。我们设想这样的牙医科学家学者将[1]领导 科学研究解决了我们以病人为导向的牙齿和颅面挑战;[2]激励年轻人 牙医追求学术和科学事业;和[3]发展一个临界质量的牙医科学家， 不同的背景，谁将确保牙科仍然是一个学术专业沉浸在科学卓越。 加州大学洛杉矶分校牙科学院已经建立了优秀的研究生牙科培训计划， 包括7个研究生医学教育（GME）支持牙科专业住院医师计划。订正 申请，我们建议连续三年的全职监督研究培训由K12支持 随后是选定的牙科专业的高级临床培训，包括集中的病人护理 由GME支持。我们的DSPP计划提出了博士研究和专业之间的广泛整合 通过创造性的编程进行培训。K12研究培训包括博士研究和患者培训， 分别由研究导师和专业导师指导的临床专业导向研究项目。一 关键真实性任务是结合科研和专业临床训练设计的。 PD/PI，专业导师和研究导师将形成一个有凝聚力的联盟，以支持研究 每个DSPP学者的培训和个人/专业发展。专业导师-研究 导师联盟与DSPP学者将创建一个新的网络，以影响以患者为导向的研究 协作将积极招募具有代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）背景的DSPP学者。 加州大学洛杉矶分校牙科学院和德克萨斯A & M大学牙科学院将提供URM候选人库。 UCLA DSPP将组织以证据为基础的有效教学法，为所有DSPP学者提供公平的 和包容性的学习经验。 最后，学者们将进入由加州大学洛杉矶分校牙科学院支持的过渡年， 为博士后研究和独立研究生涯做准备。UCLA DSPP旨在实现我们的长期目标- 长期目标，以增加牙科学校教师的临界质量，谁有助于临床和科学 卓越;发展教师的多样性;并建立涉及临床科学家的合作网络 适合解决牙科当前和未来面临的以患者为导向的挑战。

PROJECT SUMMARY This career development K12 application is a new proposal to establish a Dental Specialty and PhD program (DSPP) at the UCLA School of Dentistry. The primary objective of the UCLA DSPP is to generate a small but highly effective group of future dentist-scientist scholars capable of addressing the grand challenges facing our profession in the next several decades. We envision that such dentist-scientist scholars will [1] lead the scientific research addressing our patient-oriented dental and craniofacial challenges; [2] inspire young dentists to pursue academic and scientific careers; and [3] develop a critical mass of dentist-scientists with diverse backgrounds, who will assure dentistry remains a learned profession steeped in scientific excellence. UCLA School of Dentistry has established outstanding postgraduate dental training programs that include 7 Graduate Medical Education (GME)-supported dental specialty residency programs. In the revised application, we propose three consecutive years of full time supervised research training supported by K12 followed by advanced clinical training in a selected dental specialty including concentrated patient care supported by GME. Our DSPP program proposes extensive integrations between PhD research and Specialty trainings through creative programing. The K12 research training includes both PhD research and patient and clinical specialty oriented research projects mentored by research mentor and specialty mentor, respectively. A critical authentic task is designed integrating research and specialty clinical training. The PD/PI, Specialty Mentor and Research Mentor will form a cohesive alliance to support research training and personal/professional development of each DSPP Scholar. The Specialty mentor-Research mentor alliance with DSPP Scholar will create a new network to impact the patient-oriented research collaboration. DSPP Scholars with underrepresented minority (URM) backgrounds will be actively recruited. UCLA School of Dentistry and Texas A&M University College of Dentistry will provide the URM candidate pool. UCLA DSPP will organize the evidence-based effective pedagogy providing all DSPP Scholars an equitable and inclusive learning experience. Finally, Scholars will enter the transition year supported by UCLA School of Dentistry to conduct postdoctoral research and to prepare independent research career. UCLA DSPP aims to achieve our long- term goals to increase the critical mass of dental school faculty, who contribute to both clinical and scientific excellence; to develop faculty diversity; and to construct collaborative networks involving clinician-scientists suitable for addressing patient-oriented challenges facing the current and future of dentistry.