Improving Diversity of Dental Students Through the Boston University Master's of Oral Health Sciences Postbaccalaureate Program

被引：10

作者：

Davies, Theresa A. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Kaye, Elizabeth ^{[4
]}

Stahlberger, Michele ^{[5
]}

Abbas, Majed ^{[6
]}

Sarkis, Catherine ^{[4
,7
]}

Reed, Linda ^{[7
]}

Dunham, Larry ^{[8
,9
]}

Schreiber, Barbara M. ^{[10
,11
]}

Leone, Cataldo ^{[12
,13
,14
]}

Mascarenhas, Ana Karina ^{[15
]}

机构：

[1] Boston Univ, Sch Med, MS Oral Hlth Sci Program, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[2] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Grad Affairs, Grad Med Sci, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[3] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Med Sci & Educ, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[4] Boston Univ, Henry M Goldman Sch Dent Med, Dept Hlth Policy & Hlth Serv Res, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[5] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Masters Biomed Forens Sci Program, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[6] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Masters Med Sci Program, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[7] Boston Univ, Henry M Goldman Sch Dent Med, Admiss, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[8] Boston Univ, Henry M Goldman Sch Dent Med, Divers & Multicultural Affairs, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[9] Boston Univ, Henry M Goldman Sch Dent Med, Dept Gen Dent, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[10] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Grad Studies, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[11] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Biochem, Boston, MA 02118 USA

[12] Boston Univ, Henry M Goldman Sch Dent Med, Acad Affairs, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[13] Boston Univ, Henry M Goldman Sch Dent Med, Dept Periodontol, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[14] Boston Univ, Henry M Goldman Sch Dent Med, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[15] Nova Southeastern Coll Dent Med, Res, Ft Lauderdale, FL USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION | 2019年 / 83卷 / 03期

关键词：

dental education; dental students; dental school admissions; academic performance; predental education; underrepresented minority students; minority recruitment; mentoring; postbaccalaureate program; predental master's program; UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY; PIPELINE PROGRAMS; GOLDMAN SCHOOL; RECRUITMENT; BENEFITS;

D O I：

10.21815/JDE.019.024

中图分类号：

R78 [口腔科学];

学科分类号：

1003 ;

摘要：

Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine, introduced the Oral Health Sciences (OHS) pipeline program in 2005 to enhance the academic preparedness of students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups for dental school admission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the OHS program's success in preparing URM students for dental school, as measured by acceptance to dental school and performance in the first and second years. Data on 2005-15 program enrollees were collected from admissions records, the registrar, and the Office of Institutional Research on students' race/ethnicity, undergraduate and OHS grade point average (GPA), and Dental Admission Test (DAT) scores. Acceptance to dental school and performance at GSDM for non-URM OHS graduates, URM OHS graduates, and non-OHS dental students were compared. A total of 55 URM students completed the OHS program during this period, with 49 successfully matriculating to a dental school in the U.S. and 33 attending GSDM. Average OHS GPA was higher for those URM students accepted to dental school than for those who did not gain admission (3.36 +/- 0.30 vs. 2.94 +/- 0.19). Evaluation of the academic performance of URM OHS students in the first year (p=0.13) and second year (p=0.88) at GSDM showed that these students performed as well as the non-OHS and non-URM OHS students. These results demonstrate that the OHS master's program serves as a successful credential-enhancing program for dental school applicants, while also serving as a pipeline to increase the number of qualified applicants from URM groups.

引用

页码：287 / 295

页数：9

共 34 条

[1]

Alexander CJ, 2010, J DENT EDUC, V74, pS110

[2]

Alhumaid JA., 2011, THESIS

[3]

American Dental Education Association, APPL ENR GRAD 2000 1

[4]

American Dental Education Association, GRAD POINT AV DENT S

[5]

American Dental Education Association, ENR URM NON STAT US

[6]

Andersen RM, 2009, J DENT ED S, V73, pS81

[7]

Andersen RM, 2009, J DENT EDUC, V73, pS319

[8]

Andersen RM, 2009, J DENT EDUC, V73, pS70

[9]

[Anonymous], 2004, MISSING PERSONS MINO

[10]

Brunson WD, 2010, J DENT EDUC, V74, pS74

← 1 2 3 4 →