title: Transnational licensure: foreign dentists in America reclaim their profession through the Program for Advanced Standing Students (PASS).
abstract: The Program for Advanced Standing Students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine accepts highly qualified individuals who have earned a dental degree in a foreign country. They earn an American dental degree in two years, following a program that is nearly identical to the final years of the traditional DMD program. PASS students have been highly successful in their educational program and they contribute in diverse ways to the dental profession upon graduation.
authors.affiliation: International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, USA. lopeznb@pobox.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Naty
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berthold
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008005:Licensure, Dental; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012575:Schools, Dental; D014481:United States