title: Pipeline, profession, and practice program: evaluating change in dental education.
abstract: This article describes the conceptual and analytical framework that will be used to assess the effectiveness of the Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education Program. The evaluation will use a mixed method qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and triangulation. Baseline measures are reported using data from the 2003 ADEA survey of dental school seniors. Baseline measures show the dental schools are confronting a major recruitment challenge that will require short and long pipeline efforts to attract and retain underrepresented and low-income (URM/LI) persons. Gaps were found between the perceptions of URM and non-URM students in the adequacy of the curricula. The majority of all seniors described the current extramural clinical rotations as positive experiences, but URMs were more likely to report the experience improved their ability to care for diverse groups.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, CHS 31-293, 650 C.E. Young Drive South, Room 31-269CHS, Campus Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Pamela L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Atchison
authors.forename: Edmond
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hewlett
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Freed
authors.forename: Judith-Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Amardeep
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thind
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Terry T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Nakazono
authors.forename: Daisy C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Carreon
mesh_terms: D003149:Community Dentistry / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005582:Foundations; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education; D017145:Models, Educational; D012016:Reference Values; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States