title: Introducing a senior course on catastrophe preparedness into the dental school curriculum.
abstract: This article describes an integrated fourth-year course in catastrophe preparedness for students at the New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD). The curriculum is built around the competencies proposed in "Predoctoral Dental School Curriculum for Catastrophe Preparedness," published in the August 2004 Journal of Dental Education. We highlight our experience developing the program and offer suggestions to other dental schools considering adding bioterrorism studies to their curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cariology and Operative Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA. dlg2@nyu.edu
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Glotzer
authors.forename: Frederick G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: More
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Phelan
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boylan
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Psoter
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: E Dianne
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Rekow
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Godder
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Alfano
mesh_terms: D023482:Bioterrorism; D003479:Curriculum; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D012575:Schools, Dental