title: Evaluating the impact of the ADEA Admissions Committee Workshops.
abstract: Drawing on the interconnection of workforce diversity and oral health access, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is leading a novel approach to improve student body diversity in U.S. dental schools through an admissions committee development program. With funding provided by the Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ten dental directors/deans of admissions from a cross-section of U.S. dental schools were selected through a competitive application process to participate in a Train-the-Trainers Admissions Committee Workshop. After completing intensive training that was built on legally sound admissions practices, these new trainers copresented ADEA Admissions Committee Workshops in two-member teams at six U.S. dental schools. This report summarizes the evaluation of both the train-the-trainers workshop and six workshops held in summer 2009. Also summarized are post-workshop outcomes relative to structural diversity at the participating schools.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, USA.
authors.forename: Shelia S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: W David
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Brunson
authors.forename: Jeanne C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sinkford
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Valachovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012575:Schools, Dental; D012953:Societies, Dental; D014481:United States