title: Increasing dental student diversity through the UNLV Dental Prospects Program.
abstract: Adequately providing for the health care of the growing minority population in the United States requires increased racial and ethnic diversity of the health care workforce. Long-term diversity in the dental profession depends on a more diverse student population in dental schools. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine's (UNLV SDM) Dental Prospects Club is a predental education program that has increased the number of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students in the school by concentrating on outreach, recruitment, and retention initiatives. The approaches used by the club members and faculty advisors to increase the number of underrepresented minority students recruited to and enrolled in the UNLV SDM are discussed in this report. Also described are the strategies, methods, internal infrastructure, and organizational support used to increase the number of underrepresented minority students at the school.
authors: School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 1001 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA. millie.mcclain@unlv.edu
authors: Mildred A
authors: MA
authors: McClain
authors: Francis R
authors: FR
authors: Jones
authors: Clifford R
authors: CR
authors: McClain
authors: Francis M
authors: FM
authors: Curd
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001213:Asian; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003376:Counseling; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D003726:Dental Assistants / Q000193:education; D003764:Dental Materials; D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000193:education; D004515:Education, Predental; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008611:Mentors; D008913:Minority Groups; D009048:Motor Skills; D009505:Nevada; D010379:Peer Group; D016730:Program Development; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment; D013335:Students, Dental; D058013:Test Taking Skills; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials
keywords: access to care; admissions; dental students; diversity; embedded cognition; oral health disparities; pipeline; underrepresented minority; whole-file review