title: Competencies for the new postdoctoral Oral Medicine graduate in the United States.
abstract: Oral Medicine is primarily a nonsurgical dental discipline that includes management of (1) oral mucosal and salivary gland diseases; (2) temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain; (3) oral complications of systemic disease; and (4) dental management of medically complex patients within its scope of practice. In the United States, the American Academy of Oral Medicine (AAOM) is the professional organization that primarily supports Oral Medicine education, research, and patient care. This document informs the knowledge, skills, and behaviors of beginning Oral Medicine graduates in the United States in three domains: Diagnosis and primarily nonsurgical management of oral mucosal and salivary gland disorders. Diagnosis and primarily nonsurgical management of temporomandibular, orofacial pain, and neurosensory disorders. Management of the medically complex patient. Each domain is subsequently expanded with major competencies and supporting competencies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: Eli.whitney@dentistry.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Eli M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Whitney
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stoopler
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.affiliation: Chairman, Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, Georgia Regents University, St. Augusta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Scott S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: DeRossi
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Treister
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D019242:Oral Medicine / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States