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Mission Statement
The mission of the Division
of Community Dentistry (DCD) of the Department of Preventive and Community
Dentistry is to:
- Engage students in
progress toward achieving competence in dental public health skills
- Lead IUSD faculty,
students, and staff toward fulfilling IUSD's responsibility to
communities in Indiana
- Provide information for
students and faculty on the function of public and private agencies
related to health
- Provide experiential
education, linked with community service and course objectives, which
cannot be provided in a traditional classroom or clinical setting
- Enable student service,
reflection and action in the community, among diverse population
groups
- Promote
interdisciplinary community based research
- Be recognized by the
community and professionals as essential for the improvement and
maintenance of oral and general health
Vision Statement
Improving community oral
health leadership through:
- Vision
- Collaboration
- Action
- Perseverance
Assumptions
- DCD community based
efforts need to be strongly linked to IUSD educational, research, and
service missions
- IUSD must be responsive
to the needs of taxpayers and constituencies who financially support
IUSD
- Community based
experiential learning encourages social responsibility and involvement
in the political process
- In addition to knowledge
of health science, students should be familiar with the legislative
processes for promoting health through public policy
Objectives
- Develop public health
competencies in undergraduate and graduate students
- Promote the development
of service-learning as an experiential learning methodology
- Develop IUSD's capacity
to interact with the community for the purpose of reducing disparities
in access to oral health care and improving oral and general health
for all
- Promote
interdisciplinary service, learning and research which involves
dentistry, other health professions and diverse academic disciplines,
including the Indiana University School of Medicine Master of Public
Health (MPH) Program, which have impact on health policy and community
development
- Enhance visibility of
IUSD's community service and learning\
- Secure funding for the
Division of Community Dentistry and for community based programs
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