{"id":78,"date":"2023-01-12T21:12:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.dental.uw.edu\/dchi\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2023-01-12T21:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:32:21","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.dental.uw.edu\/dchi\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Teaching Philosophy<\/h2>\n<p>My teaching philosophy in based on three central principles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enthusiasm. I have a passion for science. I love teaching public health because it is a discipline that touches all of our lives. My goal is to convey why public health is significant and how public health principles are relevant to dental practice.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence. My teachings are evidence-based and reflect the importance of objectively assessing studies from the scientific literature. I use examples from everyday life to illustrate scientific principles.My goal is to demonstrate the role evidence can have in helping us make sound decisions in public health and clinical dentistry.<\/li>\n<li>Empowerment. I am an advocate for scientific literacy as a means to empowerment. I encourage students to think broadly about the clinical, policy, and public health relevance of course assignments. My goal is to empower students to become life-long learners, which I expect will help them to make decisions that optimize patient and population health outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/dchi\/private\/dphs510.html\">Dental Public Health Sciences (DPHS) 510, Autumn Quarter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DPHS 510 is a required public health course part of the UW School of Dentistry core curriculum. It is taken by all first-year dental students in the first quarter of dental school. DPHS 510 is a problem-based learning (PBL) course consisting of traditional lectures and small groups. The lectures introduce students to core principles in dental public health sciences and provide an evidence-based framework for understanding and solving public health problems in dentistry. Each small group is given a video case demonstrating how oral health disparities manifest within a vulnerable population (e.g., Medicaid-enrolled children, migrant farm worker families, seniors). Students work with faculty facilitators in small groups to study the case and to generate an evidence-based solution. At the end of the quarter, each small group presents their solution to the rest of the class. I have been Course Director for five years (2010 to 2014).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.dental.uw.edu\/dchi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/01\/dphs510.pdf\">DPHS 510 Syllabus<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pediatric Dentistry (PD) 667, Spring Quarter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PD 667 is a mandatory part of the pediatric dentistry resident curriculum and is taken by 13 pediatric dentistry residents. PD 667 is a seminar-based course. The course provides pediatric dentistry residents with an advocacy-focused framework for identifying and addressing public health problems in pediatric dentistry. 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