Professional Advancement Courses
One of the clinician’s biggest challenges is keeping up with the advances of the different disciplines in health sciences. In order to provide an educational alternative that offers training in specific subjects and develop particular skills, we offer the modality of Professional Advancement Courses, also known as Limited Status courses.
We offer 1-unit and 2-units courses, and students have access to recorded material and live sessions.
Each week, there is an interactive recorded lecture with embedded activities as well as a discussion session with faculty and peers.
Note: Financial aid is not available for Professional Advancement Courses. Details and registration below.
Spring Trimester
| GDEN 712a | ½ unit | Instructor: Dr. Reyes Enciso | Capstone Research Project for GDEN Students This is a four trimester course where residents conduct and write up a report on their selected topic (usually a systematic review) and defend it in front of the faculty review committee. |
| GDEN 712c | ½ unit | Instructor: Dr. Roseann Mulligan | Capstone Research Project for GDEN Students This is a four trimester course where residents conduct and write up a report on their selected topic (usually a systematic review) and defend it in front of the faculty review committee. |
| GDEN 715 | 2 units | Instructor: Dr. Roseann Mulligan | Geriatric Dentistry Issues Each session of the course will involve the study of a particular topic in Geriatric Dentistry, including prevention, diagnosis, dental restorative materials and treatment, as well as practice management and dental care delivery models. |
| GDEN 725 | 2 units | Instructor: Dr. Roseann Mulligan | Epidemiology, Nutrition and Aging for Dental Residents Lectures on the epidemiology of oral diseases and nutritional topics as related to the aging patient. Highlighted areas will include the epidemiology of oral disease in the elderly; the most common systemic diseases and the changes in disease presentations seen with aging; and various aspects of nutrition in the aging population, including its effects upon healing and maintaining the health of the oral tissues as aging occurs. |
| GDEN 730 | ½ unit | Instructor: Dr. Roseann Mulligan | OFPM Case Portfolio Preparation for Dental Residents This is a case portfolio presentation course where students must: (A) participate in weekly online (web-based) conference presentations and discussions of de-identified patient cases on orofacial pain and Oral medicine that have been posted for discussion and analysis; (B) oral and written presentation of assigned weekly cases; (C) based on these weekly discussions the students will be given a set of case-driven learning need assignments that they must deliver within two to three weeks after the assignment at the appropriate scheduled weekly follow-up case conference. |
| GDEN 731 | ½ unit | Instructor: Dr. Roseann Mulligan | Case Portfolio Preparation for GDEN Students This is a case portfolio presentation course where students must: (A) participate in weekly online (web-based) conference presentations and discussions of de-identified patient cases on geriatric dentistry issues that have been posted for discussion and analysis; (B) oral and written presentation of assigned weekly cases; (C) based on these weekly discussions the students will be given a set of case-driven learning need assignments that they must deliver within two to three weeks after the assignment at the appropriate scheduled weekly follow-up case conference. |
| OFPM 702a | 1 units | Instructor: Dr. Anette Vistoso | Soft Tissue Disease Seminars on the various mucosal, cutaneous, gingival and salivary diseases and lesions in the oral and maxillofacial region. |
| OFPM 705 | 2 units | Instructor: Dr. Glenn T. Clark | Neurogenic Based Oral and Facial Pains for Dental Residents Lectures on the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures appropriate for chronic neurogenic-based pain disorders that occur in the orofacial region. |
| OPR 701 | 1 Unit | Instructor: Dr. Elham Radan | Bone Pathology and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Lectures and seminars on the role of conventional dental imaging in the diagnosis of head and neck pathology along with the basics of various medical radiographic modalities such as MRI, PET-Scan, and CT. |
Summer Trimester
| OFPM 702a | 1 unit | Instructor: Dr. Anette Vistoso | Soft Tissue Disease for Dental Residents This two trimester course involves lectures on mucosal, cutaneous, gingival, salivary diseases and local anesthesia methods and minor surgical procedures in the oral and maxillofacial region. |
| OFPM 704 | 1 unit | Instructor: Dr. Reyes Enciso | Bony Pathology, Radiology and Advanced Imaging for Dental Residents Lectures on the osseous and odontogenic pathologies in the oral and maxillofacial region, plus information about the various imaging methods used to examine this anatomic region. |
| GDEN 712d | 0.5 units | Instructor: Dr. Roseann Mulligan | Capstone Research Project for GDEN Students This is a four trimester course where residents conduct and write up a report on their selected topic (usually a systematic review) and defend it in front of the faculty review committee. |
| GDEN 713 | 2 units | Instructor: Dr. Roseann Mulligan | Common Systemic Conditions in Older Patients This series of lectures will educate the resident about the aging patient. Highlighted areas will include dementia, Parkinson’s disease, common cancers, renal and bladder issues, sexually transmitted diseases, elder abuse issues, post-menopausal issues (including osteoporosis, andropausal issues and BPH), and hearing and vision disorders in aging patients. |
Fall Trimester
| XXXX 721 | 2 units | Neuroscience for Dental Residents Lectures and seminars on the neurophysiologic and neuroanatomic bases of chronic orofacial pain disorders. |
| XXXX 724 | 2 units | Psychological and Psychometric Assessment for Dental Residents Lectures and seminars on topics relating to bio behavioral diagnosis and psychological management of patients with chronic illness in the orofacial region. |
| XXXX 725 | 2 units | Epidemiology, Nutrition and Aging for Dental Residents Lecture and seminars on the epidemiology of oral disease and nutritional topics as related to the aging patient. |
| XXXX 726 | 2 units | Immunology and Immunosuppression for Dental Residents Lectures and seminars on immunology and immunosuppression for oral and maxillofacial diseases. |
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