Overview
The Department of Prosthodontics totally supports the Dental School's
concept of developing competent graduates. Accordingly, the goal of a
competency-based academic program is to provide students with learning
experiences that allow the integrated development of multiple components
of competence. In competency-based dental education, what students
learn is based on clearly described competency statements that outline
the essentials for successful, independent, and unsupervised performance
as an entry-level, general dental practitioner. To be certified for
entry into professional practice, dental students must demonstrate that
they comprehend, can perform, and integrate the essential skills,
knowledge, and values without assistance in realistic patient care
settings.
Though the Department of Prosthodontics is involved with all 17 Dental School competencies, it plays a significant role in contributing to and overseeing the development of dental students in the following areas:
- Competency 01: Graduates must be competent in patient assessment
and diagnosis.
- Competency 02: Graduates must be competent in comprehensive
treatment planning and assessment of treatment outcomes.
- Competency 08: Graduates must be competent in the restoration of
defective teeth to form, function and esthetics.
- Competency 09: Graduates must be competent in the management of patients requiring replacement of missing teeth to form, function and esthetics.
The Department of Prosthodontics plays a significant role in both pre-clinical and clinical training of dental students.
- Pre-clinical courses occur in the sophomore year and cover the
disciplines of fixed prosthodontics, complete denture prosthodontics,
removable partial denture prosthodontics, and implant dentistry.
- Clinical prosthodontic courses occur primarily in the junior year
and cover the disciplines of fixed prosthodontics, complete denture
prosthodontics, removable partial denture prosthodontics, and implant
dentistry.
- Prosthodontic faculty directly support the training offered to dental students in the senior year, where a general dentistry model of training is used.
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Curriculum
The predoctoral prosthodontic curriculum is an integral part of the Dental Schools predoctoral curriculum. The Dental School's curriculum for each year of dental school can be found on the following University of Texas Health Science Center website: http://dental.uthscsa.edu/eduprog/default.html.
Clinical prosthodontics is taught via a General Practice Group concept. A prosthodontist, a restorative dentist, and 2 general dentists serve as the primary faculty for each of 8 groups of junior and senior students. Juniors assigned to a General Practice Group remain on that Group, becoming its seniors the following year.
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Course Descriptions
The predoctoral prosthodontic course descriptions are located in the 2003-2005 Health Science Center at San Antonio Catalog. The catalog can be found on the following University of Texas Health Science Center website: http://studentservices.uthscsa.edu/publications/catalog.html.
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For additional information on predoctoral prosthodontic educational opportunities, please contact:
Dr. Richard Seals
Director of Predoctoral Education
Department of Prosthodontics - Mail Code (7912)
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
Telephone: 210-567-6400
Fax: 210-567-6376
Email: sealsr@uthscsa.edu
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