The National Dental Pipeline Learning Institute

1. The National Dental Pipeline Learning Institute Kim C. D’Abreu, M.P.H. Senior Vice President for Access, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy Center American Dental Education Association June 2012

2. The Dental Pipeline National Learning Institute Kim C. D’Abreu, MPH American Dental Education Association Paul Glassman DDS, MA, MBA University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry

3. The National and CaliforniaDental Pipeline Programs • A decade of activities with national impact and lessons learned • An opportunity to capture, document and spread those lessons

4. A Pipeline of Promise: The Dental Pipeline

5. 18 months (~2 years) of funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Will demonstrate the ability to spread and apply the lessons from the National and California Pipeline programs and continue and spread national impact

6. Partnership • The University of the Pacific School of Dentistry • The American Dental Education Association • The California Primary Care Association • The National Network for Oral Health Access • Advisors from 13 national organizations representing community education and diversity

7. Structure • National Advisory Committee • advise the project on: • design elements of the program, and • long- and short-term policy implications of the project • Faculty from dental education, community clinics and minority focused organizations • Dental school/community partnership teams • Intensive learning experiences • Year long project

8. Structure (continued) Structure: year long program • 10 dental school/community partner teams • 3 day intensive in-person session at the University of the Pacific – October 15-17, 2012 • On-line learning modules, live webinars • One year project involving the school and community partner with oral health impact • Final project presentation at Fall ADEA meeting – October 2013

9. Structure (continued) • Curriculum areas • Pipeline principles • Financial implications • Building and running CBDE programs • Recruiting and supporting a diverse dental student population • Leadership, advocacy and change management

10. Goal/Evaluation • Ability of partnership members to create and carry out a meaningful program project with impact on oral health of underserved populations

11. Financial Support • Travel and lodging support for 3 day in-person intensive session for one dental school and one community partner representative • Support for partnership project ~ $12000 • Release time and other resources to be provided by home institutions

12. Overview – Call for Applications Eligibility Criteria Application Components Selection Criteria Applying Important Dates Q & A

13. http://www.adea.org/pipelinenli/Documents/NLI_CallforApplications_2012.pdfhttp://www.adea.org/pipelinenli/Documents/NLI_CallforApplications_2012.pdf

14. Eligibility Criteria • Applicants must include a partner team (U.S. dental school + community organization) • Co-leaders who can effectively implement proposed project • Co-leaders with position and authority to effect institutional change • Ability to participate in all Learning Institute activities • Preference to schools that did not participate in the previous Pipeline programs

15. Application Components Contact Information each partner Project focus: either CBDE or diversity recruitment Dean’s Support Letter Community partner’s Support Letter Narrative Statement (Background, Rationale, Goals, Project Implementation, Roles of partners, Use of funds and Sustainability)

16. Selection Criteria Evaluation of both the: • Partnership and • Project

17. Applying Apply online at http://www.adea.org/PipelineNLI DEADLINE June 25, 2012, 3:00 p.m. EST CONTACT PipelineNLI@adea.org

18. Important Dates June 25, 2012 National Learning Institute Applications Due August 1, 2012 Acceptance Notification October 15 -17, 2012 Three-Day Course by the National Learning Institute University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry San Francisco, California October 2013 ADEA Fall Meetings