Dental Hygiene Therapist
Dental Hygiene Therapist
The Advanced Clinical Track provides educational preparation to immerse your perspectives in different healthcare settings and roles as a provider. Learn how different models of care address access to care, strategies to implement change, and legislative pathways to advance the dental profession. Topics include:
- Leadership and Health Policy
- Dental Legislation and Healthcare Systems (course on different models of care across states)
- Leadership and Interprofessional Practice in Healthcare
- Roles and Responsibilities for Transforming Practice
- Application of Practice-Based Research Methods (focus/evaluate programs to improve healthcare outcomes)
- Change Strategies: Medical-Dental Integration
- The Business of the Dental Hygiene Therapist
- Integrative Dental Medicine to Improve Overall Health-Dentistry’s Role As Gatekeepers of Systemic Inflammation (Part II)
- Advanced Evidence Application
- Dental Care Throughout the Lifespan
- Roles/Responsibilities for Transforming Practice (Advocacy Piece/Business)
- Leadership in Interprofessional Practice and Healthcare (Ethics, Collaboration, Healthcare teams)
- Informatics & Healthcare Technology
* Teledhealth Certification (20 hours of Certification in collaboration with Old Dominion University). Students will register for this separately with Old Dominion University. Available in any pathway.
