Monday, May 12, 2025
5/12/2025
Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program - Title: Advancing Oral Health Access to Care for Persons with Medical Complexities Eligible Entity Type: Federally Qualified Health Center, Mile Square Health Center, 1220 S. Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608-1202. https://hospital.uillinois.edu/patients-and-visitors/mile-square-federally-qualified-health-center. Project Director Contact Information: Sodabeh Etminan, DMD, MPH, setmin1@uic.edu, 312-355-5570 (Phone), 312-413-1901 (Fax). Proposed Residency Type: Advanced Education in General Dentistry Funding Preference Statement: Funding preference sought, see Attachment Population Target Areas: Un- and Under-insured populations with co-occurring medical complexities in the Northern Illinois Area Funding Amount Requested: $500,000 Projected Number of Residents in the Program: 3 Expected CODA accreditation: 03/2025 Residency Matriculation: aim to start 6/2025 The Mile Square Health Center (MSHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with 13 sites in Northern Illinois, primarily serving the Chicago area, with one site in Rockford, 90 miles west of Chicago. The sites are located in areas of vulnerable populations, and over 90% of our patient base is within 200% of the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL). Our community areas are demographically diverse, and disproportionately carry the burden for many chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, Cancer, and unmet oral health needs. This project aims to decrease the disparities in dental training and dental workforce distribution so future dental providers are prepared to care for Persons with Medical Complexities (PWMC). This is a post-doctoral application that is seeking to create a diverse dental workforce that is able to provide care in an interdisciplinary setting by adding an accredited Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program at MSHC through the following objectives: Objective 1: Establish a 12-month AEGD program that is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), a governing body of dental educational programs. Objective 2: Work with our local Area Health Education Center (AHEC) to recruit a diverse cohort of residents who are dedicated to furthering the mission of improving access to care for the underserved and enhancing their dental education in a community-based setting. Objective 3: Plan an interdisciplinary didactic curriculum that includes input from general dentists and specialists as well as family medicine, pediatric, behavioral health, addiction medicine, and midwifery fields for a well-rounded program that will train residents to treat each patient with a team-based approach. Our outcomes will be based on mixed methods evaluative measures that include: 1) Surveys to the residents to assess their mindsets in treating underserved PWMC both pre- and post- program. 2) Robust data collection on alumni and their practice locations in relation to Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Communities (MUC). 3) Data on trainee clinical knowledge and achievements, particularly in the context of interdisciplinary care. This project will be primarily carried out by the Program Director and the Dental Director. Together, they will design an accredited curriculum that will allow 3 residents a year to be fully immersed in an interdisciplinary setting while treating PWMC with expert faculty guidance.
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