Programs
Pipeline Health Professions Summer Academic Institute
The Pipeline Health Professions Summer Academic Institute (PHPSAI)
strives
to increase the number of African American, Hispanic, Native American
and low-income students entering the oral health professions Pipeline.
The summer academic enrichment program provides a guided experience to
improve students’ science, perception, reading comprehension and
quantitative reasoning skills. The summer academic enrichment program is
a Robert Wood Johnson Pipeline
funded effort to increase the number of underrepresented students
pursuing a career in
Dentistry. Research has shown that health care quality is enhanced when
the provider and the patient are of the same race/ethnicity, and that
African American, Hispanic, Native American and students from low-income
back-grounds tend to practice in underserved communities at higher rates
than other students.
The seven week summer academic enrichment program will address
the needs and resources necessary for students to be competitive,
ideally, highly
competitive, to get into dental school. Students participate in a
rigorous academic curriculum, focused on optimum preparation for the
Dental Admissions Test (DAT), shadowing experiences that include labs
and clinical simulation exercises, lectures and site visits to local
community health centers.
"The visit to the community health center re-enforced my desire to
become a dentist, because
someday, I plan to have a community clinic," stated Tolu Adefarati.
Pre and Post tests track students progress. Students are required to
take the DAT and apply to dental school within six weeks of the last day
of the summer session. Housing, food allowance and a stipend are
provided.
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