National Dental Faculty Development Center

Abstract

The National Dental Faculty Development Center, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, was developed and implemented by faculty at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Programs like this are critically needed, as many dental faculty positions remain unfilled across the United States. This initiative aims to address these shortages by providing junior faculty at dental schools with a first-of-its-kind center dedicated to preparing them as interprofessional clinical educators in today’s evolving dental education landscape.

Knowledge Transfer Statement:

The recommendations from this article can be used by dental school leadership to improve junior faculty mentoring and increase dental faculty retention at their school.