All applicants accepted to PHSU School of Dental Medicine must be able to meet the school’s technical standards. Candidates are asked to review the standards and to sign a form certifying that they have read and understood them and are able to meet the standards with or without reasonable accommodation.
The School of Dental Medicine (SDM) is committed to diversity and educating candidates who will make the population of healthcare professionals’ representative of the national population. We actively collaborate with candidates to develop innovative ways to ensure accessibility and create a respectful and accountable culture through confidential disability support services. We are committed to excellence in accessibility; we encourage candidates with disabilities to disclose and seek accommodation.
We wish to ensure that access to our facilities, programs and services are available to candidates with disabilities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to candidates on a nondiscriminatory basis consistent with legal requirements as outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
PHSU expects all its candidates to have the abilities and skills, including observation, communication, motor, conceptual, integrative, quantitative, behavioral and social to comply with the expectations of the attended program.
To enroll all candidates at PHSU-SDM, without exception, must meet the technical standards with or without reasonable accommodations and maintain related satisfactory demonstration of these standards for progression through the program.
SDM candidates must possess the following essential abilities to complete our curriculum and provide quality patient care successfully.
Professionalism and Behavioral Capacity
Candidates must be able to demonstrate professional behavior, integrity, and responsibility while maintaining a high ethical standard when interacting with the school community and the public. Candidates must possess the emotional skills to endure, manage, and function under stress and respond appropriately and promptly to unpredictable circumstances and workloads.
Cognitive Capacity
Candidates must be able to apply the knowledge acquired through the curriculum and analyze and integrate the material into dental practice, demonstrating critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
Sensory and Manual Dexterity
Candidates must be able to evaluate patients accurately and assess their relevant health, behavioral, and medical information. Candidate must be able to obtain and interpret information through a comprehensive assessment of patients, correctly interpret diagnostic representations of patient’s conditions and responses. Candidate must be able to perform procedures requiring the use of the gross and fine motor movement and must be able to operate dental equipment. Candidate must be able to interpret radiographs (x-ray) and other graphic images, with or without the use of an assistive device.
Communications Skills
Candidate must be able to effectively (concise, organized, and complete) communicate with peers, faculty, staff, patients, and patient family members. Candidate must be able to record information clearly and accurately and accurately interpret verbal and nonverbal communication. Communication skills involve assessing all information the patient and their family provide, including non-verbal responses, in an adequate timeframe. In addition, candidates must be able to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural, social, and emotional situations.
Other Requirements
A candidate must comply with the University immunization requirements. The admission of a candidate who is chronically infected with a highly infectious disease, such as Hepatitis B virus, will be considered on a case-by-case basis after consultation with a panel of experts in Infectious Diseases. This panel will consider the disease status and the health of the candidate, and decide what, if any, restrictions and monitoring are necessary for the candidate during their training in dentistry.
Rev. 12/2023
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