News from Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at Case Western Reserve University 1. Dr. Andres Pinto, Assistant Secretary of the Executive Board of the American Academy of Oral Medicine, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, represented the AAOM at the biannual meeting of the European Association of Oral Medicine in Turin Italy (September 15th -17th, 2016). He presented, together with Professor Alexandra Sklavounou, the closing talk on the future of Oral Medicine, from a North American perspective. 2. The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, School of Dental Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center offer the following training opportunities in Oral Medicine. Fellowship program: This is a twelve month experience where fellows work with faculty in the Oral Medicine section and participate actively in patient rounds, hospital consultation, inter-professional learning, and seminars at the school of Dental Medicine and the Medical Center. Fellows are required to take approximately five courses that involve oral and maxillofacial pathology, orofacial pain, advanced head and neck anatomy, and critical assessment of the professional literature. Fellows also participate in departmental seminars for an average of three to four hours per week. Master of Science in Dentistry: this comprehensive program trains the student in the basic principles of the practice of Oral Medicine. It also includes formal training in research methods, epidemiology and statistics, and rotations on different services at the Cleveland Medical Center. This twenty-four months experience culminates in a MSD degree and prepares the student for the inter-professional practice of Oral Medicine. Students participate in a minimum of five clinical sessions per week, working with faculty in the Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine clinic. During the second year of the program, students engage in the independent practice of Oral Medicine under close supervision, and sharpen their teaching skills by covering the Admitting Clinic and assisting in the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology curriculum. This program of studies includes a minimum of 48 credit hours across the two years, with at least nine of these involving a Masters level thesis. Dr. Andres Pinto |