273204 Need to expand the dental workforce-- Pew's Role

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 5:20 PM - 5:35 PM

Shelly Gehshan, MPP , The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC
  
This presentation will describe the urgent need to address dental workforce shortages, the options states have for expanding the workforce, and the status of campaigns in states where Pew is working actively.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the current dental delivery system Identify the different models being proposed and present the pros and cons of each Update participants about the status of efforts across the country to expand the workforce Describe what the Institute of Medicine Access report from 2011 recommended about dental workforce expansions

Keywords: Oral Health, Access to Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I direct the Pew Children’s Dental Campaign, which partners with states to expand the dental workforce available to care for low income children. I joined Pew in 2008, and before that spent 20 years working for 3 different groups of policymakers: governors, state legislatures and state health officials. My policy work has focused on low income women and children. I recently served on the Institute of Medicine “Access” committee that issued a report in 2011.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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