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Program Description
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Patient Profile
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Dental Residency Program Description
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| Dr. Studders completes an exam with a patient. | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin offers a 24-month certificate program designed to give a balanced curriculum in academic and clinical pediatric dentistry.
The Advanced Program in Pediatric Dentistry is a hospital-based program with a rigorous course curriculum provided through Children's Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin. A Master's degree is available through Marquette University School of Dentistry.
Upon completion of all requirements, residents are eligible for certification by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
The program provides residents with the specialized knowledge and skills necessary to manage the various oral health problems encountered in children and adolescents.
 Residents receive training in advanced pediatric techniques including restorative procedures, behavior management, sedation, pulp therapy, oral pathology, pediatric medicine and oral/facial trauma, as well as training in interceptive and select comprehensive orthodontics.
The program emphasizes dentistry for medically compromised, physically, and mentally disabled patients. Residents manage the oral problems of patients, as well as manage primary care patients in two active outpatient clinics. Residents are expected to expand their knowledge of pediatrics and integrate dental diagnosis and treatment with the comprehensive medical needs of the patient.
Residents are taught the procedures and protocols of inpatient care. They learn pre- and postoperative care for general anesthetic cases, operating room techniques, and inpatient management of oral/facial infections and traumatic injuries.
Every patient gives residents an opportunity to learn pediatrics in a hands-on environment. Behavior management techniques and the understanding of special patients and their families are stressed.
Throughout the residency, various rotations are offered, including pediatric primary care, anesthesiology, emergency pediatric medicine, speech and hearing, cardiology, family services and child protection services. Residents staff the craniofacial anomaly teams. Residents are expected to attend regularly scheduled grand rounds and various department seminars with the pediatric staff of the hospital.
The residents, on a pager call system, provide 24-hour emergency care. The out-of-house emergency call is rotated weekly. | |
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Facilities
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Children's Dental Center has two outpatient facilities - one immediately adjacent to Children's Hospital and one located in downtown Milwaukee.
The primary facility is a 5,400-square foot, 13-chair clinic in the Children's Hospital Clinics Building, which is linked to the hospital via a skywalk. The second satellite facility is a 2,200-square foot, eight-chair clinic. Both clinics are furnished with up-to-date equipment and materials, and are fully prepared to manage the comprehensive needs of children and adolescents. Support staff includes 11 dental assistants, three hygienists, four clinical secretaries and a department manager.
The hospital has 14 operating rooms which may be used for dental cases completed under general anesthesia. Two rooms are designed clean rooms used for dental cases and other special procedures. Two mobile operating and supply carts along with a mobile x-ray machine are available for these cases.
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Patient Profile
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| Dr. Simkins evaluates a patient's radiograph. | Children's Dental Center serves the needs of nearly 5,000 patients annually, including more than 19,000 patient visits. Children's Dental Center is one of the busiest specialty clinics at Children's Hospital.
Staff at Children's Dental Center is, in essence, "the neighborhood dentist" and provides complete pediatric dental care to patients in the areas surrounding the outpatient clinics. This patient group represents 60-65% of our patient population. The remaining percent of patients have special needs such as a medical, physical, or mental disability.
In addition to direct referrals from a number of specialty clinics within the hospital, Children's Dental Center is involved with the Midwest Children's Cancer Center, the Child Protection Center, and local Headstart programs.
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Resident stipend/benefits/tuition
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Each year the program will accept four applicants through the PASS/Match Application services. Four residents will receive a stipend. The program also reserves the right to offer a non-stipend position to a qualified applicant each year.
Currently the minimum stipend is:
First Year: $34,106.
Second Year: $35,593.
Benefit program - malpractice insurance, short-term disability insurance, life insurance, group health insurance (partial payment), two-week paid vacation per year, paid holidays and time off for a major educational meeting are provided.
Lectures and seminars presented at Children's Hospital are tuition-free, with the exception of a seminar series in oral pathology, which currently has tuition of $850.
Residents wishing to pursue a Master's degree through Marquette University are required to register for 30 credit hours. The current fee charged by Marquette University is $695 per credit hour.
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Admission Requirements
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Applicants must have the following to be considered for admission: |
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- Completion of ADA accredited dental school
- Dental and pre-professional education transcripts
- Three letters of recommendation as required by the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS)
- Registration with the PASS
- Registration with the Postdoctoral Dental Matching Service (MATCH)
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| Dr. Post and team perform a dental procedure on a young patient. | Upon invitation, a personal interview is required.
The application deadline is Nov. 1 of the year preceding matriculation. All correspondence regarding program information and application should be directed to:
A. Charles Post, DDS
Director-Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
P.O. Box 1997
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
(414) 266-2044
Email: cpost@chw.org
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