WORD of MOUTH Students to go on Rotations in Third Year, Participate in Service Learning Throughout the four Years in Dental School A U.S. Department of Health such children in their offices,” and Human Services’ Health Noorullah added. Resources and Services “This funding is intended Administration (HRSA) grant of to give students experience in over $1 million over five years treating this age group, and it obtained in 2017 will enable also is in this group that we can D-3 students and Advanced begin to dissect the risk factors Standing-3 students to go that lead to early childhood out on rotations to community caries,” said Dr. Caswell clinics for the Evans, first time. Associate “The D-3s Dean for go out on Prevention and rotation in the Public Health Spring semester Sciences. and the AS-3s There will in the Summer be three sites semester,” available, with said Khatija D-3s going to Noorullah, two and AS-3s DMD and DMDAS Special Care Clinical going to one. Dentistry Track students in their last Community “All of the year have been caring for patients at Academic students in the DuPage County Health DepartManager. those classes ment clinics as part of the Col“The goal will go,” lege’s HRSA grant. The students are of the grant Noorullah said. assisting Dr. Robert Rada, Clinical is to have At the Professor, Oral Medicine and Diagour students Douglas nostic Sciences, to be sure the College’s D-3 and AS-3 students have become County Health a great learning opportunity in their comfortable Department, rotations. With Dr. Rada, Special treating kids five they will Care Dentistry Track students in the years old and serve a rural picture are Gayatri Satam, Melissa under, so upon and Amish Villafane, Laurel Frausto, Gabi Revis, graduation they population. At and Camilla Peralta-Sugano. (Not will be more the DuPage pictured is DMDAS student Myla likely to treat County Alder.)
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