LSUSD to
Receive Gies Award
IPE
Programs Merit ADEA
Award
The ADEAGies Foundation
recently announced that
LSUSD will be awarded the
2018 Gies Award for
Vision-Academic Dental
Institution. The award
(the second Gies Award for
LSUSD) will be presented
at the American Dental
Education Association
Annual Session and
Exhibition in Orlando,
Florida, on March 19,
2018. The school is one of
ten recipients of William
J. Gies Awards for Vision,
Innovation, and
Achievement in 2018.
Named after
William J. Gies, PhD, the
awards honor individuals
and organizations that
exemplify the highest
standards in oral health
and dental education,
research and leadership.
Considered the "Father of
Contemporary Dental
Education and Research,"
Dr. Gies is known for his
1926 report, Dental
Education in the United
States and Canada, which
transformed academic
dentistry and oral health
care and continues to be
regarded as the most
important critical review
of dental education.
LSUSD will
receive the Gies Award in
recognition of its
successful programs in
Interprofessional
Education (IPE) and
Collaborative Practice.
For the last six years,
dental school faculty and
administration have worked
with colleagues at other
LSUHSC schools to develop
and expand IPE courses and
opportunities for
students. Sandra Andrieu,
PhD, associate dean for
academic affairs,
initiated IPE at LSUHSC
and served as the first
chairperson of the LSUHSC
Interprofessional
Education Committee. The
LSUHSC program has grown
from one elective in 2012
to a new two-year
longitudinal IPE
experience for all first-
and second-year students
branded as "Team Up:
Commit to Compassion,
Collaboration and
Communication."
In 2015
LSUHSC demonstrated its
commitment to IPE through
the development of a
centralized office
supporting all six
schools. Under the
leadership of its
director, Tina Patel
Gunaldo, PhD, DPT, MHS,
the Center for
Interprofessional
Education and
Collaborative Practice
supports IPE in various
learning environments,
such as classroom,
laboratory, high-fidelity
simulation, as well as
community and clinical
settings. LSUSD Dean
Henry Gremillion stated,
"This tremendous honor is
evidence of the team
spirit and collaborative
effort across all six
schools in the LSU Health
Sciences Center."
Jessica
Owens, DMD, assistant
professor of periodontics,
recommended that the
school be nominated for
this prestigious award.
She said, "Student
understanding of the
oral-systemic connection
and their confidence in
requesting and processing
information from other
health professionals has
grown immensely in my
tenure with them, and I
have to credit the IPE
curriculum for much of
this improvement."
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LSUSD
will receive the
2018 ADEA Gies
Award for
Vision-Academic
Dental Institution |
ADEA
Supports Dental
Education
In addition to ADEA's
support for dental
education, exemplified by
the Gies Awards, the
association offers
numerous services for
students. To highlight
these services, two
members of the
administrative staff of
ADEA visited LSUSD this
August as the first stop
on a tour of dental
schools. Virginia Bader,
ADEA chief of staff, and
Stephenie Brooks-Maynard,
director of membership,
spent the day at LSUSD,
visiting with faculty,
administrators, and
students.
As the "Voice of Dental
Education," ADEA is the
sole national organization
representing academic
dentistry. Members include
all 76 U.S. and Canadian
dental schools, allied and
advanced dental education
programs, corporations
working in oral health
education, and students,
faculty, staff, and
administrators. Membership
in ADEA for faculty and
students is free.
Among the topics
addressed by the two ADEA
speakers were the
organization's role in
advocacy, faculty
development and
leadership, resources for
students, and student
recruitment. One
particular focus of their
presentation was the ADEA
Chapter Toolkit for
Students, Residents, and
Fellows, which is designed
to encourage students to
pursue a career in dental
education. The toolkit
includes information and
resources to guide chapter
creation, organization,
fundraising, community
outreach, and events to
introduce students,
residents and fellows to
academic dental careers.
ADEA also offers
scholarships for dental,
dental hygiene, and dental
laboratory technology
students who demonstrate a
commitment to becoming
educators in the dental
professions. To view
information about these
scholarships and other
ADEA student awards, go to
www.adea.org/awards.
As members of ADEA,
students can take
advantage of resources and
services promoting
academic excellence,
professional growth, and
career development.
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