Mission, Goals, Outcomes
Mission statement:
The mission of the Malcolm X Dental Hygiene Program is to educate students to provide comprehensive dental hygiene care to diverse populations, utilizing critical thinking and evidenced-based decision making
Program Goals
- Provide educational experiences that prepare graduates to be licensed entry -level dental hygienists.
- Introduce students to community service opportunities so that they will become socially responsible
- Prepare students to deliver comprehensive dental hygiene care to diverse patient populations in a variety of setting
- Prepare graduates who will uphold ethical principles in the provision of dental hygiene care.
- Provide students with an educational foundation that will enable them to continue their academic and/or professional development.
Program Competencies
- Integrate aspects of dental sciences into the provision of evidenced-based patient centered care.
- Demonstrate entry level skills necessary for the dental hygiene process of care: assessment, planning implementation evaluation and documentation.
- Develop a personal philosophy of social responsibility through varied clinical outreach experiences.
- Apply a professional code of ethics in all endeavors.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills to provide care to diverse populations.
- Critically self-assess and implement corrective action for professional growth.
- Apply principles of evidenced-based research to the provision of dental hygiene care.
- Participate in community outreach as an oral healthcare professional.
