Medical Education

Dental Therapist Project (DTP)

The Dental Therapist Project (DTP) will improve the oral health of underserved children and families by transforming the dental workforce and establishing dental therapist providers as standard members of the dental health team in the United States. Dental therapists receive two years of intensive training to provide preventive oral health care and commonly needed services such as fillings and uncomplicated extractions. They work under the general supervision of an offsite dentist who pre-approves the procedures they perform and reviews their work via phone, fax, and the Internet.

HEAR Sudan

Serving communities in the Three Areas, HEAR Sudan builds capacity of local stakeholders to plan, implement and monitor health and education services, helps translate this increased capacity into action, and builds community support for school governance and outreach. HEAR strengthens linkages between educators and health workers with the aim of increasing healthy girls’ and boys’ access to quality education.

Dental Therapists Fill a Void

For underserved communities across the United States, dental therapists are providing much needed oral health care.

EDC Bioethics Program Well-Reviewed by Teachers

Exploring Bioethics is a curriculum supplement developed by EDC and the National Institutes of Health that is helping high school students explore such thorny issues as genetic testing and organ transplantation.

Warning Signs in the Emergency Department

EDC with leading emergency department doctors and nurses developed “Is Your Patient Suicidal?” a simple, quick checklist that is used in hundreds of hospitals across the country today.

American Cancer Society Modules

EDC is helping the American Cancer Society develop modules for their international university. The university is designed to build the capacity of cancer-control leaders of organizations from communities throughout the world with a nascent or developing civil-society sector. The modules address a range of skill sets that are necessary for cancer control (e.g., fundraising, governance, patient advocacy, media relations).

A Network of Friends

A new network allows teens with cystic fibrosis to connect.

Because cystic fibrosis (CF) heightens risk of infection, teens are isolated from those who could give them much-needed support: other teens with CF. But now, with help from EDC, they will be able to connect via the Internet.

EDC and the American Cancer Society Offer Training Worldwide

An estimated 70 percent of the six million cancer deaths globally occur in developing countries. To help control cancer, staff from EDC’s Health and Human Development Programs are working with the American Cancer Society and have developed modules for an international curriculum. The curriculum has already reached 245 cancer control leaders from 62 countries around the globe ranging from Nigeria to Mexico to India.

Battling Cancer

HHD Global Programs (of EDC’s Health and Human Development Programs) is working with the American Cancer Society in the worldwide fight against cancer by developing modules for a signature international curriculum that has already reached 245 scholars from 62 countries.

Preparing Medical Students for End-of-Life Care

Every medical student receives training in the scientific causes of death, but few are prepared for the emotional challenge of caring for dying patients. Ready or Not, a new video and EDC Study Guide, gives medical schools a powerful tool to introduce students to high-quality end-of-life care.