University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Strategic Plan - 2015-2020
Core Values, Goals and Strategies
Strategic Plan 2015-2020 (pdf)
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Mission |
To educate dentists for Iowa and beyond through excellence in patient care, education, and research. |
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Vision |
To be an invaluable resource to Iowa and to influence the direction of dentistry in this country and around the world. |
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Core Values |
The College of Dentistry is committed to the University’s core values: |
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Goal 1: Provide the highest quality education to prepare our graduates to deliver general dental care in a changing environment in Iowa and beyond. |
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| Strategy |
1A: Use collegiate educational outcomes to shape our predoctoral curriculum:
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| 1B: Recruit and retain high caliber students to include representative diversity in gender, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status. | |
| 1C: Provide and coordinate educational and patient care experiences appropriate for developing contemporary practice skills. | |
| 1D: Foster self-directed, life-long learning. | |
| 1E: Sensitize students to societal oral health needs through experiences with diverse and underserved populations. | |
| 1F: Incorporate contemporary educational technology and methodology. | |
| 1G: Provide research and leadership opportunities for students. | |
| 1H: Provide state-of-the-art clinical and preclinical facilities. | |
| 1I: Develop educational programs that will be recognized as national models and publish articles in peer-reviewed journals about outcomes from our educational programs. | |
| 1J: Assess programs continuously using measures that require faculty, students and alumni to reflect on educational experiences. | |
| 1K: Expand interprofessional education opportunities and solicit input into curricular planning from other institutions and University of Iowa colleges. | |
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Goal 2: Maintain nationally recognized advanced educational programs in all dental specialties and selected clinical disciplines. |
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| Strategy | 2A: Recruit students who will meet the needs for specialty care in Iowa and beyond. |
| 2B: Provide appropriate research, professional experiences and mentorship for academic careers. | |
| 2C: Encourage faculty to pursue national leadership roles in the specialties, selected clinical disciplines and in councils of patient care policy and standards. | |
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Goal 3: Advance research and scholarship in oral, craniofacial, and general health as well as in public health and health services research. |
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| Strategy | 3A: Support and encourage scholarly pursuits for all collegiate faculty. |
| 3B: Maintain a critical mass of funded faculty to reinforce a selected number of thematic areas. | |
| 3C: Pursue extramural funding through NIH and other federal sources; industrial/ corporate partnerships; and state and private foundations. Align with NIH/NIDCR missions. | |
| 3D: Provide state-of-the-art core research facilities. | |
| 3E: Develop a reward system commensurate with research productivity. | |
| 3F: Pursue basic, clinical and translational research collaborations. | |
| 3G: Establish a campus-wide, interdisciplinary research presence. | |
| 3H: Redefine and strengthen clinical research including clinical research subject recruitment. | |
| Goal 4: Maintain an effective patient care program to meet the needs and expectations of our patients. | |
| Strategy | 4A: Ensure that collegiate standards of patient care guide treatment planning and patient management. Communicate and coordinate those patient care standards that are department-specific. |
| 4B: Deliver care in a timely manner using established criteria. Streamline patient entry into the College. | |
| 4C: Embrace and implement a service excellence model. | |
| 4D: Coordinate patient care with our curricular needs and across departments. | |
| 4E: Incorporate advanced technologies in patient care services. | |
| 4F: Provide oral health literacy through all stages of life as related to caries as a disease and its management. | |
| Goal 5: Recruit, nurture and retain a vital, productive, and collegial faculty by fostering the essential balance of research intensive scholars, clinical scholars and teacher clinicians. | |
| Strategy | 5A: Enhance mentoring and professional development opportunities for faculty to utilize a scholarly approach to teaching, research, and patient care as well as to prepare them for administrative and leadership opportunities. |
| 5B: Develop strategies for enhancing satisfaction with faculty life. | |
| 5C: Increase the proportion of new faculty appointed to the tenure track to enhance collegiate contributions to scholarship. | |
| 5D: Pursue endowed professorships/chairs to recruit and retain senior faculty. | |
| 5E: Provide research design, statistical, writing and grant submission support for faculty. | |
| 5F: Actively mentor junior faculty so that they are prepared for promotion and tenure as well as to assume leadership roles within the College. | |
| Goal 6: Provide a productive and supportive work and learning environment. | |
| Strategy | 6A: Recruit, retain, and nurture a vital, diverse, and collegial staff. |
| 6B: Maintain infrastructure improvements and continue to advance sustainability. | |
| 6C: Provide opportunities for professional development for faculty and staff. | |
| 6D: Improve effectiveness and efficiency of administrative processes. | |
| 6E: Recognize the achievements of faculty, staff, students and collegiate units. | |
| 6F: Pursue additional funding streams consistent with our mission. | |
| 6G: Cross-train staff in key areas to maintain coverage especially during times of transition. | |
| 6H: Initiate creative loan repayment strategies for those who have an interest in entering academia. | |
| Goal 7: Serve as a resource to the University, the state, and the profession. | |
| Strategy | 7A: Provide leadership to identify policies and strategies to serve the needs of underserved populations in the state. Position the College as a key part of the tertiary care system for complex health needs and a key part of the dental safety net for the underserved populations of the state. |
| 7B: Provide national and international leadership in the dental specialties, in oral health, in research and in dental education. | |
| 7C: Provide innovative continuing education by focusing on the needs of professionals in the state. | |
| 7D: Raise public awareness about the excellent treatment provided patients by the College. | |
| 7E: Pursue opportunities to participate in University shared governance, policy development, and appointments and reviews. | |
| 7F: Cooperate with community colleges to enhance educational opportunities in the allied oral health professions. | |
| 7G: Continue to serve the state of Iowa with outreach activities. | |
| 7H: Facilitate Iowa practice opportunities. | |
| 7I: Help eradicate dental caries in the United States through the promotion of science-based disease management.To educate dentists for Iowa and beyond through excellence in patient care, education, and research. | |