实践学习
作为正规澳门赌场网络口腔卫生专业的学生, you benefit from experiential learning activities that ensure you possess the knowledge, 技能, and confidence to succeed in the workplace upon earning your degree. These experiences include the work you do as a student clinician in your third and fourth years in the program at UNE's completely modern dental hygiene clinic on our Portland Campus. In the clinic, we provide services to more than 5,000 patients per year.
You also take part in interprofessional education initiatives that prepare you to work with other future health care professionals to practice comprehensive and collaborative team-based care. Because UNE is one of a handful of private universities with a comprehensive health education mission, you have opportunities to study interprofessionally with students in medicine, 药店, 口腔医学, 护理, and an array of allied health professions. Learn more about our Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice
科尔曼口腔卫生诊所
作为一名实习临床医生, you gain important experience in working with the public under the supervision of our faculty. 你提供口头检查, 营养咨询, scaling and plaque removal services, 密封胶的位置, personalized oral hygiene instruction, 血压检查, x射线测量(x射线), 氟化处理, and athletic mouthguard fabrication.
You also gain confidence in the professional setting, and refine your interpersonal 技能 through engaging with the diverse people who visit the clinic for services.
To schedule an appointment, call (207) 221-4900. The clinic is located in the Colemen Dental Hygiene building at 716 Stevens Ave., on UNE’s Portland Campus, and open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. 直到下午4点.m.9月至4月.
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口腔健康中心
我们的 口腔健康中心 opened in conjunction with UNE's College of 口腔医学 on our Portland campus.
Designed to be a teaching clinic and dental simulation facility, the Center provides spaces to explore new models of interprofessional health care education and practice. 随着探索的继续, Dental Hygiene students will have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative practice model with professional students from the College of 口腔医学.
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全球经验
As a Dental Hygiene student you also enjoy opportunities to participate in a variety of different global learning experiences through UNE's 全球教育计划. These experiences are designed to enhance your worldview, and introduce you to diverse populations.
丹吉尔, 摩洛哥和 塞维利亚, Spain are semester-long study abroad experiences available during your sophomore year at UNE. Both programs offer lab science and humanities courses that fulfill your core requirements, and if you join a semester-long study abroad program, you work closely with your academic advisor to ensure that you stay on track with your curriculum.
其他 短期沉浸体验 are also available to you during your sophomore, junior, or senior years. These include faculty-led trips to Brazil, Dominica, and the (IMM)UNE club trips.
UNE's Westbrook College of 健康的职业 also offers a unique opportunity for a 健康 Care Immersion Experience in Ghana西非. The experience normally takes place in August and comprises an interprofessional group of students and faculty who deliver primary care and related services in the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. You work closely with community health outreach workers and professionals from the Effia Nkwanta College of Nursing and Midwifery. The work involves interprofessional collaboration, 社区教育, and academic and cross-cultural exchange.
