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Did they end this program? It looks like the link for it on the Case Dental admissions page is gone... just curious.
Case DMD/MD program
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Joint Degree Programs
[Note: The D.M.D./M.D. Program described below is an exception to these policies. For details, please see the D.M.D./M.D. program description details.] Students enrolled full time in the School of Dental Medicine desiring to enter a joint degree program must apply and be admitted to a non-dental degree program of another school of the university through the usual process followed for admission at that school. If accepted, the student must notify the associate dean for education in writing at least four weeks prior to the start of the semester they wish to initiate non-dental course work in the joint degree program. A dental student must be in the top one-half of the class to be eligible to enter a joint degree program and may not begin earlier than the second semester of the first year.
If the student appears eligible for the initiation of a joint degree program, a dental faculty member will be assigned as an advisor to the student. The faculty advisor will be responsible for routine matters such as assisting in registration (e.g. add slips) in addition to the advisory function. Students should be assigned, or request, an advisor on the faculty of the second school in which non-dental course work is taken.
Eligible students must meet with the advisors and program coordinators of both schools. Following this meeting, the student will be provided with a written agreement and guidelines specifying the program which will have priority in all future considerations, a curriculum plan and projected timetable for the completion of course work, and other conditions or stipulations in effect that will govern the students tenure in both programs. The student will acknowledge the agreement with their signature.
First year students are limited to one course (3 credit hours) in the first semester (spring) of a joint program. Upper-level students (years two through four) in good standing (defined as top one-half for this purpose) may enroll for up to two courses (six credit hours) in each of the fall or spring semesters. Course work undertaken in the non-dental program should not ordinarily be scheduled during the regular school hours at the School of Dental Medicine unless approval is granted by the associate dean for education. Course work taken as a part of the non-dental program cannot be used to meet the requirements of the dental program.
Tuition charges for course work taken in the non-dental program are the responsibility of the School of Dental Medicine to the extent outlined in the agreement and to a maximum of six credit hours per semester (fall and spring semesters only) if the student fulfills all eligibility requirements, is enrolled full time and in good standing at the School of Dental Medicine, and is current in the payment of tuition to the School of Dental Medicine. Tuition charges for non-dental courses taken during the summer semester are the responsibility of the student. Enrollment in a joint degree program does not constitute a guarantee that a degree will be granted for either program at any given time or at all.
Permission to continue in the joint program may be withdrawn by either school for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, poor or failing grades or grade point averages, incompleteness or tardiness in completing program requirements, delinquency in payment of tuition, nonacademic or academic probation, suspension or dismissal.
Problems that might arise will be resolved on a case-by-case basis by the associate dean for education and the faculty advisors in consultation with the student. The student may appeal any unfavorable decision to the Committee on Student Standing and Promotion for final resolution.
D.M.D./M.D. Program
The joint degree D.M.D./M.D. program of the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and School of Medicine is poised as an innovative approach to satisfy the need for creation of a cadre of uniquely trained individuals who will integrate aspects of primary care into the practice of general dentistry. Students will obtain training in both the fields of medicine and dentistry in a five-year integrated training program that will lead to the D.M.D. and M.D. degrees. This new joint degree program will address the emerging requirement for health professions students to be broadly trained with an extensive perspective of health and disease. As the associations between oral health and systemic health become clearer, the role of these new health care practitioners of tomorrow will emerge to provide health promotion and disease prevention care in a new framework.
Prospective students of this new innovative program are interested in the health professions using a more broadly defined context, are independent thinkers, and have excelled in baccalaureate programs in the sciences. A pioneering spirit will characterize their motivation. Students will be prepared to sit for the clinical licensure examination leading to the practice of dentistry and for post-graduate, year-one residencies in medicine which are required prior to medical licensure.
You can find all this here: http://www.case.edu/bulletin/09-11/dental_programs.htm
[Note: The D.M.D./M.D. Program described below is an exception to these policies. For details, please see the D.M.D./M.D. program description details.] Students enrolled full time in the School of Dental Medicine desiring to enter a joint degree program must apply and be admitted to a non-dental degree program of another school of the university through the usual process followed for admission at that school. If accepted, the student must notify the associate dean for education in writing at least four weeks prior to the start of the semester they wish to initiate non-dental course work in the joint degree program. A dental student must be in the top one-half of the class to be eligible to enter a joint degree program and may not begin earlier than the second semester of the first year.
If the student appears eligible for the initiation of a joint degree program, a dental faculty member will be assigned as an advisor to the student. The faculty advisor will be responsible for routine matters such as assisting in registration (e.g. add slips) in addition to the advisory function. Students should be assigned, or request, an advisor on the faculty of the second school in which non-dental course work is taken.
Eligible students must meet with the advisors and program coordinators of both schools. Following this meeting, the student will be provided with a written agreement and guidelines specifying the program which will have priority in all future considerations, a curriculum plan and projected timetable for the completion of course work, and other conditions or stipulations in effect that will govern the students tenure in both programs. The student will acknowledge the agreement with their signature.
First year students are limited to one course (3 credit hours) in the first semester (spring) of a joint program. Upper-level students (years two through four) in good standing (defined as top one-half for this purpose) may enroll for up to two courses (six credit hours) in each of the fall or spring semesters. Course work undertaken in the non-dental program should not ordinarily be scheduled during the regular school hours at the School of Dental Medicine unless approval is granted by the associate dean for education. Course work taken as a part of the non-dental program cannot be used to meet the requirements of the dental program.
Tuition charges for course work taken in the non-dental program are the responsibility of the School of Dental Medicine to the extent outlined in the agreement and to a maximum of six credit hours per semester (fall and spring semesters only) if the student fulfills all eligibility requirements, is enrolled full time and in good standing at the School of Dental Medicine, and is current in the payment of tuition to the School of Dental Medicine. Tuition charges for non-dental courses taken during the summer semester are the responsibility of the student. Enrollment in a joint degree program does not constitute a guarantee that a degree will be granted for either program at any given time or at all.
Permission to continue in the joint program may be withdrawn by either school for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, poor or failing grades or grade point averages, incompleteness or tardiness in completing program requirements, delinquency in payment of tuition, nonacademic or academic probation, suspension or dismissal.
Problems that might arise will be resolved on a case-by-case basis by the associate dean for education and the faculty advisors in consultation with the student. The student may appeal any unfavorable decision to the Committee on Student Standing and Promotion for final resolution.
D.M.D./M.D. Program
The joint degree D.M.D./M.D. program of the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and School of Medicine is poised as an innovative approach to satisfy the need for creation of a cadre of uniquely trained individuals who will integrate aspects of primary care into the practice of general dentistry. Students will obtain training in both the fields of medicine and dentistry in a five-year integrated training program that will lead to the D.M.D. and M.D. degrees. This new joint degree program will address the emerging requirement for health professions students to be broadly trained with an extensive perspective of health and disease. As the associations between oral health and systemic health become clearer, the role of these new health care practitioners of tomorrow will emerge to provide health promotion and disease prevention care in a new framework.
Prospective students of this new innovative program are interested in the health professions using a more broadly defined context, are independent thinkers, and have excelled in baccalaureate programs in the sciences. A pioneering spirit will characterize their motivation. Students will be prepared to sit for the clinical licensure examination leading to the practice of dentistry and for post-graduate, year-one residencies in medicine which are required prior to medical licensure.
You can find all this here: http://www.case.edu/bulletin/09-11/dental_programs.htm
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Or an indecisive pre-Health Professions college student.
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Could fool anyone... who knows, I probably would have applied if I knew about a program like this.
Good thing I didn't, I'd probably be fooled into thinking a career in medicine was a great idea. Thank goodness for dentistry.
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I dunno guys, I think its a great opportunity. 1 additional year on top of your normal 4 year DMD and you obtain an MD as well.
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what's the point though?
lol it's not like these graduates are going to do extract teeth after a rectum exam.
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are you sure about that? lol
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Need to have that 1 year of a medicine residency to be licensed.
If you only did two more years you could get a MBA... MPH, or do a dental specialty. Why would you want to be dual licensed, take CE courses for both, blah blah blah....?
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i guess if i had this kind of degree, i would prefer to focus on one thing rather than trying to do a mediocre job in everything
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The purpose of this program is to create a practitioner that can accommodate all of the health care needs (i.e. both medical and dental) of a rural community, where access is low. As was mentioned above, the MD degree will be of no use until that year of residency is completed.
