May 31 – June 1, 2018 | Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, San Diego, CA

Participants in the ADEA/WKKF Allied Dental Education Leadership (ADEL) Convening and Training Meeting developed skills that contribute to successful diversity/inclusion programming and leadership development. The training sessions were led by Dr. Joseph West, epidemiologist, consultant and facilitator; and Dr. Frances E. Sam, oral maxillofacial surgeon, author and career advisor. Panelists, including university diversity and inclusion officers, shared experiences and spark lively discussions in working groups around topics such as leadership, health equity, new models of dental care delivery, interprofessional education (IPE) and academic/community partnerships. This convening institutionalized practices, policies and collaborations that promote and advance health equity and academic/community partnerships.

Upon completion of this training, participants were able to:

• Discuss the historical value of understanding change in scale related to leadership.
• Recognize the complex challenges facing the profession to prepare students of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds to provide adequate care to our changing population.
• Identify and remove barriers that affect the human capacity for caring.
• Practice skills of honoring self.
• Discuss changes that influence academic mission, policies and outcomes.
• Identify promising efforts that serve as new models for change in community-based dental care, including dental therapy models.
• Summarize the historical context for the development of IPE and identify IPE’s benefits for patients and students.
• Identify promising efforts related to transformational change through IPE and the use of new dental delivery models.
• Justify the important role that U.S. dental schools play as “safety nets” for dental care and in sustainable academic/community partnerships.

Download the full event agenda  here.  

Download Presentations: 

Thursday, May 31

Beyond Changing Health Care Standards: Where Is Your Oxygen Mask?, Frances Sam
Leadership in Reforming our Approach to Oral Health Care in America, David Satcher

Friday, June 1

Fulfilling the Academic Mission While Addressing the Societal Expectations, Charles Alexander
Fulfilling the Academic Mission While Addressing the Societal Expectations, Brenda Allen
Fulfilling the Academic Mission While Addressing the Societal Expectations, Raul Garcia
Integrating Oral and Overall Health Care, Richard Valachovic
In Defense of Dental Therapy, Frank Catalanotto

ADEA Minority Dental Faculty Development and Inclusion (MDFDI) Training Program

March 16–17, 2017 | The Westin Hotel Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

The ADEA/WKKF Minority Dental Faculty Development and Inclusion (MDFDI) Training Meeting built on lessons learned from the six-year ADEA/WKKF Minority Dental Faculty Development (MDFD) program that involved 11 U.S. dental schools. Interactive training sessions developed skills that contributed to successful diversity/inclusion programming and leadership development. The training sessions were led by epidemiologist and consultant Dr. Joseph West. Panelists, including university diversity and inclusion officers and previous grantees, shared experiences that sparked lively discussion around topics such as health systems, implicit bias, cultural competency, sustainability and access. This convening institutionalized practices, policies and collaborations that promote and advance health equity and academic/community partnerships.

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Thursday, March 16

Opening Remarks

• Alice Warner-Mehlhorn, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Richard W. Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H.
  President and CEO
  American Dental Education Association

Keynote Address: Leading Health Systems Change for Increased Access to Care for Vulnerable Communities

• Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
  CEO & Chairman
  The Sullivan Alliance
  Former Secretary of Health and Human Services

Interactive Training Session I: Medicaid Expansion

• Joseph West, M.Sc., Sc.D.
  Consultant
  Capgenus Health

Panel Presentation: Leading Multicultural Transformation in the Academy—Infrastructure, Values and Resources

• G. Rumay Alexander, RN, FAAN, Ed.D.
  Special Assistant to the Chancellor
  Professor and Director, Office of Inclusive Excellence
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing
• Brenda Allen, Ph.D.
  Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusions
  University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus
• Robert Sellers, Ph.D.
  Vice Provost for Equity, Inclusion and Academic Affairs
  Professor of Psychology, Charles D. Moody College
  Professor of Education, School of Education
  University of Michigan
• Jabar Shumate, M.S.
  Vice Provost
  University of Oklahoma

Interactive Training Session II: Implicit Bias

Implicit Bias Hazards for Visionary Diversity Leadership in the Dental Profession

21st Century Realities for Diversifying and Expanding the Dental Health Field

• Sharon Davies, J.D.

  Chief Diversity Officer and Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
  Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
  Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, Moritz College of Law
  The Ohio State University

Address: Changing Institutional Culture—Use of the Cultural Audit

• Marita Inglehart, Dipl.Psych., Dr. phil., Dr. phil. habil.
  Professor of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
  University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Friday, March 17

Diversity Potential in the Academic Pipeline

• Bryan Cook, Ph.D.
  Senior Vice President for Education Research and Analysis

Interactive Training Session III: Sustainability Using Logic Modeling for Implementation

• Joseph West, M.Sc., Sc.D.
  Consultant
  Capgenus Healthcare Consulting

Update on W.K. Kellogg Dental Therapist Project

• Tera Bianchi, M.S.W.
  Project Director, Dental Access Project
  Community Catalyst

Cultural Competency Training using CLAS Tool

• Marsha W. Beatty, M.P.H.
  Director, Senior Externship Program
  University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry

Panel: Part of the Solution

• Karl Self, D.D.S., M.B.A.
  Director, Dental Therapy Program
  University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
• Ana L. Thompson, RDH, M.H.E.
  Chair and Professor, College of Allied Health Sciences and Dental Medicine
  Dental College at Augusta University
• Divesh Byrappagari, B.D.S., M.S.D., D.P.H.
  Assistant Professor
  Director of the Division of Dental Public Health & Outreach
  University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

The ADEA/ W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) meeting Leading Change: Leadership Training Strategies for Inclusion and Academic/Community Partnerships was held March 10–11, 2016, in conjunction with the 2016 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition in Denver. This leadership training program included directors from the MDFD I, MDFD II, and MDFD III programs; allied program leaders; and leaders from three of the dental health aid therapist (DHAT) programs sponsored by W.K. Kellogg Community Catalyst (WKKF/CC). 

WKKF/CC dental therapists provide care primarily in underserved communities with models in five states—Vermont, Ohio, Kansas, New Mexico and Washington. The shared efforts of MDFD and WKKF/CC leaders benefit the dental health of vulnerable children and families by leveraging resources and community engagement. The joint leadership training provided skills development for increasingly diverse communities and interprofessional team-based care. The interactive training sessions served as a bridge for dental and allied dental leaders through team-building activities based on shared responsibilities and interests.

Wayne Frederick, M.D., M.B.A., FACS, President of Howard University, gave the keynote address. Dr. Frederick expressed his dedication in continuing to extend his alma mater’s legacy as a world-renowned academic and research institution. His keynote message promoted the need for excellence and diversity in higher education.

Leo Rouse, D.D.S., FACP, former Dean of Howard University College of Dentistry (HUCD), and Ray Cohlmia, D.D.S., Dean of University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, presented the challenges to deans in developing a diverse workforce for the future.

A leadership panel comprised of Melanie Mayberry, D.D.S., M.S.-HCM, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry; Darryl Pendleton, D.M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry; Joan Reede, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.B.A., Harvard Medical School; and Donna Grant-Mills, RDH, D.D.S., M.Ed., HUCD, discussed leadership through mentoring as a critical factor in faculty development and advancement. Peer mentoring and the use of multiple mentors have become important factors in the satisfaction of trainees and the career advancement of faculty and advanced education students.

The institutional leadership portion of the program was led by three Chief Diversity Officers—Brenda Allen, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus; Kent Guion, M.D., M.A., University of North Carolina Wilmington; and Charles Alexander, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. These leaders shared their experiences with the university-wide implementation of diversity policies and strategies. Institutional climate changes were seen as positive outcomes from both resource and strategic effort perspectives.

The session “New Delivery Models for Increased Access to Care” was presented by David Jordan, Dental Access Project and Dental Therapy Network; Tracye Moore, RDH, Ed.D., Northern Arizona University; and Karl Self, D.D.S., M.B.A., University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. The presentation focused on strategies and the importance of expanded roles for allied dental professionals in these model programs. Through team-based care, the models provide vulnerable populations with opportunities for increased access to care.

Ernie Lacy, D.D.S., Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry; Todd Ester, D.D.S., M.S., University of Michigan School of Dentistry; Kenneth May, D.D.S., M.S., University of Michigan School of Dentistry; and MDFD program leaders presented on the continuous quality changes occurring at their institutions through underrepresented student pipeline efforts and support of diversity and inclusion. These programs provide evidence of the value of diversity in academic programs that support institutional policy and benefit all students.

Lily Garcia, D.D.S., M.S., The University of Iowa College of Dentistry & Dental Clinics and former Chair of the ADEA Board of Directors, spoke at the working dinner. She addressed the challenges faced in the preparation and advancement of women in the leadership pipeline. Her personal story was inspiring and informative. She stressed the value of leadership training and skills development as major contributors to her success.

The ADEA/WKKF/MDFDI grant supports leadership training, the development of academic and community partnerships for faculty, and outreach activities directed toward improving the lives of vulnerable children and communities.

Program Agenda:

ADEA MDFDI Program Leading Change: Leadership and Training Strategies for Inclusion and Academic/Community Partnerships—March 10-11, 2016

Resources:

ADEA Minority Dental Faculty Development and Inclusion MDFDI Program—Dr. Charles J. Alexander

Leadership Team, Institutional Climate and Institutional Resources—Dr. Brenda Allen

Challenges Facing Us Within a New Generation—Dr. Raymond Cohlmia

MDFDI Program 2004-11 Sustainability and Models of Success—Drs. Todd Ester and Kenneth May

Leading Change—Dr. Donna B. Grant-Mills

Dental Access Project Updates and Developments—Mr. David Jordan

Talking Mentoring Leadership—Dr. Melanie E. Mayberry

Dental Hygiene Workforce Models—Dr. Tracye Moore

Talking Mentoring Leadership—Dr. Joan Y. Reede

The ADEA/W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) Building Academic and Community Partnerships for Innovation and Change was held June 11–12, 2015, at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The leadership development and training program included directors from MDFD I, MDFD II and MDFD III programs, and leaders from four of the dental health aid therapist (DHAT) programs sponsored by W.K. Kellogg Community Catalyst. The joint leadership training provided skills development for increasingly diverse academic and community partnerships envisioned for the future. The WKKF/Community Catalyst dental therapist programs provide care primarily in underserved communities with models in five states: Vermont, Ohio, Kansas, New Mexico and Washington. The shared efforts of both MDFD and Community Catalyst leaders benefit the health of vulnerable children and families through dental care, leveraging of resources and community engagement. The interactive training bridged dental and allied dental leaders in team building activities based on shared interests, commonalities and responsibilities.  

The event’s keynote address was presented by President Jay Gershen, Northeast Ohio Medical University. This statewide academic model of collaboration leverages academic, community and business resources for URM pipeline recruitment into health careers. MDFD I leaders participated in a discussion led by Dr. Todd Ester, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. This network of leaders shared personal benefits and critical factors in their mentoring experiences that influenced career choices, leadership behaviors and development. Peer mentoring was identified as an asset for achieving personal satisfaction for advanced-level trainees and faculty.

Dean Leo Rouse and Dr. Donna Grant- Mills gave presentations on interprofessional education (IPE) and team-based care. The emerging IPE delivery models include curriculum changes and development, cultural competency training and community engagement.

Training was led by Dr. Joseph West, a leadership consultant, who used group dynamics in visioning to demonstrate effective use of collective wisdom, personal experiences and shared values in strategic planning and marketing. 

Community Catalyst presentations by David Jordan and David Maywhoor focused on increased access to care through new delivery models for prevention and dental treatment in vulnerable and underserved communities. 

In a panel of deans, Drs. Laurie McCauley, Raymond Cohlmia and Mert Aksu represented the unique leadership styles and challenges deans face that contribute to institutional strategies for preparing graduates for competencies and changes. The dean’s leadership has been identified as a critical factor in the academic culture and climate of inclusion at their schools. 

The program’s working dinner invited participants to hear Dr. Brian D. Smedley, a thought leader and diversity strategist, speak about his work on health disparities related to demographics and race. Dr. Smedley’s research will contribute to policy and strategies to increase access to care for vulnerable communities throughout the United States.

The ADEA/WKKF MDFD grant supports the development of academic and academic–community partnerships that provide faculty development and outreach activities directed toward improving the lives of vulnerable children and communities.

Program agenda:

ADEA/WKKF Building Academic and Community Partnerships for Innovation and Change, June 11–12, 2015

Resources:

Mentoring in the Academic Pipeline: Reflections from MDFD I Leaders – Dr. Darryl Pendleton

Mentoring in the Academic Pipeline: Reflections from MDFD I Leaders – Dr. Dennis A. Mitchell

ADEA Growing Our Own Future Dental Faculty – Dr. Kenneth B. May

Challenges Facing Us With a New Generation – Dr. Raymond Cohlmia

Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: The Geography of Health Equity – Dr. Brian D. Smedley

Building Academic and Community Partnerships for Innovation and Change – David Maywhoor

Interprofessional Education/Moving to Team Based Care and Interprofessional Practice – Dr. Leo E. Rouse

Interprofessional Education/Moving to Team Based Care and Interprofessional Practice – Dr. Donna Grant Mills

University of Minnesota MDFD III Program Report – Dr. Karl Self

Understanding Health Disparities Through Workforce Research: A National Sample Survey of Underrepresented Minority Dentists – Dr. Paul E. Gates

Georgia Regents University – Dr. Ana Thompson and Dr. Kandyce A’see 

The ADEA/WKKF (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) Building Leadership Teams for a Diverse Dental Workforce was held June 12-13, 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel, Washington D.C. The two day leadership training brought together the directors from MDFD I-MDFD III programs, as well as leaders from WKKF Community Catalyst dental therapy programs.  Training provided a framework for mission-driven activities in diversity programming. 

The Building Leadership Teams program included three academic/community models from The University of Detroit Mercy, Howard University, and Georgia Regents University that are developing allied professionals for leadership positions in the dental workforce.  Recruitment and retention of minority faculty and students, cultural competency, mentoring, valuing diversity and academic and academic/community partnerships are program priorities within the three models. 

Dr. Joseph F. West, Consultant, led the skills training session on Thinking Forward and Microaggressions and Unintentional Bias.  A focus group comprised of MDFD I Leaders from the Universities of: Oklahoma, Michigan, Columbia, Illinois at Chicago and Baylor shared reflective wisdom and lessons learned that influence context, behaviors and outcomes.  Evidence for the Need for Change in the Dental Workforce was presented by Dr. Frank A. Catalanotto, former ADEA President and former Dental Dean.  Dr. Marc A. Nivet, a thought leader in medical education, presented rationale for Reframing Diversity as Core to Excellence.  

The ADEA/WKKF MDFD grant supports the development of academic and academic/community partnerships that provide faculty development and outreach activities directed toward the improvement of lives of vulnerable children and communities throughout the U.S. 

Agenda: 

Program: Building Leadership Teams for a Diverse Dental Workforce, June 12-13, 2014

Resources:

Evidence for the Need for Change in the Dental Workforce of the Future – Dr. Frank A. Catalanotto

Microaggressions and Unintentional Bias – Dr. Joseph F. West

MDFD III Progress Report GRU – Ms. Ana Luz Thompson

MDFD III Progress Report UDM – Dr. Deirdre D. Young and Dr. Divesh Byrappagari

MDFD III Progress Report HUCD – Dr. Donna Grant-Mills 

Retooling for Change

The ADEA/WKKF (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) Building Leadership Teams for Sustainable Academic and Community Partnerships Training Session was held June 13-14, 2013 at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel in Washington D.C. The day and a half training program brought together the leadership from MDFD (Minority Dental Faculty Development) I and MDFD II with Community Catalyst Dental Therapist Program leaders from four programs and the Dental Health Aide Therapist (DHAT) program in Alaska. Training focus was in two areas: “Storytelling“ as a leadership tool and the new National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. The revised CLAS Standards were released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) April 24, 2013.

ADEA/WKKF/MDFD I included six dental schools (Alabama, Baylor, Howard, Illinois at Chicago, and Oklahoma) and one consortium (NYSADC) of the five schools in NY State (Columbia University, New York University, Stony Brook University, University at Buffalo and University of Rochester). MDFD II included two dental schools (University of Detroit Mercy and Howard University). MDFD I had a dental faculty focus while MDFD II has an allied dental faculty focus.

The two MDFD II programs place strong emphasis on URM recruitment and academic/community partnerships for both service learning and patient care. The Community Catalyst Dental Therapist programs provide care primarily to underserved communities throughout the U.S. with dental therapy models in 5 states: Vermont, Ohio, New Mexico, Washington and Kansas. The day and a half meeting provided an opportunity for the sharing of mutual interests with regards to access to care and community based programs. Skills sessions were designed to improve Storytelling skills as a leadership tool and to increase understanding of the revised CLAS Standards. A roundtable of MDFD I program leaders discussed sustainability as an evolving leadership challenge that incorporates new ideas and trends such as Interprofessional Education and the CLAS standards (HRSA). The role of the deans in diversity programming was identified as key to the institutional climate and to resource allocation. Presentations from two deans, Drs. Leo Rouse (Howard) and Mert Aksu (UDM) included: challenges in Interprofessional Education and Community Service Learning. Leadership in the Changing Workforce Environment, from a Corporate Perspective was the keynote address by Dr. Ivan Lugo (The Procter & Gamble Company).

A roundtable discussion from the MDFD I project leaders provided models for inclusion of allied dental faculty in outreach programs with team-based delivery of care. Experiential learning from the community partnerships contributed to cultural competency and related skills for both dental and allied dental students.

Lessons Learned from the MDFD I Experience were shared:

1. The Dean’s Leadership is critical to success.
2. Clearly articulated diversity policy statement(s) are major drivers for resource support.
3. Diversity is seen as numbers (compositional). Understanding and use of curricular and institutional components of diversity and inclusion are evolving concepts that change thinking and behaviors.
4. Mentoring programs are needed for predoctoral and advanced dental education trainees and for faculty.
5. Academic climate changes require supportive resources and opportunities for social and inclusive interactions.
6. A diversity executive leadership pipeline is missing (e.g., second tier and dean’s “team”) in dental education.
7. Cultural competency concepts require the inclusion of social determinants that affect behavior and policies.
8. Logic modeling and GAP analysis—strategic planning to provide understanding on where you are, where you want to be and how you’re going to get there—are effective tools for strategic planning, messaging, and outcomes assessment.
9. Be innovative in considering interprofessional education collaboration, resource sharing and leadership development opportunities.
10. The value of short-term strategies to achieve long-term goals is being realized at MDFD grantee institutions. Constant Vigilance is required as the work in progress continues toward the long-term goal of diversity and inclusion in the dental workforce.

A dental therapist team led by Dr. Mary Williard from the Alaska Dental Health Aide Therapist program presented the role of the dentist and the therapist in the delivery of care to underserved families using both direct supervision and remote technologies. The practice-oriented session focused on how patient care is managed in team inter-actions between dentist and DHAT.

Models for expanded access to care in needy communities were presented by David Jordan, Community Catalyst at an evening working session.

Allied career laddering through distance learning technologies presented a range of career options for special skills needed to complement foundation knowledge and thereby enhance career development for dental hygienists.

CLAS Standards were released April 24, 2013. The new standards include culturally competent care, language access services (mandates and organizational supports for policy, organizational plans and management oversight). CLAS Standards are expected to improve treatment outcomes through improved health literacy.

Storytelling for Organizational Transformation was the venue for the Interactive Leadership Training Session led by Dr. Joseph West, consultant.

MDFD Survey results were shared in group discussion. Suggestions for IPE implementation include:

• Shared clinical experiences during the predoctoral curriculum.
• Policies agreed on by the departments and set in place by the academic dean and dean of clinical affairs.
• Grand Rounds presentations on a specific topic.
• Reworking the class schedules.
• Create stronger ties between schools.
• Create a committee for IPE research.
• Need to get a sense of urgency and the rank and file clinical faculty need to see the importance and benefits of IPE.

Agenda:

Program– June 13-14, 2013

Resources:

MDFD I Alabama Model – Dr. T. Madelyn Coar

MDFD I University of Michigan – Dr. Kenneth May

MDFD I Oklahoma CDHC – Dr. Dunn H. Cumby

MDFD II Progress Report UDM – Dr. Deidre D. Young

MDFD II Progress Report HUCD – Dr. Donna Grant-Mills