Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Certificate
Admissions Requirements
All applicants for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program must be graduates of dental schools in the United States or Canada which are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident. The application should have demonstrated outstanding academic ability, maturity, judgment and ambition. The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program participates in the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS) for application and the National Dental Matching program for selection. You can receive information at: http://www.adea.org/passapp/ or by writing:
PASS
1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW Suite 101
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 332-8790
Degree Requirements
The Oral and Maxillofacial Certificate Program is a full-time course of study, requiring completion of the M.D. as a prerequisite, and then successful completion of 36 months of clinical rotations and successful completion of 6 semester credit hours of required coursework.
Sample Plan of Study
Each course in the following sequence contains modules in: case conference, dentofacial deformities, anesthesia and pain control, journal club, oral pathology, prosthetics conference, and morbidity and mortality conference. Students at each of the various levels participate in common session seminar, lecture, discussion, and case presentation sessions. At each progressive course level, increased knowledge, higher skills, and more deeply informed attitudes are expected of the student.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| OSUR 8501 | Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1 (Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1) | 1 |
| Spring | ||
| OSUR 8502 | Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 (Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2) | 1 |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| OSUR 8503 | Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3 (Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3) | 1 |
| Spring | ||
| OSUR 8504 | Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4 (Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4) | 1 |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| OSUR 8505 | Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 5 (Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 5) | 1 |
| Spring | ||
| OSUR 8506 | Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 6 (Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 6) | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6.0 | |
Objectives/Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, the graduate should be able to:
- Provide competent patient care as evaluated in the six domains of colleague/faculty communication, assessment and data analysis, decision making and judgment, patient communication, patient/family education, and performance of procedures;
- Make use of a fund of medical knowledge in the following three domains: to develop a clear rationale for procedures, to use evidence-based reasoning, and to address clinical problems;
- Demonstrate adequate technical abilities in the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
OSUR 8501. Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1. 1 Credit Hour.
Students at the PGY4 level of OMS residency training will rotate in General Surgery, Anesthesia and Otolaryngology at an intern level. Residents participating in these rotations are treated like all medical or surgical residents of the same level. Assignments are consecutive. One anesthesia month is dedicated to pediatric anesthesia service or ambulatory pediatric anesthesia. Residents will complete monthly rotations on surgical services that have been designed to capitalize on the true broad-spectrum general surgery practice including Surgical Oncology, ENT, CT Surgery, Trauma, VA Blue and SICU. All rotations will be performed at University Hospital and VA Hospital in San Antonio, TX. These rotations meet the accreditation standards set out by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and are a requirement to advance to the next year (4-3.1, 4-3.2 and 4-3.3).
Prerequisites: Successful completion of PGY1-PGY3 years in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training program.
OSUR 8502. Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2. 1 Credit Hour.
Students at the PGY4 level of OMS residency training will rotate in General Surgery, Anesthesia and Otolaryngology at an intern level. Residents participating in these rotations are treated like all medical or surgical residents of the same level. Assignments are consecutive. One anesthesia month is dedicated to pediatric anesthesia service or ambulatory pediatric anesthesia. Residents will complete monthly rotations on surgical services that have been designed to capitalize on the true broad-spectrum general surgery practice including Surgical Oncology, ENT, CT Surgery, Trauma, VA Blue and SICU. All rotations will be performed at University Hospital and VA Hospital in San Antonio, TX. These rotations meet the accreditation standards set out by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and are a requirement to advance to the next year (4-3.1, 4-3.2 and 4-3.3). Prerequisites: Must successfully complete PGY1-PGY3 years in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training program.
OSUR 8503. Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3. 1 Credit Hour.
Each course in this sequence contains modules in: case conference, dentofacial deformities, anesthesia and pain control, journal club, oral pathology, prosthetics conference, and morbidity and mortality conference.
Students at each of the various levels participate in common session seminar, lecture, discussion, and case presentation sessions. At each progressive course level, increased knowledge, higher skills, and more-deeply-informed attitudes are expected of the student.
OSUR 8504. Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4. 1 Credit Hour.
Each course in this sequence contains modules in: case conference, dentofacial deformities, anesthesia and pain control, journal club, oral pathology, prosthetics conference, and morbidity and mortality conference.
Students at each of the various levels participate in common session seminar, lecture, discussion, and case presentation sessions. At each progressive course level, increased knowledge, higher skills, and more-deeply-informed attitudes are expected of the student.
OSUR 8505. Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 5. 1 Credit Hour.
Each course in this sequence contains modules in: case conference, dentofacial deformities, anesthesia and pain control, journal club, oral pathology, prosthetics conference, and morbidity and mortality conference.
Students at each of the various levels participate in common session seminar, lecture, discussion, and case presentation sessions. At each progressive course level, increased knowledge, higher skills, and more-deeply-informed attitudes are expected of the student.
OSUR 8506. Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 6. 1 Credit Hour.
Each course in this sequence contains modules in: case conference, dentofacial deformities, anesthesia and pain control, journal club, oral pathology, prosthetics conference, and morbidity and mortality conference.
Students at each of the various levels participate in common session seminar, lecture, discussion, and case presentation sessions. At each progressive course level, increased knowledge, higher skills, and more-deeply-informed attitudes are expected of the student.